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health sceince test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anatomy | is the study of the structure of an organism |
| physiology | is the study of the functions of the living organisms and their parts |
| pathophysiology | the study of the disordered physiological process associated with disease or injury |
| cytology | the study of cells |
| histology | microscopic study of living tissue |
| microscopic anatomy | study of small tissue, organs and cells that can no be seen with the naked eye |
| skeletal | skull, ribs, pelvis, humerus, femur. provides support, protection and movement red blood cell reproduction |
| muscular | diaphram, pectoralls, gluteus maximus, gastrochemius. provides support, protection, movement and heat |
| circulatory | blood, arteries, veins, heart pumps blood and transports oxygen |
| lymphatic | splee,. tonsils, thymus gland, lymph vessels, lymph nodes. stimulates immune response, produces lymphocytes, responsible for fluid balance |
| respiratory | lungs, diaphram, alveoll, larynx, pharynx exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide |
| digestive | large intestine, small intestine, esopagus, stomach, liver digest food and absorbs nutrients |
| integumentary | skin, hair, sweat glands protects, regulates body temp and provides sensation |
| nervous | brain, spinal cord, nerves processes and sensory info |
| sensory | eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin provides sensation |
| urinary/excretory | kidney, bladder, ureters, uretha filters blood and allows elemination urin |
| endocrine | pituitary gland, pancreal, thyroid gland controls body function through hormones |
| reproductive | Females males urtuers testes Overies |
| Epithelial | Protection, skin, membrane- 2 think layers of tissue that form together may secreted fluid |
| connective support | adipose- stores fat cells cartilage- firm, flexible support of the embryonic skeloton and part of the adult skeloton |
| muscle contract | causing movement condract- striated, involuntary contracts the heart skeletal- striated, voluntray attached to the skeloton smooth, nonstriated |
| tissue | grouping of cells that are simular to one another |
| anatomical position | facing forward, feet flat, arms out, palms forward |
| prone | on your stomach |
| supine | on your spine laying on your back |
| trendelenburg | table or bed is tilted so head is lower than feet |
| fowlers | 45 degree angle |
| lower fowler | 30 degree angle |
| high fowler | 90 degree angle |
| sagittal | side to side |
| frontal | front and back |
| transverse | top and bottom |
| anterior | in front |
| posterior/dorsal | back, behind |
| superior | above , towards top |
| inferior | below, towards bottom |
| medial | towards the midline |
| lateral | towards the side furhter from the midsagital plane |
| superficial | on the surgace, closer to the surface external |
| deep | inside further within the body internal |
| proximal | closest to the point of attachment , trunk of the body |
| distal | farthest from the point of attachment |
| cranial | towards your head |
| caudal | towards your tail end |
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