Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Anatomy
Chapter one-introduction and organ systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anatomy | The study of the structure and shape of the body and its parts--comes from the greek word meaning "cutting open" |
| Gross Anatomy | the study of large, easily observable structures without the aid of a microscope |
| microscopic anatomy | the study of very small structures with the aid of a microscope |
| surface anatomy | the study of general form and superficial markings |
| physiology | the study of the function of structures--the study of how the body and its parts work or function |
| pathological physiology | changes in function resulting from disease |
| excercise physiology | studies physiological adjustments to exercise |
| 11 systems of the body | integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, digestive, urinary, reproductive, lymphatic, respiratory |
| integumentary system | skin-forms the external covering of the body, protects deeper tissues, synthesizes vitamin D, location of nerve receptors |
| skeletal system | protects and supports body organs, provides muscle attachment for movement, stores minerals |
| muscular system | 760 muscles, allows locomotion, maintains posture, produces heat |
| nervous system | most complex system, fast acting control system, responds to internal and external short term changes, activates muscles and glands |
| endocrine system | sevretes regulatory hormones for growth reproduction and metabolism directly into the blood stream, slow moving system |
| cardiovascular system | transports materials in the body via blood pumped by the heart, transports oxygen carbon dioxide nutrients and wasts |
| digestive system | breaks down food, allows for nutrients to be absorbed into the blood stream, eliminates indigestible material |
| urinary system | eliminates nitrogenous waste, maintains acid-base balance, regulates materials such as water electrolytes and salts |
| reproductive system | production of offspring, embryology:the study of early developmental processes |
| lymphatic system | protects against infection, monitors the amount of blood in circulation |
| respiratory system | filters air, detects smell, conducts the passageway of aid, traps mucus, and site of gas exchange |
| pathology | study of disease |
| maintaining life | movement, locomotion, responsiceness, digestion |
| metabolism | chemical reactions that take place within the body that aid in the production of energy and maintain body structures |
| excretion | elimination of waste from metabolic reactions |
| reproduction | production of a future generation |
| growth | increasing of cell number and size |
| nutrients | provide the chemicals for energy and cell building |
| oxygen | required for chemical reactions |
| water | 60-80% of body weight is water |
| homestasis | maintenance of a stable internal environment or a dynamic state of equilibrium |
| homeostasis imbalance | a distrubance in homeostasis or disease |
| infection | colonization of pathological organisms |
| brain | recieves and analyzes information and determines the set point of a homeostatic disturbance |
| positive feedback | stops the original stimulus or reduces its intensity |
| negative feedback | increases the original stimulus to push the variable further, labor, blood clot |
| anatomical position | standing upright in the verical position, legs and feet parallel, arms hanging by sides, palms and face are firected forward, thumbs lateral |
| supine | lying face up with palms up |
| prone | lying face down with palms down |
| hypo | too little |
| hyper | too much |
| bilateral symmetry | equal right and left sides |
| parassagital symmetry | unequal left and right sides-not centered |
| cells | basic unit of structure and function in living things that may seve a specific function w/in organisms |
| tissues | made of cells that are similar in structure and function and work together to perform a specific activity |
| prgans | made up of tissues that work together to perform a specific activity |
| organ system | groups of two or more tissues that work together to perform a specific function for the organism |
| organisms | entire living things that can carry out all basic life processes. |
Created by:
swimifishi
Popular Anatomy sets