Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Anatomy

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The science of body structures and the relationships among them

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Physiology

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The science of body functions. How our bodies work

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3
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Amount of tissues to make an organ?

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At least 2

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Integumentary system

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Skin, hair, nails, sweat/oil glands

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Skeletal system

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Bones and joints

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Muscular system

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Skeletal muscle tissue

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Nervous system

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Brain, spinal cord, nerves, specific sense organs (eyes, ears)

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Endocrine

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Hormone producing glands. Regulating homeostasis via hormone release.

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Cardiovascular system

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Blood, heart, blood vessels

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Lymphatic system

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Lymph, lymph vessels, spleen, thymus, lymph nodes, tonsils, cells for immune response

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Respiratory system

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Lungs and their passage ways (pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes)

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Digestive systems

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Organs related to GI, mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, intestines, anus, (salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, pancreas)

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Urinary systems

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Kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra

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Reproductive system

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Gonads and accessory organs

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Characteristics of living organism: 6

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Metabolism, responsiveness, movement, growth, differentiation, reproduction

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Catabolism

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Breakdown

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Anabolism

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Building up

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Homeostasis

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Condition of equilibrium in the body’s internal environment due to the constant interaction of the body’s many regulatory processes

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Control of Homeostasis

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Receptors –> Control centre –> Effector

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What 2 systems regulate homeostasis?

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Nervous and Endocrine

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Negative feedback loops

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Response reverses the change in the controlled condition

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Positive feedback loop

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the response enhances the original stimulus that changed the controlled condition (labour, blood clotting)

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Disorder

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Any abnormality of function or structure.

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Disease

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More specific term for an illness characterized by a recognizable set of signs and symptoms

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Local disease

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affects one part or a limited region of the body such as glaucoma

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Systemic disease

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affects either the entire body or several parts such as rheumatoid arthritis

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Signs

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Objective changes that a clinician can observe and measure such as fever or rash

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Symptoms

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Subjective changes in bodily functions that are not apparent to the observer such as nausea or headache

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Diagnosis

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art of distinguishing one disease from another, or determining the nature of the disease

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Epidemiology

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science that deals with why, when, and where disease occur and how they are transmitted.

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Pharmacology

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Science that deals with the effects and uses of drugs in the treatment of disease

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Abdominopelvic regions

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R hypochondriac region, epigastric region, L hypochondriac region, R lumbar region, umbilical region, L lumbar region, R iliac (inguinal) region, hypogastric region, L iliac (inguinal) region

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Abdominopelvic quadrants

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RUQ, LUQ, RLQ, LLQ

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Body fluids: 2

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Intracellular fluid (ICF), Extracellular fluid (ECF)

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Intracellular fluid

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INSIDE the cell

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Extracellular

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OUTSIDE the cell, interstitial fluid, blood plasma, lymph, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid,

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Dorsal body cavities

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Cranial and vertebral

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Ventral body cavities

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