Terms
What is ANATOMY?
Anatomy is the study of the structure of the body and its parts.
What is the highest level of organization?
The highest level of organization is the entire person, or whole organism.
What systems aids in the production of Vitamin D?
Integumentary System
Name the four types of tissues.
1) Nervous Tissue, 2) Muscular Tissue, 3) Connective Tissue, 4) Epithelial Tissue
What is the definition of HORMONES?
Signal molecules.
**Hormones are your body's chemical messengers. They travel in your bloodstream to tissues or organs. They work slowly, over time, and affect many different processes, including
(https://medlineplus.gov/hormones.html)
What is PHYSIOLOGY?
Physiology is the study of how the parts function and work together to make the human body the wonder that it is.
What is the definition of ORGAN?
A group of tissues specialized for a particular function.
What organ system powers the movements of your skeleton and maintains your posture when you stand still.
Muscular System.
What tissue has the ability to conduct electrical signals?
Nervous Tissue.
What is the definition of HOMEOSTASIS?
A state of dynamic equilibrium in the body with respect to its internal environment and functions.
What is GROSS ANATOMY?
The study of macroscopic structures of an organism. (Studying systems that you can see)
What is the definition of TISSUES?
What organ system secretes hormones?
Endocrine System.
What type of tissue makes up the flexible part of your ears and the bridge of your nose?
Connective Tissue
What is the definition of SET POINT?
Ideal normal value of a variable around which homeostasis is maintained through a normal range of values that are acceptable to the body.
What is MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY?
The study of microscopic structures of an organism. (Study of structures so small that you need a microscope to see them.)
How many organ systems are in your body?
There are eleven (11) organ systems in your body!
What does the respiratory system contain? (3 things)
1) Lungs
2)Respiratory passages
3)Diaphragm
What type of tissue enables your skeleton to move, your heart to beat, and your other internal organs to push food or fluid along?
Muscular Tissue
What is the definition of STRESS?
A factor that causes one or more physiological variables to move away rom its homeostatic set point.
What does homologous mean?
Similar
Name 5 of the different organ systems.
Skeletal. Nervous. Circulatory. Respiratory. Digestive. Muscular. Integumentary. Lymphatic. Urinary. Endocrine. Reproductive.
What is the lymphatic system sometimes called?
The immune system.
Fill in the blanks:
The surface of your skin is _____(1)____ tissue, as is the inner lining of your ____(2)_____ passages, ___(3)___ tract, ___(4)___ tract, & ___(5)___ tract.
1) epithelial, 2) respiratory, 3) digestive, 4) urinary, 5) reproductive
What are the seven levels of organization (in order)?
1. The Whole Organism, 2. Organ Systems, 3. Organs, 4. Tissues, 5. Cells, 6. Organelles, 7. Molecules