Chapter 1 Flashcards
How many abdominal regions are there? What are they?
9; (left to right top to bottom)
Right hypochondriac, epigastric, left hypochondriac, right lateral, umbilical, left lateral, right inguinal, pubic, left inguinal
How many abdominal quadrants are there? What are they?
Right upper, left upper, right lower, left lower
Sagittal cut
Divides left and right
Mid-sagittal cut
Equal left and right division
Parasagittal cut
Off center right and left division
Transverse cut
Horizontal cut// upper and lower
Coronal cut
Anterior and posterior division// front and back
What is homeostasis?
Maintenance of a stable internal environment back to the set point
What are the 3 mechanisms of homeostasis?
- ) receptor-receives message
- )control center-maintains set point
- ) effector- the muscle or gland that responds
What is a set point?
Normal range
What does the negative feedback response do?
Returns the deviation of the set point back to the normal range.
*prevents sudden sever changes in the body
What are the 5 processes of life?
- )water-transports nutrients
- )food-nutrients/energy
- )oxygen-releases energy/nutrients
- )heat-metabolism/body temperature
- )pressure-breathing/blood-flow
What is assimilation?
The absorption of nutrients into the body after absorption in the organs and it is then transform into biological fluids and tissues
What are the ten levels of complexity in order from smallest to largest?
Subatomic particles, atoms, molecules, macromolecules, organelles, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
What is anatomy?
Structure, “a cutting up “
