Chapter 1 General Terms

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Physiology

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The study of the FUNCTION of body parts

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Anatomy

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The stufy of the structure of body parts and their relationships to one another

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Homeostasis

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Ability to maintain a relitively stable internal enviroment in an ever changing outside world

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Receptor

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Monitors the enviroments and responds to changes (stimuli)

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Control Center

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Determines the set point at which the variable is maintained

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Effector

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Provides the means to respond to stimuli

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Principle of Complimentarity

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Function always follows structure

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Gross anatomy

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Structures seen with unaided eye

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Developmental Anatomy

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Changes in the body over the course of a lifetime

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Systemic Anatomy

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Gross anatomy of body studies by system

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Positive Feedback

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The output enchances or exaggerates the original stimulus

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Negative Feedback

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Output shuts off tge original stimulus

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Cell

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Smallest unit of life

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Tissue

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Group o cells with similar function

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Organ

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Group of different tissues that work together to perform a specific function

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Organ System

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Consists of different organs that work closely together

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Organism

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Total of all structure working together

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Homeostatic Imbalance

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Disturbence of homeostatsis or the body’s normal equalibrium