Study of the system which responds immediately and very quickly to a stimulus.
What is neurology?
Subatomic particle, positive charge.
What is a proton?
The smallest units in the body (living OR nonliving).
What are atoms?
Body cavity that houses the lungs.
What is the pleural cavity? (or thoracic cavity)
Low levels of oxygen produce this skin color.
What is cyanosis (or cyanotic)?
Study of the function and processes of body systems and their inter-relationships.
What is physiology?
The body uses to this process to actively maintain itself stable when it receives stimuli.
What is homeostasis?
Semitransparent fluid, mostly water, that suspends the cell's organelles.
What is the cytosol?
Largest solid organ in the abdominopelvic cavity.
What is the liver?
Sweat glands produce sweat. SEBaceous glands produce this oily waxy substance.
What is sebum?
Study of disease and its processes at all structural levels.
What is pathology?
The major intracellular electrolyte (it is a cation).
What is potassium?
The powerplants of the cell, these form ATP from nutrients.
What are the mitochondria?
Type of epithelium found in the alveoli, important for gas exchange. (2 words)
What is simple squamous (epithelium)?
The most superficial epidermal layer, it consists of dead cells.
What is the stratum corneum?
Study of individual cell structure(s) and function.
What is cytology?
The type of ion: chloride, bicarbonate, sulfate.
What is an anion?
A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being changed itself.
What is a catalyst? (enzyme)
Type of epithelium, a single layer of tall cells. Example: lining of the digestive tract. (2 words)
What is simple columnar (epithelium)?
Among other locations, these cells produce MUCUS in your nasal cavity and respiratory tract.
What are goblet cells?
Study and treatment of female diseases, often the reproductive organs. Often paired with obstetrics.
What is gynecology?
The group of organic compounds represented by: fats, fatty acids, steroids, and phospho______.
What is lipids?
==DAILY DOUBLE==
The mini-circulatory system of the cell, channels that carry proteins from one part of the cell to another.
What is the endoplasmic reticulum?
TYPE of tissue: blood, lymph, and bone.
What is connective (tissue)?
In what system are the arrector pili muscles LOCATED?
What is the integumentary system?