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Anatomy General Term
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anatomy | scientific discipline that investigates the body's structure |
| Physiology | scientific investigation of the processes or functions of living things |
| Hierarchy | a nested grouping, groups are placed in successively larger groups |
| Organ System | collection of organs working together |
| Organ | any structure made up of two or more tissues |
| Tissue | collection of morphologically similar cells with similar function |
| Chemical | atoms and molecules |
| Levels of Organization in the Human Body | chemical-> cellular-> tissue-> organ-> organ system-> organism |
| Four types of tissue | connective, epithelial, muscle, nervous |
| Organ Systems of the Body | integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary, female/male repro, endocrine, lymphatic |