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HC101: Body Organiza
levels of body organization
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anaplasia | reversion of cells to a more primitive or undifferentiated form |
| Anomaly | a deviation from a normal especially of a bodily part |
| adipose | fat |
| cartilage | strong flexible connective tissue |
| cell | the functional unit of all living things |
| Chromosomes | the genomes of DNA viruses (as bacteriophages) that take up basophilic stains and contain most or all of the genes of the organism |
| connective tissue | supporting and protecting tissue |
| cytology | study of cells |
| Cytoplasm | the organized complex of inorganic and organic substance external to the nuclear membrane of a cell and including the cytosol and membrane-bound organelles (as mitochondria or chloroplasts) |
| Dysplasia | abnormal growth or development (as of organs or cells) |
| epithelial tissue | composed of close packed cells that form a covering and line the body structures |
| Erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| histology | the study of tissue |
| Homeostasis | the maintenance of relatively stable internal physiological conditions (as body temperature or the pH of blood) in higher animals under fluctuating environmental conditions |
| Hyperplasia | an abnormal or unusual increase in the elements composing a part (as cells composing a tissue) |
| Hypertrophy | excessive development of an organ or part |
| Hypoplasia | a condition of arrested development in which an organ or part remains below the normal size or in immature state |
| muscle fibers | individual muscle cells |
| muscle tissue | produces movement through contractions. There are three types; skeletal, smooth and cardiac |
| nervous tissue | allows conduction of electrical impulses |
| neurons | nerve cells |
| Nucleus | structure within a cell that contains DNA |
| organ | collection of several different tissue types that work together to preform a special function |
| Physiology | a branch of biology that deals with the function and activities of life or of living matter ( as organs, tissue, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved |
| Stem Cells | an unspecialized cell capable of perpetuating itself through cell division and having the potential to give rise to the differentiated cells with specialized functions |
| system | collection of several organs that work together to complete a function |
| tissue | a group of cells that function together to preform a specific activity. There are four types: muscle, epithelial , connective and nervous |
| Triage | the sorting of and allocation of treatment to patients and especially battle and disaster victims according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of sruvivors. |
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