Human Body

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is the scientific discipline that investigates the structure of the body

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anatomy

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anatomy that focuses study of external features like bony projections

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structural anatomy

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utilizes different imaging samples like ultrasound and x rays

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anatomical imaging

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deals with processes or functions of living things as an ever-changing organism

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Physiology

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subdivisions of physhiology

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cellular and systemic physiology

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six structural levels that can be studied in our body

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chemical, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, and organism

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organization of different levels of atoms like H and C interact to form molecules

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chemical lvl

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basic unit of organisms

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cell

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combined cells that are similar

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tissues

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two or more tissue types work together to perform one or more functions

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organ

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group of organs working together to sustain a specific function

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organ system

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living thing considered as a whole

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organism

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living things are highly organized

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Organization

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ability of an organism to break down food molecules which is used as a source of energy

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metabolism

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the capability to react or adjust to whether a stimulus or a change

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responsiveness

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an increase in number or length; growth in human body is an evidence when bones become larger

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growth

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occurs when an organism changes through time

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development

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is the ability to form new organism

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reproduction

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ability to maintain balance despite changes in internal and external changes

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homeostasis

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is termed a controlled condition

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feedback loop

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any disruption that causes a change in a controlled condition is called a

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stimulus

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3 other components of feedback systems

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receptor, control center, effector

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homeostasis is maintained by

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feedback systems

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monitors the controlled condition and sends info to a control center

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receptor

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receives the input, compares it to a set of values that the controlled condition should have

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control center

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receives output commands and produces a response that changes the controlled condition

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effector

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a feedback system reverses and change the controlled condition to restore to set point

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negative feedback system

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if a feedback system further strengthens a change in the controlled condition

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positive feedback system

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descriptions of any part of the human body assume that the body is in a specific stance

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anatomical position

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in the anatomical position, the body is upright

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erect head lvl, eyes facing forward, feet that the floor, arms at the sides with palms turned forward

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if the body is lying facing down

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prone position

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body is lying face up

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supine

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terms describe pats of the body relative to each other; are generally grouped in pairs of opposites

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Directional terms

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trunk can be divided into

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thorax,abdomen,pelvis

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divide the body, even organs, into sections

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body planes

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divides the body lengthwise right and left sides ; called midsagittal plane if exactly at the midline

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sagittal plane

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divides the body lengthwise into anterior and posterior portions ; also called coronal plane

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frontal plane

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divides the body horizontally into upper and lower portions ; called a horizontal plane

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Transverse plane

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A cut through the long axis of the organ is a

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longitudinal section

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a cut at a right angle to the long axis

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transverse section / cross section

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a cut is made across the long axis at other than a right angle

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oblique section

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houses the internal organs

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cavities

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two major body cavities

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dorsal and ventral cavity