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Human Organisation and Homeostasis Flashcards

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Abdominal Cavity

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Ventral Cavity in the body containing digestive/Urinary organs

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Afferent Pathway

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Pathway into the Control Centre

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Anatomical Position

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Human Position when describing biologically

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Anatomy

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Makeup of the Human Body

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Anterior

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Front of body

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Control Centre

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Part of feedback system that compares stimulus to regular level and sends out a response

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Cranial Cavity

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Cavity in head the hold brain

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Deep

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Closer to inside of body

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Distal

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Further away from connection of limb to body

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Dorsal

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Back half of body

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Effector

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Organ that carries out a biological response in a feedback system

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Efferent pathway

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Pathway out of the Control Centre

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Frontal/Coronal Plane

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Plane that splits body into front and back sections

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Homeostasis

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The process that maintains stability and structure of the functions in the body

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Inferior

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Further down on the body/ towards feet

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Lateral

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Further away from midline

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Medial

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Closer to midline

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Median/Mid Saggital Plane

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Plane that separates body into left and right sections

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Mediastinum

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The cavity that holds heart

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Negative Feedback

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A loop system that reduces a stimulus to maintain homeostasis

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Organ

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Structure made of of two or more different types of tissue

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Organ systems

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System made of of two or more different organs that has a crucial function within the body

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Pelvic Cavity

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Cavity in pelvis that hold Urinary/Reproductive organs

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Pleural Cavities

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Cavities in chest that hold the lungs

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Pericardial Cavity

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Cavity containing the heart

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Physiology

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Science of life/ how the body works

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Posterior

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Back half of the body

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Positive Feedback

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Feedback loop that enhances the stimulus until it is removed, eg. childbirth

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Proximal

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Closer to connection of limb to body

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Receptor

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Thing that senses a change in the regular homeostasis as a result of a stimulus

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Superficial

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Nearer outside of body, eg skin

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Superior

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Above/Closer to head

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Thoracic Cavity

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Cavity in chest that hold the heart and lungs

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Tissue

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Substance made up of cells in the body

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Transverse Plane

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Plane that separates the body into superior and inferior sections

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Ventral

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Front half of body

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Vertebral Canal

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Dorsal Cavity holding the spinal Cord

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