Basic Anatomy
The study of the functions of organisms
What is physiology?
The two layers of epithelial tissue.
What are the apical and basal surfaces?
This are the primary functions of connective tissue
What is support body tissues, transmit forces, and act as fillers?
These are the three types of muscle tissue
These cells serve as lines of communication between body parts and glial cells
The stable state of the internal environment
What is homeostasis
What are blood vessel walls and air sacs in the lungs?
The mechanical properties of connective tissue depend on the type and quantity depend on this.
These are the three basic parts of a neuron
The third level of organization on your slides. (Smallest is cell)
The functions of cuboidal epithelium
What are secretion and absorption?
These are the six types of connective tissue.
What is loose, fibrous, cartilage, bone, adipose, and blood
The cells within cardiac muscle are short and branched, and each are connected to neighboring cells with this.
What are intercalated disks?
This mechanism intensifies or adds to the change in internal or external environment
What is positive feedback?
Gap junctions allow these to flow through one cell to another
What are ions and small molecules?
What are stem cells?
This is the precursor to bone during embryonic development
What is cartilage
The cells of this type of muscle are small and spindle shaped, with the actin and myosin molecules arranged loosely
What is smooth muscle?
This is a 24 hour cycle that correlates with regular environment changes (hint: sleep)
What is the circadian rhythm?
Space between cells with buttonlike spots or belts that weld cells together
What are anchoring junctions?
This kind of epithelia is not involved in secretion or absorption
This cell type makes up mature bone, and is embedded in an ECM with collagen fibers and glycoproteins
What are osteocytes?
Cells of this type of muscle are stabilized by anchoring junctions and gap junctions, which allows the muscle to contract in all directions
What is cardiac muscle?
This is when a set point is changed artificially or in a laboratory setting.
What is acclimation?