Martin A&P I Lecture I Flashcards
Anatomy
Science of body structures
Physiology
Science of body functions
Interstitial fluid
Fills space between cells
Types of extra cellular fluid
Interstitial Blood plasma Lymph CSF Synovial fluid Aqueous Humor and Vitreous body
Component of Feedback system
Receptor (nerve or chemoreceptors)
Control Center (brain)
Effector (muscles, glands)
Two types of feedback systems
Positive and negative
Most common feedback system
Negative feedback
Positive feedback
Strengthens or reinforces a change in the condition
Disorder
Abnormality of structure or function
Disease
Specific term for an illness characterized by recognizable signs and symptoms
Local disease
Affects one body part or a limited region of the body
Systemic
Affects several parts of the body or the whole body
Signs
Observable and measured
Symptom
Subjective information provided by patient
Levels of organization
Chemical Cellular Tissue Organ Syste Organism
Metabolism
Anabolism plus catabolism
Irritability
Responsiveness
Anabolism
Build up of complex chemical substances from smaller simpler components
Catabolism
Breakdown of complex chemical substances into simpler components
Intracellular fluid
The fluid within body cells
Extracellular fluid
The fluid outside body cells
Interstitial fluid
Fluid filling the space between cells
Plasma
ECF within blood vessels
Lymph
ECF in lymphatic vessels
CSF (cerebrospinal fluid)
Fluid in and around the brain and spinal cord
Synovial fluid
Fluid within the joints
Aqueous Humor and Vitreous Body
Two different types of ECF within the eyes
Systems that regulate homeostasis
Nervous and endocrine
How does negative feedback work?
Reverses the original stimulus
Dorsal body cavity comprises
Cranial cavity
Vertebral canal
Ventral body cavity comrises
Thoracic cavity
Abdominopelvic cavity
Term for organs inside the ventral body cavity
The viscera
Subdivisions of thoracic cavity
Lateral plural cavities
Mediastinum
Two portions of the abdominopelvic cavity
Abdominal cavity
Pelvic cavity
A membrane that lines a body cavity that does not open to the exterior
Serous membrane
A membrane that lines a body cavity that DOES open to the exterior
Mucous membrane
What reduces friction between the two membranes of the abdominal cavity?
Serous fluid
Serous membrane of pleural cavities
Pleura
Serous membrane of pericardial cavity
Pericardium
Serous membrane of abdominal cavity
Peritoneum
Covering of the abdominal viscera
Visceral peritoneum