Chapter 1 - general terminology

Question 1

anatomy

Answer 1

the study, classification and description of the structure and organs of the human body

Question 2

physiology

Answer 2

processes and functions of the body

Question 3

structural organization of the body from lowest to highest

Answer 3

chemical level, atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, systems, organism (one living being)

Question 4

definition of the cell

Answer 4

the basic structural and functional unit of all living tissue

Question 5

definition of tissue

Answer 5

cohesive groups of similar cells that perform a specific function

Question 6

what are the four tissue types?

Answer 6

epithelial, connective, muscular, & nervous

Question 7

definition of organs

Answer 7

complex assembly of tissues joined to perform a specific function

Question 8

definition of system

Answer 8

groups of organs that have similar or common functions

Question 9

what are the ten systems?

Answer 9

skeletal, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, urinary, reproductive, nervous, muscular, endocrine, and integumentary