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BIOlogy122

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What are the 10 characteristics of life? Movement, Responsiveness, Growth, Respiration, Responsiveness, Digestion, Absorption, Circulation, Assimilation.
What does ANATOMY deal with? deals with the structure of the body and its parts; in other words, what are things called?
What is PHYSIOLOGY? studies the functions of the bodies' parts or asks the question, “how do they work?”
List the levels of organization. Atom, molecule, macromolecule,oranelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ systems, organism.
What does life depend upon? Water, Food, Heat, Oxygen, Pressure.
What is homeostasis? Maintenance of a stable internal environment.
Homeostasis is regulated through these three control systems. receptors, set points, and effectors.
Name two homeostatic mechanisms. Positive and negative feedback.
Axial portion? head, neck, and trunk.
Appendicular portion? upper and lower limbs
The thoracic cavity is lined with what kind of membranes? plueral membranes
What does visceral pluera cover? Lungs
What lines the cavities within the thoracic cavity? parietal pleura
Pericardial membranes surround...? The heart
Membrane that line the abdominopelvic cavity? peritoneal membrane
Skin, hair, nails, and various glands? Integumentary system.
It protects underlying tissues, helps regulate body temperature, senses changes, and synthesizes certain products. Integumentary system.
It supports, protects, provides frameworks, stores inorganic salts, and houses blood forming tissues Skeletal system.
What system provides movement, body heat, and posture? Muscular system.
What organs are included in the nervous system? Brain, spinal cord, nerves and sensory organs.
It integrates incoming information from receptors and sends impulses to muscles and glands Nervous system.
Organs included in the Endocrine system? All the glands that secrete hormones.
Helps to integrate metabolic functions Endocrine system
distributes oxygen and nutrients throughout the body while removing wastes from the cells. Cardiovascular system
Organs of the Cardiovascular system? Heart, veins, arteries, and blood vessels.
drains excess tissue fluid and includes cells of immunity. Lymphatic system
organs of the lymphatic system? lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, thymus, and spleen.
Digestive organs? mouth, esophagus, stomach, intestines, and accessory organs
What is the purpose of the digestive system? It receives, breaks down, and absorbs nutrients
Organs of the respiratory system? Lungs and passageways.
What does the respiratory system do? exchanges gases between the blood and air.
removes wastes from the blood and helps to maintain water and electrolyte balance. Urinary system.
What does the urinary system consist of? the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra
What system produces new organisms? Reproductive system.
Female reproductive organs? ovaries, uterine tubes, uterus, vagina, and external genitalia
Male reproductive organs? testes, accessory organs, and vessels that conduct sperm to the penis
this type of section divides the body into superior and inferior portions. Transverse
What is a frontal section? divides the body into anterior and posterior sections.
this section divides the body into right and left portions. If it passes along the midline and divides the body into equal parts. Also called Median. Sagital
From top to bottom, the three middle regions of the abdominal region. Epigastric, umbilical, hypogastric.
The right three, top to bottom, regions of the abdomen. Hypochondriac, lumbar, iliac.
The left three, top to bottom regions of the abdomen. Hypochondriac, lumbar, iliac
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