AP Basics
The term to describe a state of system balance and equilibrium.
What is homeostasis?
The anatomical plane where flexion and extension occurs.
What is the sagittal plane?
This is the smallest unit of a molecule.
What is an atom?
What is the nucleus?
A skin cell is a type of this tissue.
What is epithelial?
The study of disease.
What is Pathology?
This action occurs in all movement planes.
What is circumduction?
An organic compound has this element present.
What is Carbon?
The cell's outer covering that is comprised of proteins and lipids.
This type of muscle tissue is found at organs in the body.
What is visceral or smooth?
Two physiologic effects of massage therapy.
What are structural and systemic effects?
This is one of the ventral cavities.
What is Thoracic, Abdominal, or Pelvic?
The most common inorganic compound in our body.
What is water?
The organelle responsible for modifying and packaging proteins for export out of the cell.
Neuroglia are a type of this tissue.
What is nervous?
The most common controlling mechanism in the body.
What is Negative Feedback?
This body movement happens when "shooting hoops".
This term describes a compound that releases Hydrogen ions (H+).
What is an acid?
What is mitosis?
Connective tissue is made of cells, fibers, and this fluid component.
What is ground substance?
The anatomical term for the armpit region of the body.
What is axilla?
This body movement happens when you move your hand to your heart.
What is medial rotation?
A group of organic compounds stored as fat in the body.
What are lipids?
A metabolic process that occurs when ATP is broken down to release energy.
What is catabolism?
The most common protein in connective tissue, found abundantly in tendons and ligaments.
What is collagen?