Metosis
What are the phases of Mitosis in order?
PMAT Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
How many different organ systems are there in the human body?
Eleven
How many basic kinds of tissues are there in the body?
Four
What are the basic units of life called?
The state of dynamic equilibrium in the body with respect to its internal environment and functions?
Homeostasis
How many chromosomes do we have?
46
What is a group of tissues specialized for a particular function?
Organ
What are the four different kinds of tissues in the human body?
Nervous, Muscular, Connective, Epithelial
______________ are the little membrane-bound, trillions of cells, that make up your body, and the word actually means "little organ".
Organelles
What is the ideal normal value of a variable around which homeostasis is maintained through a normal range of values that are acceptable to the body?
Set Point
What is cancer?
Uncontrolled Cell Growth (mitosis)
What are groups of cells forming various building materials of the body?
Tissues
What kind of tissue makes up the brain, spinal cord, and nerves?
Nervous
What are the smallest level and last level of organization in the body?
Molecules
What is the factor that causes one or more physiological variables to move away from its homeostatic set point?
Stress
What kind of tissue makes up the bone, cartilage, deeper layers of your skin, and the bindings or connectors around and between organs?
Connective
What are the seven levels of organization?
1. Whole Organism (11 organ systems), 2. Organ Systems. 3. Organs, 4. Tissues, 5. Cells, 6. Organelles, 7. Molecules
In homeostasis, this is the part of the body, either the central nervous system or the endocrine gland, that receives information about the variable, determines the set point and signals a response to correct the imbalances.
Control Center
What kind of tissue makes up your muscles, heart, and internal organs to push food or fluid along?
Muscular
What is the structure in the body that monitors the values of your body's variables?
Receptor
What kind of tissue makes up the surface of your skin, the inner lining of your respiratory system, digestive tract, urinary tract, and reproductive system?
Epitheial Tissue
What is the structure in the body that can change the value of a variable in response to a signal from the control center?
Effector
What is the process by which the control system in homeostasis opposes or reverses the original stress?
Negative-Feedback System
What does negative in negative-feedback system mean?
Opposite
What body system is in the control center in if there are hormones involved?
The Endocrine
Are positive feedback systems particularly positive for the body?
No