The study of body structures and their relationship among them
What is Anatomy?
Its the smallest level of organization
What is chemical/molecular?
Ability to detect & respond to changes
What is responsiveness?
Condition of balance in the body’s internal environment
What is homeostasis?
Consists of kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra.
What is the urinary system?
The science of body function
What is Physiology?
There are 4, epithelial, CT, nervous & muscle
What is the tissue level?
Sum of all chemical processes in the body
What is metabolism?
The mechanisms that help to restore homeostasis
What is feedback loops?
Regulates body activities by releasing hormones that act on target cells
What is the endocrine system?
The study of kidney function
What is renal physiology?
Contains related organs with a common function
What is the system level?
Increase in number of cells
What is growth?
Along with the nervous system, they work to maintain homeostasis
What is the endocrine system
Functions include walking, maintaining posture and producing heat.
What is the muscular system?
The study of the structural changes associated with disease.
What is pathological anatomy?
Consists of 2 or more tissues, specific function & shape
What is the organ level?
Making new cells for growth, repair or replacement
What is reproduction?
Childbirth is an example
What is a positive feedback loop?
Provides support and protection as well as being a site of red blood cell production
What is the skeletal system?
The functional changes associated with disease and aging.
What is Pathophysiology?
The basic structural & functional units of an organism
What is the cellular level
Cells changing from unspecialized to specialized
What is differentiation?
Results is disease
What is failure in homeostasis?
Generates action potentials (nerve impulses) to regulate body activities.
What is the nervous system?