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Chapter 1 vocab Flashcards

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Physiology

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Study of how living organisms perform their functions

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Anatomy

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Study of internal & external body structures & their physical relationships among other body parts

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Medic terminology

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A special language that involves using word roots, prefixes, suffixes, & combining forms to build terms related to the body in health & disease

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Eponyms

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Commemorative names

Names created after victim or discovery

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Gross anatomy (macroscopic anatomy)

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Examining relatively large structures (surface, regional, & systemic anatomy)

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Organ system

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Group of organs that function together in a coordinated manner

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embryology

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study of early developemental processes

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cytology

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study of the internal structure of individual cells

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cells

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the simplest unit of life

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histology

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examination of tissue

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tissue

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a group of specialized cells & cell products that work together to perform specific functions

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organs

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made by multiple tissues combined to perform a certain action

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human physiology

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study of the functions or working of the human body

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signs

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an objective disease indication like fever

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symptoms

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a subjective disease indication, such as tiredness

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scientific method

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a system of advancing knowledge that begins by proposing a hypothesis to answer a question & then testing the hypothesis with data collected through observation & experimentation

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atoms

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smallest stable unit of matter

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organism

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human- the highest level of organization that we consider

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homeostasis

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the existence of a stable internal environment

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homeostatic regulation

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adjustment of physiological systems to preserve homeostasis

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autoregulation

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process that occurs when a cell, a tissue, an organ, or organ system adjusts in response to environmental change

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extrinsic regulation

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process that results from the activities of the nervous system or endocrine system

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receptor

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a sensor that is sensitive to a particular stimulus or environmental change

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control center

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receives & processes the information from the receptor & sends out commands

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effector

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cell & organ that responds to commands of the control center & whose activity either opposes or enhances the stimulus

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set point

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setting on the thermostat that establishes the desired valued

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positive feedback

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initial stimulus that produces a response that is exaggerated or enhanced to the original change in condition, rather than oppose

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positive feedback loop

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an escalating cycle

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disease

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when an organ system starts to malfunction

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state of equilibrium

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when opposing processes or forces are in balance

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dynamic equilibrium

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a state of equilibrium that keeps vital conditions within a normal range of values

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superficial anatomy

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locating structures on or near the body surface

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anatomical position

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standard anatomical reference for the human form

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supine

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lying in the anatomical position facing up

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prone

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lying in the anatomical position facing down

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abdominopelvic quadrants

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sections of the abdomen created by a pair of imaginary perpendicular lines that insert at the umbilicus (navel)

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abdominopelvic regions

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precise terms to describe the location & orientation of internal organs

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sectional planes

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a section through a three dimensional objec

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transcerse plane

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a plane that lies at right angles to the long axis of the body

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transcerse section

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a cut in the transcerse plane

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frontal plane/ sagittal plane

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two planes parallel to the long axis of the body

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body cavities

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closed, fluid- filled, lined with thin tissue sections that house organs

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diaphragm

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a flat muscular sheet that separates anatomical regions

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viscera

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internal organs that are enclosed by body cavities

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pleural cavities

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the thoracic cavity that contain the lungs

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mediastinum

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a mass tissue that separate the plieral cavities

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pericardial cavity

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a small chamber that contains the heart (surrounds)

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abdominal cavities

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the bigger section of the abdominopelvic cavity

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pelvic cavity

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the smaller section of the abdominopelvic cavity that expands from the diaphragm to the pelvis

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