Anatomy & Physiology
Study of the form and structure of organisms
What is anatomy?
Disease present at birth
What is congenital?
Microscopic living units
What are cells?
Outer covering of a cell
What is cell membrane?
Divides top and bottom
What is transverse plane?
Study of how organisms function
What is physiology?
Passed genetically
What is inherited
Group of similar cells
What is tissue?
Semifluid inside cell
What is cytoplasm?
Divides left and right
What is sagittal plane?
Study of how disease occurs
What is pathophysiology?
Caused by bacteria or viruses
What is infectious?
Two or more tissues working together
What is an organ?
Brain of the cell
What is nucleus?
Divides front and back
What is frontal (coronal) plane?
A constant state of balance in the body
What is homeostasis?
Deterioration due to aging/lifestyle
What is degenerative?
Organs working together
What is a system?
Powerhouse of the cell
What are mitochondria?
Closer to reference point
What is proximal?
Identifying a disease
What is diagnosis?
Cause of a disease
What is etiology?
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How many organ systems inside the body
Carry inherited traits
What are genes?
Near the surface
What is superficial?