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Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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Study of body structure and its parts

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Anatomy

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Study of how the body functions

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Physiology

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Anything that upsets the normal structure or working of the body

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Disease

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Study of disease

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Pathology

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Superior

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Above

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Inferior

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Below

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Towards the front of the body

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Anterior

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Anterior surface of a structure

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Ventral

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Towards the back of the body

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Posterior

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Posterior surface of a structure

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Dorsal

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Close to the midline of the body

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Midline

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Away from the midline of the body

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Lateral

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Closer to the point of origin of a structure

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Proximal

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Away from the point of origin

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Distal

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Closer to the skull

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Cranial

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Closer to the bottom of the body

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Caudal

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Divides the body left and right

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Sagittal Plans

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Divides body into anterior and posterior

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Frontal or coronal

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Divides the body into superior and inferior

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Transverse or horizontal plane

20
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Cranial and spinal cavity

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Dorsal cavity

21
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2 main subdivisions separated by the diaphragm
Thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity

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Ventral cavity

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Skin and associated body structure
Includes hair, nails, sweat and oil glands

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Integumentary system

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206 bones and the joints between them
Body’s framework

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Skeletal system

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Includes 3 muscle groups
Cardiac muscle-walls of the heart
Smooth muscle- walls of the blood vessels and hollow oragns
Skeletal muscle- give body structure, protect organs

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Muscular system

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Directs the body’w response to external and internal stimuli

Includes senses

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Nervous system

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Produce hormones which regulate body activities such as growth

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Endocrine system

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Heart and blood vessels
Pumps blood to all body tissues

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Cardiovascular system

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Plays important role in immunity
Contains lymph fluid

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Lymphatic system

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Includes lungs and the passages leading to and from the lungs

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Respiratory system

30
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Include mouth, esophagus,stomach, intestines,liver and pancread

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Digestive system

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To rid the body waste products and excess water

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Urinary system

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Includes the external sex organs

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Reproductive system

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A state of internal balance within the body

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Homeostasis

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All the life sustaining reactions that occur withjn the body

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Merabolism

35
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Reactions that break substances and down
Used to form ATP

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Catabolism

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Reactions that build substances up
Often required ATP

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Anabolism

37
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A molecule that carries energy

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Adenosine Triphosphate

Anatomy And Physiology Chapter 1-4 (4 decks)

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