Intro to A&P Part 2

Question 1

Teleological Approach

Answer 1

Answers the WHY questions, addresses function of the system

Question 2

Mechanistic Approach

Answer 2

Answers the HOW questions of physiology, addresses process of the system

Question 3

Emergent property

Answer 3

Property of a system that is greater than the sum of its individual parts

Question 4

Homeostasis

Answer 4

Maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment

Question 5

Regulated Variable

Answer 5

Things that cannot be too high or too low

Ex: pH 7-7.5, temperature 98.6, respiratory rate, heart rate, blood pressure, ions

Question 6

Physiologic Control System

Answer 6

A series of steps in the body that can bring a regulated variable into range

Question 7

Integumentary System

Answer 7

Largest group of cells exposed to the environment

Question 8

Failure to maintain homeostasis disrupts normal function and may result in..

Answer 8

Disease

Question 9

Autocrine signal

Answer 9

Act on the same cell that secreted them

Question 10

Paracrine Signal

Answer 10

Are secreted by one cell and diffuse to adjacent cells

Question 11

Interdependence

Answer 11

Cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems interact with one another (are dependent on the function of one another) to sustain life

Question 12

Structure-Function relationship

Answer 12

The function of a cell, tissue, or organ is determined by its form.

Question 13

Cell-to-Cell Communication

Answer 13

The function of the organism requires that cells pass information to one another to coordinated their activities.