Anatomy
The human body contains this much blood
What is 8-10 pints?
Substance of which the cells of all living things are composed
What is protoplasm?
Part of the muscle is attached to the skeleton.
What is the origin?
Primary function of the lymphatic/immune sytem
What is protecting the body from disease?
This is covered, shaped and supported by the muscular system
What is skeletal tissue?
Nutritive fluid flowing through the circulatory system
What is blood?
The process of cell reproduction
What is mitosis?
Structures composed of specialized tissues and performing specific functions
What are organs?
Primary function of the skeletal system
What is providing the physical foundation of the body?
Body system responsible for changing food into nutrients and waste
What is the digestive system?
Blood components that contribute to the blood clotting process
What are platelets?
Flat bone that forms the ventral support of the ribs
What is the sternum?
Organ in the endocrine system that secretes enzyme producing cells responsible for digesting carbohydrates, proteins and fats
Study of bones
What is osteology?
What is purifying the body by elimination of waste matter?
Another term for white blood cells
What are leukocytes?
Part of the hand supplied by the radial nerve and its branches
What is the back?
Secretions that the endocrine glands release directly into the bloodstream and that influence the welfare of the entire body
What are horomones?
Term that means bone and is used as a prefix in many medical terms
What is "os"?
Primary function of the reproductive system
What is perpetuating the human race?
The study of tiny structures found in living tissue
What is histology?
Fluid part of the blood and lymph that carries food and secretions to the cells and carbon dioxide from the cells
What is plasma?
Primary function of the respiratory system
What is breathing?
Primary function of the circulatory system?
What is moving blood through the body?
Body systems that controls and coordinates all other body systems
What is the nervous system?