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Intro to Human Body

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Homeostasis   The condition in which the body's internal environment remains relatively constant.  
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Catabolism   Chemical reactions that break down complex organic compounds into simple ones.(release energy)  
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Anabolism   Reactions (synthetic) that build up smaller molecules into larger ones. (require energy)  
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Metabolism   Sum of all biochemical reactions that occur within an organism.  
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Feedback System Components   Receptor, Control Center, Effector  
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Fast acting system controlling homeostasis   Nervous System  
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Slower acting system controlling homeostasis   Endocrine System  
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Types of Feedback Systems   Positive Feedback System (supports change) and Negative Feedback System (reverses change)  
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Homeostatic Imbalance causes ______ that can be either __________ or __________.   disease or sickness, local, systemic  
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Levels of organization.   Chemical, cellular (smallest living unit), tissue (specific function), organ (specific shape and function), system, organismal.  
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Types of human tissue.   Epithelial (forms the innermost and outermost surfaces of body structures,forms glands), nervous, muscular, connective (bind and support, extracellular).  
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Anatomy   "the process of cutting"The study of the structure of the body and the relation of it parts to each other, esp as revealed by dissection.  
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Physiology   Science that deals with the functions of an organism or its parts.  
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4 Main body cavities   cranial, thoracic, abdominal, pelvic  
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viscera, visceral (function)   pertaining to organs, pertaining to the organs or to the covering of an organ (reduce friction)  
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Mediastinum   Region on the thoracic cavity between the pleurae of the lungs that extends from the sternum to the vertebral column (contains the heart)  
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Retroperitoneal   External to the peritoneal lining of the abdominal cavity (contains kidneys, adrenal glands, and pancreas)  
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Serous membrane   Lines the thoracic and abdominal cavities (parietal layer) and covers the organs (visceral layer).  
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Parietal   Pertaining to or forming the outer wall of a body cavity.  
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Regions of thoracic cavity (3).   Mediastinum, pericardial, pleural  
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Abdominal cavity   peritoneal  
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