Chapter 7 Key Terms
What is Anatomy?
The study of the form and structure of an organism.
What is a Connective Tissue?
he supporting fabric of organs and other body parts.
What are organelles?
Cell structures that help a cell to function, are located in the cytoplasm.
What is the nucleus?
One or more small, round bodies located inside the nucleus, and important in cell reproduction.
What is a diagnosis?
Identifying the disese or stating what it is.
What is a cell?
Microscopic structures that carry on all the functions of life.
What is a epithelial tissue?
Covers the surface of the body and is the main tissue of the skin.
What is Pathophysiology?
The study of how disease occurs and the responses of living organisms to disease processes.
What is meiosis?
Cells reproduce by dividing into two identical cells and is a form of asexual reproduction.
What are Vacuoles?
Pouchlike structures found throughout the cytoplasm that have a vacuolar membrane with the same structure.
Cell membrane
The outer protective covering of the cell.(Plasma Membrane)
What is a nerve tissue?
Tissue made up of special cells called neurons.
What is Physiology?
The study of the processes of living organisms.
What are Lysosomes?
Oval or round bodies found throughout the cytoplasm.
What is a system?
When organs and other body parts join together to form a particular function.
What is a Centrosome?
Located in the cytoplasm and near the nucleus
What is a Nucleolus?
One or more small round bodies located inside the nucleus and important for cell reproduction.
What are pinocytic vesicles?
Pocketlike folds in the cell membrane.
What is Etiology?
The cause of the disease.
What is a tissue?
When cells of the same type join together for a common purpose.
What is Chromatin?
Located in the nucleus and made of deoxyribonucleic axid (DNA) and protein.
What are organs?
When two or more tissues join together to perform a specific function called an organ.
What are Protoplasms?
The basic substance of life that makes up all living things.
What is the Centrosome?
Located in the cytoplasm and near the nucleus
What is stem cells?
Cells that have the ability to transform themselves into any of the body’s specialixed cells and perform many different functions.