Final Flashcards
Describe anatomy
Structure
Describe physiology
Function
What is a negative feedback?
Reverse or reduce the original stimulus
What plane divides you into right and left halves?
Sagital
What is midsagital?
Diving the body into equal right and left halves
Examples of positive feedback?
Breast feeding, child birth, blood clotting
What are the levels of organization?
Chemical Cellular Tissue Organ Organ system Organism
What quadrant is the spleen found in?
Left upper
Why are homeostatic mechanisms said to work by negative feedback?
Reverse the original stimulus
What anatomical plane cuts you into front and back halves?
Frontal/ coronal
What is an ion?
Charged particle that gains or looses electrons
What are the four most abundant elements in the body?
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Carbon
Hydrogen
What type of chemical bonds transfer electrons from one atom to another?
Ionic
What are the states of matter?
Solid
Liquid
Gas
What is a pH scale?
Measure of acidity
What is the pH of blood?
7.35-7.45
What are organic compounds?
Large
Contain carbon
Forms covalent bonds
What are inorganic compounds?
Small
Forms ionic bonds
Doesn’t contain carbon
Name the transportation process that uses energy to move ions against a concentration gradient?
Active transport
What structure controls all cellular activity?
Nucleus
Which organelle does protein synthesis?
Ribosomes
What cellular structure is responsible for moving the entire cell?
Flagella
Name the membrane found in all movable joints?
Cynovial
What are the 4 main types of tissue?
Epithelial
Muscle
Nervous
Connective