Definitions
Studies the structure of the body.
What is Anatomy?
Chemicals-> Organelles-> Cells-> Tissues-> Organs-> Organ systems-> Organ system
What is the level of structural organization?
Forms the external body covering and protects deeper tissues from injury.
What is Integumentary system?
Internal environment remains distinct from the external environment.
What is maintaining boundaries?
Toward the head end or upper part of a structure or the body.
What is Superior?
A plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts and lies vertically.
What is Frontal (coronal)?
Studies the function of the body.
What is Physiology?
Atoms combine to form molecules.
What is Chemical level?
Protects and supports body organs and provides a framework the muscles use to cause movement.
What is Skeletal system?
Transport of substances throughout the body. (Locomotion)
What is Movement?
Away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure or the body.
What is Inferior?
A plane that runs horizontally from left to right, dividing the body into superior and inferior parts.
What is Transverse (cross section)?
Study of large structures that are easily visible to the naked eye.
Subdivisions include regional, systematic, and surface anatomy.
What is Gross (macroscopic) anatomy?
Basic components of the microscopic cells.
What is Organelles?
Allows manipulation of the environment, locomotion, and facial expressions. Maintains posture and produces heat.
What is Muscular system?
The ability to sense changes in the environment and then respond to them.
What is Responsiveness?
Toward or at the front of the body.
What is Anterior?
A sagittal plane that lies directly in the midline.
What is Median or Midsagittal?
All the structures in a particular region of the body.
What is Regional anatomy?
The smallest unit of living things.
What is Cells?
As the fast-acting control system the body, it responds to internal/external changes by activating appropriate muscles and glands.
What is Nervous system?
Breakdown and absorption of nutrients.
What is Digestion?
Toward or at the back of the body.
What is Posterior?
A vertical plane that divides the body into the right and left parts.
What is Sagittal?
Body structure studied system by system.
What is Systemic anatomy?
Groups of similar cells the have a common function.
What is Tissue?
Glands secrete hormones that regulate processes such as growth, reproduction, and nutrient use (metabolism) by body cells.
What is Endocrine system?
All chemical reactions that occur within the body cells.
What is Metabolism?
Toward or at the midline of the body.
What is Medial?
Cuts made diagonally between the horizontal and vertical planes.
What is Oblique?
The study of internal structures as they relate to the overlying skin surface.
What is Surface anatomy?
A discrete structure composed of at least two tissue types that performs a specific function for the body.
What is Organ?
Blood vessels transport blood which carries oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, wastes, etc. The heart pumps blood.
What is Cardiovascular system?
Breaks things down.
What is Catabolism?
Away from the midline of the body.
What is Lateral?
Study of very small structures that can only be viewed with the microscope.
Subdivisions include cytology and histology
What is Microscopic anatomy?
Organs that work together to accomplish a common purpose.
What is Organ system?
Picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to the blood.
Builds things up(makes body structures).
What is Anabolism?
Closer to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk.
What is Proximal?
The study of tissue.
What is Histology?
The highest level of organization, the living human being.
What is Organism?
Keep blood constantly supplied with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide.
What is Respiratory system?
Energy-rich molecules that power cellular activities.
What is ATP?
Farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk.
What is Distal?
The study of cells.
What is Cytology?
Breaks down food enter absorbable units that enter the blood for distribution to body cells.
What is Digestive system?
The process of removing wastes from the body.
What is Excretion?
Toward or at the body surface.
What is Superficial?
Traces structural changes that occur throughout the lifespan.
Subdivisions include embryology.
What is Developmental anatomy?
Eliminates nitrogenous wastes from the body.
What is Urinary system?
Production of offspring.
What is Reproduction?
Away from the body surface; more internal.
What is Deep?
Concerns developmental changes that occur before birth.
What is Embryology?
Production of offspring.
What is Reproductive system?
An increase in a size of a body part or the organism as a whole.
What is Growth?
Concerns kidney function and urine production.
What is Renal physiology?
Nutrients, Oxygen, Water, Normal body temp, Appropriate atmospheric pressure.
What is survival needs?
Explains the workings of the nervous system.
What is Neurophysiology?
Examines the operation of the heart and blood vessels.
What is Cardiovascular physiology