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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Early Students of anatomy and physiology were most concerned with? | treating illnesses and injury |
| Anatomy | the structure of the body and its parts (what are things called) |
| Physiology | studies the function of parts and asks how do they work? |
| Anatomy and Physiology are closely interrelated because? | the function role of a part depends on how it is constructed |
| Anatomists rely on? | observation and dissection |
| physiologists rely on? | experiments |
| More common to discover new ______information, but _____ are being made as well. | 1 Philological 2 Anabolic |
| What are the 9 levels of organization from smallest to largest? | 1 Atom 2 Molecule 3 Macromolecules 4 Organelle 5 Cell 6 Tissue 7 Organ 8 Organ System 9 Organism |
| Two or more atoms comprise a? | Molecule |
| Atoms are? | simplest level |
| Macromolecules are? | large, biologically important molecules inside the body |
| Organelles are? | aggregates of macromolecules used to carry out a specific function in the cell |
| Cells are? | the basic living unit |
| Tissue | a group of cells functioning together |
| groups of tissues form? | organs |
| groups of organs function together as? | organ systems |
| organ systems functioning together make up? | an organism |
| 10 Characteristics of life? | 1 Movement 2 Responsiveness 3 Growth 4 Reproduction 5 Respiration 6 Digestion 7 Absorption 8 Circulation 9 Assimilation 10 Excretion |
| Movement can be? | internal or gross |
| Responsiveness | reaction to internal or external change |
| Growth | increase in size without change in shape |
| Respiration | use of oxygen, removal of co2 |
| Digestion | breakdown of food into simpler forms |
| Absorption | movement of substances through membranes and into fluids |
| circulation | movement within body fluids |
| Assimilation | changing nutrients into chemically different forms |
| Excretion | removal of metabolic waste |
| What are the requirement of organisms to maintain life? | water food oxygen heat and pressure |
| Homeostasis | maintenance of a stable internal environment |
| what are the 3 control systems of homeostasis? | Receptors, set point, effectors |
| Receptors | provide information about certain conditions in the internal environment |
| Set Point | what a particular value, temp, should be |
| effectors | cause a response that alters the internal environment |
| Negative feed back | takes the temp toward the set point |
| positive feedback | takes a temp away from the set point |
| The appendicular portion of the body? | the upper and lower limbs |
| the axial portion of the body? | head neck and trunk |
| organs within the dorsal and ventral cavity are called? | viscera |
| Dorsal cavity can be divided into what 2 cavity's? | Cranial cavity and vertebral canal |
| the ventral cavity is made up of? | Thoracic cavity, abdominalpelvic cavity |
| Thoracic cavity is divided by the? | mediastinum |
| abdominopelvic cavity divided into? | abdominal and pelvic cavity |
| Diaphragm | thin muscle that separates the the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities |
| cavities within the head? | oral cavity, nasal cavity, orbital cavity, and middle ear cavity |
| thoracic cavity is lined with? | pleural membranes |
| parietal membrane | lines the cavities |
| visceral pleura | covers the lungs |
| a thin layer of _____ separates the parietal and visceral membrane? | serous |
| The heart is surrounded by? | pericardial membranes |
| The ____ makes up and outer sac around the heart? | parietal pericardium |
| Covers the heart | visceral pericardium |
| Peritoneal membranes | line the abdominopelvic cavity |
| Lines the wall of the abdominopelvic cavity? | parietal peritoneum |
| covers organs? | visceral peritoneum |
| Integumentary system is? | body covering ( hair nails, skin) senses change outside the body, helps regulate body temp |
| Skeletal system | made up of bones and ligaments. supports protects and provides frame work, stores inorganic salts, and houses blood-forming tissues |
| muscular system | consist of the muscle that provide body movement posture and heat |
| nervous system | brain, spinal cord, nerve and sense organs sends incoming info from receptors to impulses and muscle glands |
| endocrine system | all glands that secrete hormones, helps integrate metabolic functions |
| Cardiovascular system | made up of heart blood vessels, distributes oxygen and nutrients throughout the body while removing wastes from the cells |
| lymphatic system | system consisting of lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes thymus and spleen drains excess tissues fluid and includes cells of immunity |
| digestive system | mouth, esophagus, stomach intestines and accessory organs , receives breaks down and absorbs nutrients |
| respiratory system | exchanges gasses between blood and air, made up of the lungs and passageways |
| urinary system | kidneys, ureters bladder and urethra, removes waste from blood and helps maintain water and electrolyte balance |
| reproductive system | produces new ogranisms |
| male reproducitve system | testes accessory organs and vessels that conduct sperm to the penis |
| female reproductive system | ovaries vagina uterine tubes uterus and external genitalia |
| sagittal section | divides body into left and right positions |
| transverse section | divides body into superior and inferior, "cross section" |
| coronal section | divides the body into anterior and posterior sections |
| abdomen divides into 4 main sections | right and left upper quadrants, and right and left lower quadrants |
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