Chapter 1 Terms Flashcards
Physiology
The city of normal function of living organisms and component parts that include chemical and physical processes
Emergent properties
Unpredictable patterns within the knowledge of the individual systems
Ome
The Latin word for mass or tumor. 
Circulatory includes?
Heart, blood vessels, blood
Digestive includes?
Stomach, and testing, liver, pancreas
Endocrine includes
Thyroid and adrenal gland
Integumentary includes?
Skin
Immune includes?
Thymus, spleen, lymph nodes
Musko skeletal includes?
Skeletal muscles, bone
Nervous includes?
Brain, spinal cord
Reproductive includes?
Ovaries and uterus, testes
Respiratory includes
lungs, airways
Urinary includes
Kidneys, bladder 
Telelogical approach?
To answer why some thing needs some thing or their function
Mechanistic approach
To answer how something works in the system 
What are 4 Themes
- Structure and function are closely related, 1. living organisms need energy, 3. information, flow, coordinates, body functions, 4. homeostasis, maintains internal stability 
Pathophysiology
The study of body functions in a disease state 
Diabetes Melli tus
A metabolic disorder characterized by abnormally high blood glucose concentrations 
Extracellular fluid
The transition between an organisms, external environment, and the internal environment of a cell or the intracellular fluid . Such as blood plasma, interstitial fluid and cerebral spinal fluid
Intracellular fluid
The fluid inside of the extra cellular fluid
Law of mass balance
The amounts of a substance in the body is your mean constant any gain must be offset by equal loss