Back to Basics
The study of the structures of the human body and their positional relationships to one another
What is anatomy
Connects, supports, transports, and defends the body; examples are adipose, loose, elastic, blood, bone
What is connective tissue
Structure that separates intracellular fluid from extracellular fluid
What is a cell membrane
Passive process that is the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration to equalize concentrations
What is diffusion
Term that means cell eating
What is phagocytosis
Refers to a structure that is closer to the trunk of the body
What is proximal
What is axillary
Refers to the arm area of the body
What is brachial
the tendency of the body's internal environment to remain relatively constant with a narrow range of change
What is homeostasis
This is a hollow space within a larger structure; examples include dorsal, ventral, thoracic, abdominopelvic
What are cavities
These carry out the maintenance and functions of the cell
What are organelles
Passive process that is the movement of water across a cell membrane from an area of low concentration to high concentration to equalize the fluid concentration on both sides of the membrane
What is osmosis
Term that means cell drinking
What is Pinocytosis
Refers to a structure that is closer to the surface of the body
What is superficial
Refers to the "shin" area of the body
What is crural
Refers to the head
What is cephalic or cranial
The three cardinal planes
What are frontal, sagittal, and transverse
The smallest structural and functional unit that can exist as a self-sustaining entity
What is a cell
This directs most metabolic activities, including growth and reproduction, and contains DNA and RNA
What is the nucleus
This is movement of water and molecules across a cell membrane due to pressure
What is filtration
Involves moving substances outside the cell
What is exocytosis
Refers to a structure that is further from the surface of the body
What is deep
Refers to the kneecap area of the body
What is patellar
Revers to the ankle
What is tarsal
The three cardinal axes
What are the superioinferior, mediolateral, anteroposterior
The nine abdominal regions
What are:
Right and left hypochondriac
Right and left iliac
Epigastric and hypogastric
Right and left lumbar
Umbilical
These are the site of cellular respiration and provide most of the cell's ATP
What are mitochondria
This type requires the cell to expend energy to help move molecules across its membrane
What is active transport
Involves moving substances inside the cell
What is endocytosis
What is distal
Refers to the area behind the knee
What is popliteal
Refers to the chest area
What is pectoral
The study of how the body and its individual parts function in normal body processes
What is physiology
The six levels of organization in the human body from smallest to largest
What is chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system, and organism
These engulf, digest, and destroy pathogens and cellular debris within the cell
What are lysosomes
This process does not require energy or activity of the cell membrane in order to equalize pressure or concentration on both sides
What is passive transport
Found in extracellular spaces between tissues
What is interstitial fluid
Refers to a structure that is closer to the midline of the body
What is medial
Refers to the anterior forearm area of the body
What is antebrachial
Refers to the thigh area
What is femoral