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Intro Flashcards

1
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What is anatomy? 

A

The study of the body’s structures

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What is physiology?

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The study of the body’s function.

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3
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What are the levels of structural organization within the body?

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  • Chemical
  • Cellular
  • Tissue
  • Organ system
  • Organism
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4
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What are the four basic types of tissue?

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  • Muscular tissue
  • Nervous tissue
  • Connective tissue
  • Epithelial tissue
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5
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What are the basic life processes of the body?

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  • Metabolism
  • Responsiveness
  • Movement
  • Growth
  • Differentiation
  • Reproduction
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6
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What is homeostasis?

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The internal balance of the body.

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7
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What is the fluid found inside cells?

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Intercellular fluid (ICF)

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8
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What is the fluid found out side of body cells?

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Extra cellular fluid (ECF)

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9
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What is the fluid that fills between the cells of tissue?

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Interstitial fluid

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10
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What are the three basic components of a feedback system?

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  • The Receptor
  • Control Center
  • Effector
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11
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How does the body maintain control of homeostasis?

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Nerve impulses ( The Brain)
Hormones (Endocrinology System)

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12
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What are the two types of feedback systems?

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Negative
Positive

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13
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What is are some examples of an controlled condition?

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Body temperature
Blood pressure
Glucose

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14
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What is a receptor?

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Body structure that monitor monitors changes in a controlled condition and sends input to the response system

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What is a negative feedback system?

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A feedback system that reverses a change in a controlled condition.
* e.g blood pressure regulation

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16
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What is a positive feedback system?

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Strengthens or reinforces change, and one of the body’s controlled conditions.
* e.g. Labor contractions, blood clots

17
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What is Superior?

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Towards the head, or the upper part of a structure

18
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What is inferior?

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Away from the head, or the lower part of the structure.

19
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What is anterior?

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Nearer or at the front of the body

20
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What is posterior?

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Nearer, or to at back of the body.

21
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What is medial?

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Nearer to the midline

22
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What is Ipsilateral?

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On the same side of the body as another structure.

23
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What is contralateral?

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On the opposite side of the body from another structure.

24
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What is proximal?

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Nearer to the attachment of a limb to a trunk

25
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What is distal?

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Farther from the attachment of the limb to the trunk.

26
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What is a sagittal plane?

A

A vertical plane that divides the body or organ into left and right sides.

27
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A plane that divides the body into equal left and right sides is known as what?

A

The median plane/midsagittal plane

28
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What plane divides the body into front and back portions?

A

Frontal or Coronal Plane

29
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What plane divides the body, or an organ into superior and inferior portions?

A

Transverse plane also known as a
Cross sectional plane or horizontal plane

30
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What are body cavities?

A

Space that encloses internal organs.

31
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What is the yellow plane?

C
A

Frontal/Coronal plane

32
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What is the pink plane?

A

The Median plane

33
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What is the blue plane?

A

Sagittal plane

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