Chapter 1- The Human Body Flashcards
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Define physiology
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Study of how the body and its parts wok of function
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Define Anatomy
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Study of the structure and shape of the body and its parts
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Define gross anatomy
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Large structures that can easily be observed with your eye
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Define microscopic anatomy
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Very small structures that can only be seen with a microscope
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What are the levels of structural organization?
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- Chemical
- Cellular
- Tissue
- Organ
- Organ system
- Organism
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What is the integumentary system?
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The skin (a naked person) - skin makes vitamin D
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What is the skeletal system?
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The bones/ skeleton
- protect and support organs
- muscular attachment
- blood formation
- store minerals
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What is the muscular system?
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Muscles
- allows movement
- helps with posture
- produces heat
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What is the nervous system?
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The brain
- fastest system
- activates muscles & glands
- responds to interior and exterior changes
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What is the endocrine system?
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Glands
- regulates hormones and everything else
- growth
- reproduction
- metabolism
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What is the cardio vascular system?
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Blood vessels
- transport materials via blood from heart
- oxygen
- carbon dioxide
- nutrients
- wastes
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What is the lymphatic system?
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Lymph nodes
- returns fluids to blood vessels
- Disposes of debris
- Involved in the immune system
- All throughout body
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What is the respiratory system?
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Breathing
- keeps blood supplied with oxygen
- Removes carbon dioxide
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What is the urinary system?
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Peeing
- Eliminates nitrogenous wastes
- Maintains acid-base balance
- Regulates Water and electrolytes
- Everything you pee was in your blood
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What is the reproductive system?
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Babies
- Production of offspring
- Only system that is completely different between guys and girls
