Basics
What is Anatomy?
the study of the structure of the human body
What is Homeostasis?
Maintaining of a stable internal environment.
What are the Body Sections or Planes of the body?
• Sagittal
• Transverse or Horizontal
• Coronal or Frontal
This divides the body into left and right portions
Sagittal
This is a form of energy that partly controls rate of metabolic reaction
Heat
What is Physiology?
the study of the function of the human body
What are the two types of Homeostatic Control Mechanisms?
Positive and Negative feedback
This term refers to a structure located toward the front of the body
anterior
This term divides the body into superior and inferior portions
Transverse or Horizontal
this term is the changing of absorbed substances into chemically different forms.
Assimilation
Subatomic particles, Atom, Molecule, Macromolecule, Organelle, Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, and Organism
There are 3 parts of the Homeostatic Control Mechanisms that monitor aspects of the internal environment that corrects as needed. What are they?
Receptor, Control Center, Effector
Bonus question: Can you tell me what each one does? (bonus points)
This term describes a structure that is close to the midline of the body
medial
This term divides body into anterior and posterior portions
Coronal or Frontal
this term refers to the removal of wastes produced by metabolic reactions
excretion
What are the six characteristics of life?
Movement, Responsiveness, Growth, Reproduction, Respiration, and Digestion
What is Negative feedback? Also what is an example? (bonus)
•Prevents sudden, severe changes in the body
• Corrects the set point
• Causes opposite of bodily disruption to occur, i.e. the ‘negative’
• Most common type of feedback loop
Examples: body temperature, blood pressure & glucose regulation
This term is used for a structure positioned on the back of the body
posterior
this term describes structures that are present on both sides of the body
Bilateral
This term refers to structures on the same side of the body
ipsilateral
What are the five environmental factors that life depends on?
Water, Food, Oxygen, Heat, and Pressure
What is Positive feedback? Can you give examples? (bonus)
•Increases (accelerates) the actions of the body
• Short-lived
• Do not require continuous adjustments
• Examples: blood clotting and child birth
This term is used to describe a structure farther from the trunk or point of attachment
distal
This term refers to structures on opposite sides of the body
contralateral
This term is a reaction to a change in the body
Responsiveness