Chapter 1 Flashcards
A disease of short duration but typically severe
Acute
The treatment of disease or mental disorder by The use of chemical substances especially the treatment of cancer by cytotoxic and other drugs
Chemotherapy
Illness persisting for a long time or constantly reoccurring
Chronic
The branch of science that deals with the incidence distribution and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health
Epidemiology
The science and study of the causes of diseases
Etiology
Denoting any disease or condition of unknown cause
Idiopathic
The state of being deceased or not healthy or the incidence of disease in a population
Morbidity
The functional changes that accompany a particular syndrome or disease
Pathophysiology
A condition characterized by a group of associated symptoms
Syndrome
The practice of listening to various sounds made by body organs with a stethoscope
Auscultation
Separates anterior and posterior portions of the body
Frontal or coronal plane
Separates right and left portions of the body
Sagittal plane
Separates the body into superior and inferior
Transverse plane
A corrective mechanism that opposes or negates a variation from normal limits
Negative feedback
The mechanism that increases a deviation from normal limits after an initial stimulus
Positive feedback
What cavity contains the lungs and heart
The thoracic cavity
What is the mass of tissue that separates the right and left pleural cavities
Mediastinum
What are the two subdivisions of the abdominopelvic cavity
Abdominal and inferior pelvic cavity
Contains the liver stomach spleen small intestine and most of the large intestine
Abdominal cavity
Contains the urinary bladder various reproductive organs and the distal portion of the large intestine
Pelvic cavity
Changes in activity that maintain homeostasis and direct response to changes in the local environment this does not require neural or endocrine control
Autoregulation
A process that results from the activities of the nervous system are endocrine system
Extrinsic regulation
A sensor that is sensitive to a particular stimulus or environmental change
Receptor
Receives and processes the information supplied by the receptor and sends out commands
Control center
A cell or organ that responds to the commands of the control center and whose activity either apposes or enhances the stimulus
Effector
The study of the general form of the body surface especially in relation to its deeper parts
Surface anatomy or superficial anatomy
Focuses on the anatomical organization of specific areas of the body such as the head neck or trunk
Regional anatomy
The study of the relationship of the body structures by examining cross-sections of the tissue or organ
Sectional anatomy
The study of the structure of organ systems
Systematic anatomy
Describes the changes informed that take place between conception and adult
Developmental anatomy
System that includes the skin hair and nails of the human body
Integumentary system
