Terms
Groups of similar cells with a common function
Tissue
The smallest building blocks of all living things
Cells
Diminished ability to keep the body's internal environment within normal ranges
Homeostatic imbalance
State of regulated physiological balance
Homeostasis
The study of how living things function or work
Physiology
The study of the form or structure of all living things
Anatomy
Specialized bone cells that reabsorb bone tissue
Osteoclasts
Mature bone cells
Osteocytes
The hollow shaft of a long bone
Diaphysis
The bulbous end of a long bone
Epiphysis
The first cervical vertebra
Atlas
Opening in an infants' skull connected only by pockets of fibrous membranes
Fontanel
Two or more organs working together
Organ system
A polymer of glucose found in animals
Glycogen
Process in which complex molecules are constructed from simpler ones
Anabolism
Fats and oils
Lipids
Subunits that make up nucleic acids
Nucleotides
Pairs of complementary nucleic acid bases
Base Pairs
The process of red blood cell formation
Hematopoiesis
The building block of proteins
Amino acids
Central hollow space inside most bones
Medullary Cavity
A molecule made up of many smaller subunits
Polymer
Systematically collected and recorded observations of some sort
Data
The systemic process that creates new knowledge
Science
Conditions exceeding a set limit in one direction trigger a negative reaction in the opposite direction
Negative Feedback
Proteins that speed up a specific biological reaction
Enzyme
Chemical reactions constantly going on within the body's cells
Metabolism
A hydrocarbon chain with a carboxylic acid group at one end
Fatty Acid
Fibrocartilaginous cushions between articulated vertebral bodies
Intervertebral Discs
The second cervical vertebra
Axis
Specialized bone cells that build bone tissue
Osteoblasts
The main form of sugar that circulates in the blood
Glucose
Fibrous connective tissue membrane that surrounds and protects the shaft of a long bone
Periosteum
A compound composed of a glycerol molecule with three fatty acids attached
Triglyceride
Joins two amino acids
Peptide Bond
Key information-carrying molecules in cells
Nucleic Acid