unit 1 a Flashcards
characteristic of all living things
made of cells, react to stimuli, grow/reproduce
macromolecule
lipids, carbs, nucleic acid, and proteins;
levels of org in an organism
organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, body
negative feedback
negating the output
positive feedback
upping the antics/ increasing the output
12 main organ systems
nervous, immune, urinary, integumentary, respiratory, muscular, skeletal, endocrine, digestive, reproductive, cardiovascular
dorsal cavity
cranial, spinal
ventral
thoracic, abdominopelvic
parietal membrane
outside
visceral membrane
inside
mediastinum
in between pleura
pericardium
inside mediastinum holds heart
coronal plane
can see both major cavities (toast)
transverse plane
superior vs inferior
sagital plane
left v right
types of tissues
connective, epithelial, muscular, cardiac
epithelial tissue type
(flat to fat) squam, cub, column
(single to mult) simple, strat, pseudostrat
connective tissue type
proper (loose (adipose, areolar) , dense (reg, irreg)) v specialized (supportiv (bone, cart) , fluid (blood)
muscular tissue types
smooth, skeletal
nervous tissue types
neuroglia and neurons