What is...
A discipline that uses imaging techniques such as x-rays, ultrasound, and MRI).
What is Radiographic anatomy.
This type carries messages to and from the brain and controls and coordinates all bodily functions.
What is Nerve Tissue.
The foundations of the body.
What is the Skeletal System.
This organ controls the body.
What is the Brain.
Fluid circulating through the circulatory system (heart, veins, arteries, and capillaries)
What is Blood.
The basic unit of all living things, from bacteria to plants and animals, and including human beings.
What is a Cell.
This type contracts and moves the various parts of the body.
What is Muscle Tissue.
This system, also referred to as the cardiovascular system, controls the steady circulation of the blood through the body by means of the heart and blood vessels.
What is the Circulatory System.
This is the main organ in circulating blood.
What is the Heart.
Tells what a particular internal value should be (such as body temperature, blood glucose, blood pressure).
What is a Set Point.
The study of the function and activities performed by the body structures.
What is Physiology.
This type serves to support, protect, and bind together other tissues of the body.
What is Connective Tissue.
This system enables breathing and consists of the lungs and air passages.
What is the Respiratory System.
This organ(s) excretes water and waste products.
What is the Kidneys.
Provide information about specific conditions (stimuli) in the internal environment.
What is Receptors.
The dense active protoplasm found in the center of the cell.
What is the Nucleus.
A collection of similar cells that perform a particular function.
What is Tissue.
This system is made up of a group of specialized glands that affect the growth, development, sexual activities, and health of the entire body.
What is the Endocrine System.
This organ removes toxic products of digestion.
What is the Liver.
A mechanism activated by an imbalance that corrects the imbalance.
What is Negative Feedback.
The study of the structures of the human body that can be seen with the naked eye, and what they are made up of.
What is Anatomy.
This type of tissue lines the surfaces in the body.
What is Epithelial. (skin, mouth, stomach)
This system is made up of the skin and its various accessory organs, such as the oil and sweat glands, sensory receptors, hair and nails.
What is the Integumentary System.
This organ forms an external protective covering of the body.
What is the Skin.
The tendency to maintain a stable, relatively constant internal environment.
What is Homeostasis.