Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Terminology

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Term
Definition
Anatomy   Study of the form/structure of body parts and of how these parts relate to one another.  
🗑
Physiology   Concerns the functioning of the body's structural machinery, that is, how the parts of the body work and carry out their life-sustaining activities.  
🗑
Movement   self-initiated change in position, motion of internal parts.  
🗑
Responsiveness   ability to sense changes within, or around the organism & react to them (highly developed in nerve/muscle cells).  
🗑
Conductivity   the capacity of living cells & tissues to selectively transmit or propagate a wave of excitation from one point to another within the body (highly developed in nerve/muscle cells).  
🗑
Growth   increase in body size.  
🗑
Reproduction   parents produce offspring/new individuals.  
🗑
Respiration   obtaining oxygen (O2), using it to release energy from food substances & ridding of wastes.  
🗑
Digestion   Chemically changing (breaking down) food substances & ridding of wastes.  
🗑
Absorption   passage of digested products through membranes & into body fluids.  
🗑
Secretion   production & delivery of specialized substances for diverse body functions (digestive juices and hormones).  
🗑
Circulation   movement of substances throughout the body.  
🗑
Assimilation   changing absorbed substances into chemically different substances.  
🗑
Excretion   removal of wastes.  
🗑
Metabolism   all physical & chemical reactions occurring in an organism.  
🗑
Bodily needs:   water, food, oxygen, heat, pressure  
🗑
Homeostasis   tendency of the body to maintain a stable, balanced internal environment. Includes 3 components; receptor, control center, effector.  
🗑
Tissue   a group of cells that work together to carry out certain common functions.  
🗑
Organ   a group of tissues working together to carry out certain common functions.  
🗑
Anatomical position   body is in an erect position with arms at the sides & palms turned forward; reference position that gives meaning to the directional terms used to describe body parts/regions.  
🗑
Bilateral Symmetry   one of the most obvious of the external organizational features in human; right/left sides of body are mirror images and only one place can divide the body into those sides.  
🗑
Ipsilateral   on the same side.  
🗑
Contralateral   on the opposite side.  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
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
Created by: cookiemascot07
Popular Anatomy sets