an introduction to the structures and functions of the body
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| anatomy | show 🗑
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| show | cutting technique used to separate body parts for study
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| show | the study of the functions of living organisims and their parts
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| show | any significant abnormality in the body's structure or function that disrupts a person's vital function or physical, mental or scocial well being
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| show | the scientific study of disease
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| show | the charecteristic of the body of being organized, that is, structured in different levels of complexity and coordinated in function; the human body is often said to be organized into different levels of organization:chemical, cell, tissue, organ, system,
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| stuctural levels of organization in the body | show 🗑
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| show | considered to be the smallest living units of stucture and function in our bodies
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| show | an organization of many similar cells that act together to perform a common function
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| organs | show 🗑
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| systems | show 🗑
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| supine | show 🗑
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| prone | show 🗑
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| show | toward the head, upper or above
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| inferior | show 🗑
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| show | front or in front of
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| ventral | show 🗑
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| show | toward the back ( can be used in place of posterior)
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| medial | show 🗑
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| show | toward the side of the body or away from it's midline
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| proximal | show 🗑
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| show | away from or farthest from the trunk or point of origin of a body part
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| superficial | show 🗑
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| show | father away from the body surface
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| show | length wise plane running from back to front. it divides the body or any of its parts into right and left sides
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| show | divides the body length wise into Eaqul halfs
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| frontal (coronal) | show 🗑
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| transverse | show 🗑
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| two major body cavities | show 🗑
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| thoracic cavity | show 🗑
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| show | the mid potion of the thoracic cavity
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| show | sub divisions of the thoracic cavities (right and left sides)
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| show | lower part of the ventral cavity. the abdominal and pelvic cavity together, because no physical partition separates them.
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| diaphragm | show 🗑
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| atrophy | show 🗑
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| show | the relative constancy of the internal environment
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| feed back loop | show 🗑
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| show | part of a homeostatic feedback loop thats detects (senses) changes in the physiological variable that is regulated by the feedback loop
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| show | part of the homeostaticfeedback loop that integrates(puts together) setpoint (pre-prgrammed) information with actual sensed information about a physiological variable and then possibly sends out a signal to an effector to change the varible
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| show | responding organ; for example, voluntary and involuntary muscle, the heart, and glands
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| show | homeostatic control system in which information feeding back to the control center causes the level of a variable to be changed in the direction opposite to that of the initial stimulus
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| show | homeostatic control system in which information feeding back to the control center causes the level of a variable to be pushed further in the direction of the original deviation, causing an amplification of the original deviation, causing an ampification
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| developmental process | show 🗑
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| show | changes and functions occuring after young adulthood(diminishes efficiency)
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