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HCT A&P1
Holden 2007 A&P Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anatomy | Shape & Structure of organism's body and their relationships |
| Physiology | Function of body part, coordination to complete living organism |
| Anatomy short | pieces |
| Physiology short | how it works |
| Gross Anatomy | large and easily seen structures |
| Morphology | Study of shape |
| Cytology | Cells |
| Histology | Tissues and organs |
| Developmental anatomy | growth & development through lifetime |
| Embryology | formation of an organism |
| Comparative anatomy | Differences in the animal kingdom |
| Systematic anatomy | study of body systems |
| Dermatology | Integumentary system |
| Endocrinology | endocrine or hormone system |
| Neurology | nervous system |
| Anatomical position | standing erect, face forward, arms at side, palms forward |
| Anterior or ventral | front or in front of |
| Posterior or dorsal | back or in back of (dorsal fin) |
| Cranial | skull end of body |
| Caudal | inferior end of body |
| Superior | upper or above another |
| Inferior | lower or below another |
| Medial | toward the midline |
| Lateral | away from midline or toward the side of the body |
| Proximal | toward the point of attachment of the body |
| Distal | away from the point of attachment to the body |
| Superficial or external | on or near the surface |
| Deep or internal | refers to body cavities |
| Planes | imaginary dividing lines |
| Sections | cut through the body in the direction of a certain plain |
| Sagittal plane | divides the body into right and left parts |
| Coronal plane | vertical cut at right angles to sagittal plane dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions |
| Transverse or cross section | horizontal cut dividing the body into upper and lower parts |
| Dorsal cavity | contains brain (cranial cavity) and spine (spinal cavity) |
| Vertral cavity | divided into 2 parts by diaphragm |
| Thorasic cavity | mediseinum, peridicardial & pleural cavities |
| Mediastinum | central between lungs, from sternum to vertebrae of back |
| Pericardial cavity | heart |
| Pleural cavities | lungs |
| Abdominopelvic | abdominal and pelvic cavitys |
| Regions | splits abdominopelvic cavity into 9 regions |
| Epigastric region | below sternum |
| Right & left hypochondriac regions | below the ribs |
| Umbillical region | around the navel |
| Right & left lumbar regions | extend from anterior to posterior |
| Hypogastric region | pubic region |
| Left & right illiac regions | left and right inguinal (groin) areas |
| Orbital Cavity | eyes, eyeball muscles, optic nerves, lacriminal ducts |
| Nasal cavity | nose |
| Oral or buccal cavity | teeth and tongue |
| Life functions | highly organized and related activites which allow living organisms to live, grow and maintain themselves i.e. movement, ingestion, digestion, transport, respiration, synthesis |
| Tissues | groups of highly specialized cells for specific functions |
| Organs | larger structural units formed from tissues |
| Organ system | goups of organs working together to perform a specific funciton, respritory system, repro, etc. |
| Metabolism | activities of cells that result in growth, repair, energy release, use of food and secretions |
| Anabolism | building of complex materials from simpler ones |
| Catabolism | breaking down and changing of comples substances to simpler ones |
| Homeostasis | Balance |
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