A & P Terms
What term is best described as: the study of the structure and shape of the body and its parts and their relationships to one another?
Anatomy
What term is best described as: some type of sensor that monitors and responds to stimuli?
Receptor
What term is best described as: the study of how the body and its parts work or function?
Physiology
What term is best described as: changes in the environment?
Stimuli
What term is best described as: the study of large, easily observable structures?
Gross anatomy
What term is best described as: determines the set point, analyzes the input it receives and then determines the appropriate response?
Control center
What term is best described as: the study of body structures that are too small to be seen with the naked eye?
Microscopic anatomy
What term is best described as: level at which a variable is to be maintained?
Set point