Definitions
What is the study of structures?
Anatomy
What is the mechanism used to increase a stimulus?
Positive feedback
What organ system is made up of cartilage, associated ligaments, and bone?
The skeletal system
What part of an atom has a negative charge?
The electron
What is a cut that divides the body into left and right sides?
Sagittal
What is the study of function?
Physiology
What is the mechanism called when decreasing a stimulus?
What system is responsible for gas exchange that occurs between the air and circulating blood?
What is the bond called when atoms share valence electrons?
A covalent bond
What is a cut that cuts the body into top and bottom?
transverse
What is the body's process of maintaining an internal stable environment called?
Homeostasis
What are at least 2 survival needs?
Nutrients and Water
(Oxygen, appropriate temp, and atmospheric pressure)
Which system is responsible for producing body heat?
The muscular system
What particles make up the atomic weight of an atom?
The protons and neutrons
What terms mean front and back?
Anterior/Ventral and Posterior/Dorsal
What is it called when a particle likes water?
Hydrophilic
What are at least 3 necessary life functions?
Reproduction, responsiveness, growth
(digestion, metabolism, maintaining boundaries, movement, excretion)
Which system houses the pituitary, thyroid, and adrenal glands?
What is the mass of an electron?
What are the two portions of the body?
Axial and Appendicular
What is the anatomical position?
A standing posture with arms at the sides and the palms, head, and feet forward
What are the levels and pathways to homeostasis?
Stimuli, receptors move along the afferent pathway to the control center, then effectors move down the efferent pathway to return to homeostasis.
What system is known as the "control system?"
The nervous system
When an atom has a similar number of protons, but a different number of neutrons, what is that called?
An isotope
What is the term used to describe something further away from attachment?
Distal