Chapter 1- Terminology Flashcards
all structures in a particular region of the body are examined at the same time
What is regional anatomy?
This study traces structural changes that occur in the body throughout the life span
What is developmental anatomy?
Ability to sense changes in the environment and then respond to them
What is responsiveness or excitability?
The study of internal structures as they relate to the overlying skin surface.
What is surface anatomy?
Explains the workings of the nervous system
What is neurophysiology?
Study of structures which are too small to get seen with the naked eye
Ex. Slides of Tissues
What is microscopic anatomy?
What is cytology?
Study of the cells of the body
All chemical reactions that occur within body cells
What is metabolism?
What is histology?
The study of tissues
A subdivision of developmental anatomy; concerned with developmental changes that occur before birth
What is embryology?
An increase in size of a body part of organism as a whole
What is growth?
Study of the function of the body.
What is physiology?
Studies structural changes caused by disease
What is pathological anatomy?
The study of large body structures, visible to the naked eye.
Ex. Heart, lungs, kidneys
Gross/macroscopic anatomy
Studies internal structures as visualized by x-Ray images or specialized scanning procedures
What is radiographic anatomy?
Study of the structure of body parts and their relationship to one another
What is anatomy?
Feeling organs with your hands
What is palpation?
Listening to organ sounds with a stethoscope
What is auscultation ?
Concerned with kidney functions and urine production
What is renal physiology?
Examines the operation of the heart and blood vessels
What is cardiovascular physiology?
What is the principle of complementarity?
Function depends on structure.
What are the six levels of structural organization in order?
Chemical Cellular Tissue Organ Organ system Organismal
What are the 8 necessary life functions?
Maintaining boundaries, movement, responsiveness, digestion, metabolism, excretion, reproduction, and growth
Activities promoted by the muscular system.
What is movement?
Life function in which internal environment must remain distinct from the external environment surrounding it
What is maintaining boundaries?
What are the three subdivisions of gross anatomy?
Regional
Systemic
Surface
The process of removing wastes from the body
What is excretion?
List the five survival needs
Nutrients Water Oxygen Appropriate atmosphere pressure Normal body temperature
A body’s ability to maintain relatively stable internal conditions despite the external environmental changes
What is homeostatis?
When a body structure is studied system by system
What is systemic anatomy?
This life function occurs at the cellular and organismal level
What is reproduction?
