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A&P Unit 1

FOR ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Skin Integumentary System
Bones Skeletal System
Muscles Muscular System
Brain, Spinal Cord, & Nerves Nervous System
Glands Endocrine System
Heart & blood vessels Cardiovascular System
Lymph nodes & vessels Lymphatic System
Lungs, larynx, & trachea Respiratory System
Stomach, intestines, liver, gall bladder, & pancreas Digestive System
Kidneys & bladder Urinary System
Testes, ovaries, & uterus Reproductive System
External body covering Integumentary System
Protects deeper tissue from injury Integumentary System
Regulates body temperature Integumentary System
Provides framework muscles can use to cause movement Skeletal System
Forms blood cells Skeletal System
Protects and supports body organs Skeletal System
Allows movement & facial expression Muscular System
Maintains body posture Muscular System
Produces heat Muscular System
Fast-acting control system of the body Nervous System
Responds to internal and external changes Nervous System
Secretes hormones that regulate various body processes Endocrine System
Carries oxygen and nutrients to cells Cardiovascular System
Carries carbon dioxide and other waste away from cells Cardiovascular System
Cleans body fluids of bacteria and foreign matter Lymphatic System
Returns fluid leaked from blood vessels to blood Lymphatic System
Eliminates nitrogenous liquid waste from the body Urinary System
Regulates water, electrolyte and pH balance of the blood Urinary System
Produces offspring Reproductive System
The structure and features of the body Anatomy
How the body works/what it does Physiology
The state that your body wants to be in/attempts to return to (ex. temperature, heart rate) Homeostasis
Processes that make your body RETURN to homeostasis to be healthy Negative feedback
Processes that make your body GO OUT of homeostasis to be healthy Positive feedback
4 types of tissues Muscular, connective, nervous, & epithelial
Standing, face-front, feet parallel, & arms at sides with palms facing forward Anatomical position
Up (anatomical position) Superior (or cranial)
Down (anatomical position) Inferior (or caudal)
Towards the mid-line (anatomical position) Medial
Away from the mid-line (anatomical position) Lateral
Backwards (anatomical position) Posterior
Forwards (anatomical position) Anterior
Closer to the origin/connection point (anatomical position) Proximal
Farther from the origin/connection point (anatomical position) Distal
Body plane in half from front to back/longitudinal Sagittal
Body plane in half from left to right Frontal
Body plane that cuts a cross section at the waist Transverse
Closer to the outside of the body (anatomical position) Superficial
Closer to the inside of the body (anatomical position) Deep
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