Overview of Anatomy/Physiology
This is the scientific study of the human body's structures.
What is human anatomy?
In this level, atoms bond to form molecules with three-dimensional structures.
What is the chemical level?
This is the process whereby smaller, simpler molecules are combined into larger, more complex substances.
What is anabolism?
This is a key component of the chemical reactions that keep the body alive, including the reactions that produce ATP.
What is oxygen?
This is the physiological value around which the normal range fluctuates.
What is a set point?
This is the study of the larger structures of the body, those visible without the aid of magnification.
What is gross anatomy?
In this level, a variety of molecules combine to form the fluid and organelles of a body cell.
What is the cellular level?
This is the process by which larger more complex substances are broken down into smaller simpler molecules.
What is catabolism?
This is a substance in foods and beverages that is essential to human survival.
What is a nutrient?
This is the restricted set of values that is optimally healthful and stable.
What is a normal range?
This is the study of structures that can be observed only with the use of a microscope or other magnification devices.
What is microscopic anatomy?
This is the smallest independently functioning unit of a living organism.
What is a cell?
This is the sum of all anabolic and catabolic reactions that take place in the body.
What is metabolism?
This is the clinical term for an abnormally low body temperature.
What is hypothermia?
This is a mechanism that reverses a deviation from the set point.
What is a negative feedback?
This is the study of the interrelationships of all the structures in a specific body region, such as the abdomen.
What is regional anatomy?
A human cell typically consists of flexible membranes that enclose cytoplasm, a water-based cellular fluid together with a variety of tiny functioning units called these.
What are organelles?
This is a chemical compound that stores and releases energy in the body.
What is adenosine triphosphate?
This is a force exerted by a substance that is in contact with another substance.
What is pressure?
This, also referred to as a receptor, is a component of a feedback system that monitors a physiological value.
What is a sensor?
This is the study of the structures that make up a discrete body system-that is, a group of structures that work together to perform a unique body function.
What is systemic anatomy?
This is a group of many similar cells that work together to perform a specific function.
What is a tissue?
This is the ability of an organism to adjust to changes in its internal and external environments.
What is responsiveness?
This is also important to human survival.
What is the dynamic pressure of body fluids?
What is the control center?