Chapter 1 Flashcards
– refers to the study of the structure and shape of the body and its parts and their relationships to one another.
anatomy
two categories/classification/kind of anatomy
Gross anatomy
Microscopic anatomy
deals with the structures of the body that are visible to the naked eye. Structures such as muscles, bones, digestive organs, or skin can be examined, historically, by means of cadaveric dissections
Gross anatomy
is the study of body structures that are too small to be seen with the naked eye
Microscopic anatomy
– refers to the study of how the body and its parts work or function
Physiology
Anatomy and physiology are always ___. The parts of your body form a ____ unit, and each has a job to make the body operate as a ___. ___ determines what functions can take place
inseparable;
well-organized;
whole;
Structure
Levels of Structural Organization (6)
Chemical level
Cellular
Tissue
Organ
Organ system
Organismal
Human Organs System (11)
Integumentary
Skeletal
Muscular
Nervous
Endocrine
Cardiovascular
Lymphatic
Respiratory
Digestive
Urinary
Reprodcutive (Male and Female)
___ system
Forms the external body covering; protects deeper tissue from injury; synthesizes _____; location of ____ receptors (pain, pressure, etc.) and sweat and oil glands,
Integumentary;
vitamin D;
sensory
____ System
Protects and supports body organs; provides a framework the muscles use to cause movement; ____ cells are formed within bones; stores minerals.
Skeletal;
blood;
____ System
Allows manipulation of the environment, locomotion, and facial expression; maintains posture; produces ___.
Muscular;
heat
Fast-acting control system of the body; responds to interal and external changes by activating appropriate muscles and glands
Nervous system
___ System
Glands secrete ___ that regulate processes such as growth, reproduction, and nutrient use by body cells.
Endocrine;
hormones
____ System
___ transport blood, which carries oxygen, nutrients, hormones, carbon dioxide, wastes, etc.; the ___ pumps blood.
Cardiovascular;
Blood vessels;
heart
___ System
Picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to ___; disposes of debris in the ____; houses ____ cells involved in immunity.
Lymphatic;
blood;
lymphatic stream;
white blood
____ System
Keeps blood constantly supplied with ___ and removes ___; gas exchange occurs through the walls of the ___ of the lungs
Respiratory;
oxygen;
carbon dioxide;
air sacs
___ System
Breaks food down into ____ that enter the blood for distribution to body cells; indigestiblę foodstuffs are eliminated as __.
Digestive;
absorbable nutrients;
feces
__ System
Eliminates ___-containing wastes from the body; regulates ____,____, and ___ of the blood.
Urinary;
nitrogen;
water, electrolyte, acid-base balance
___ system
Overall function of the this system is production of offspring. __ produce sperm and male sex hormone; __ and ___ aid in delivery of viable sperm to the female reproductive tract. ___ produce eggs and female sex hormones; remaining structures serve as sites for fertilization and development of the fetus. ____ of female breasts produce milk to nourish the newborr
Reproductive (male and female);
Testes;
ducts and glands;
Ovaries;
Mammary glands
Life Maintenance and Function (8)
Maintaining Boundaries
Movement
Resposiveness
Digestion
Metabolism
Excretion
Reproduction
Growth
___ includes all the activities promoted by the muscular system, such as propelling ourselves from one place to another and manipulating the external environment with our fingers
The ___ system provides the bones that the muscles pull on as they work
Movement;
skeletal
___, is the ability to sense changes (stimuli) in the environment and then to react to them.
Responsiveness, or irritability
__ is the process of breaking down ingested food into simple molecules that can then be absorbed into the blood.
Digestion
refers to all chemical reactions that occur within the body and all of its cells.
Metabolism
Metabolism…
depends on the ___ and __ systems to make nutrients and oxygen available to the blood and on the ___ system to distribute these needed substances throughout the body.
• Metabolism is regulated chiefly by ___ secreted by the glands of the ___ system.
digestive and respiratory;
cardiovascular;
hormones;
endocrine
___, the production of offspring, can occur on the cellular or organismal level.
Reproduction
Which among the life maintenance and functions involves hormones? (3)
Metabolism
Reproduction
Growth
___ can be an increase in cell size or an increase in body size that is usually accomplished by an increase in the number of cells.
Growth
For growth to occur, ___ activities must occur at a faster rate than ____ ones.
cell-constructing;
cell-destroying
Survival Needs (5)
• Nutrients
• Oxygen
• Water
• Normal Body Temperature
• Atmospheric Pressure
refers to the positioning of the body when it is standing ___ and facing
___ with each arm hanging on either side of the body, and the palms facing ___. The legs are __, with feet __ on the floor and facing forward.
Anatomical position, or standard anatomical position,;
upright;
forward;
forward;
parallel;
flat;