Chapter 1 An Inteoduction To The Human Body

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Physiology

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Science of body function

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Anatomy

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Science of body structures and their relationships

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Chemical

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Atoms, elements, compounds

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Cell

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Smallest living thing

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Tissue

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Group of like cells performing same function

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Organ

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Different tissues performing same function

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System

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Different organs and tissues performing similar function

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Organism

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Different systems put together

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Homeostasis

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An attempt to maintain internal consistency within an organism through the regulation of the organisms functions
-Nervous system and the Endocrine system work together to maintain this internal consistency

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Body fluids

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Body is mostly water, 60% adult males, and 55% adult females

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Intracellular

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Fluid inside of the cells

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Extracellular

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Fluid outside of the cells, includes many areas

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Interstitial

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Fluid that surrounds cells (80% of extracellular fluid)

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Plasma

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Fluid inside blood vessels (20% of extracellular fluid)

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Misc.

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Fluid in Lymph, CSF, Synovial fluids (joints), fluids in the eye

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Feedback Mechanisms

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Technique used by body to try and maintain homeostasis

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Receptor

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Many different types monitor many different things and levels in the body
-sends input to control center (hypothalamus) of the values of these different functions

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Hypothalamus

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Evaluates the input, comparing each value to the range of values it is supposed to be within
-instructs an effector to respond

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Negative feedback

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Response of the organism is in the opposite direction of the original value change

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Positive feedback

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Response of the organism is in the same direction of the original value change

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Metabolism

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Sum of all chemical processes that occur in the body

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Catabolism

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Breaking down

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Anabolism

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Building up