Vocab
The study of the form and structure of the body
What is anatomy?
The smallest building block that make life possible?
What is an atom?
Controls and coordinates body activities by transmitting messages throughout the body
What is nerve tissue?
Disease such as influenza, hepatitis, and cold sores
What is infectious?
Sagittal plane that runs down the midline of the body and divides the body into equal halves
What is the midsagittal plane?
The front of the body
What is ventral/anterior?
The study of the processes of living organisms
What is physiology?
A group of similar cells that join together to perform a particular function
What is tissue?
The supporting fabric of organs and other body parts
What is connective tissue?
Diseases such as hemophilia, color blindness, and cystic fibrosis
What is inherited?
Divides the body into a front section and a back section
What is the frontal/coronal plane?
What is caudal?
The study of how disease occurs and the responses of living organisms to disease processes
What is pathophysiology?
Two or more tissues joined together to perform a special function
What is an organ?
Body tissue composed of fibers that produces power and movement
What is muscle tissue?
Diseases such as coronary artery disease, osteoarthritis, and COPD
What is degenerative?
Horizontal plane that divides the body into a top half and a bottom half
What is the transverse plane?
Body parts close to the point of reference
What is proximal?
A prediction of the probable course and/or expected outcome of the disease
What is prognosis?
A constant state of natural balance within the body
What is homeostasis?
Covers the surface of the body
What is epithelial tissue?
Diseases such as club foot, spina bifida, and cleft lip
What is congenital?
Located in the chest
What is thoracic cavity?
Body parts away from the midline
What is lateral?
The study of the causes of disease
What is etiology?
A form of asexual reproduction
What is mitosis?
Excess amount of fluid in the tissues
What is edema?
The cause of a disease is unknown
What is idiopathic?
Contains the teeth and tongue
What is buccal?
Body parts below other parts
What is inferior?