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Anatomy Exam1
Ch. 1-8
Question | Answer |
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Biology | the study of life and living things |
Anatomy | the study of structures and relationship between structures in organism based on observation and description |
Physiology | the study of the functions of the system of an organism based on observation and experimentation |
Microscopic Anatomy | the study of structures that can't be seen without magnification |
Cytology | the study of cells |
Histology | the study of tissues |
Gross Anatomy | structures you can see with the human eye |
Developmental Anatomy | the structural changes from conception |
comparative anatomy | considers the anatomical organization of different types of animals |
What 4 chemicals make up 99% of the body? | Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon, Nitrogen |
What is the result of the combination of many molecules? | cells |
Cells | the smallest living units in the body |
organelles | individually functioning parts of a cell |
The human organism is composed of how many organ systems? | 11 |
Homeostasis | maintenance of a constant internal environment |
irritability | ability of an organism to change in activity based upon a stimulus |
adaptability | long term response |
growth vs. differentiation | growth = ability to increase in size and individual cells; differentiation = becoming specialized for particular function |
reproduction | production of new generation of same organism |
metabolism | all chemical processes in the body |
anabolism | building bonds |
catabolism | the breaking of bonds; decomposition |
absorption | the process of bringing chemicals into the body |
11 body systems | integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive |