Topics of Anatomy
the study of structures of the body
What is Anatomy?
Group of cells working together
What is a tissue?
Kidney, ureter, urinary bladder, and urethra
What is urinary or excretory system?
Breaking down ingested foodstuffs to simple molecules that can be absorbed into the blood
What is digestive?
Pumps blood to the body
What is heart?
The study of how structures of the body function
What is physiology?
Organs Working together
What is an organ system?
Heart, blood vessels
What is cardiovascular?
Increase in size of the body part or the organism
What is growth?
Maintains blood sugar
What is pancreas?
Type of anatomy studying the development of an embryo
What is embryology?
Smallest unit of all living things
What is a cell?
Nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, lungs, trachea, bronchus
What is respiratory?
Ability to sense changes
What is responsiveness or response to environment?
Maintains blood pressure and creates urine
What are kidneys?
type of anatomy that deals with things too small to be seen with the naked eye
What is microscopic anatomy?
Structure made of two or more types of tissue
What is an organ?
Brain, sensory receptors, nerves, spinal cord
What is nervous?
Removing waste from the body
What is excretion?
Eliminates toxins from the body
What is liver?
type of anatomy traces structural changes that occur in the body throughout the life span.
What is developmental anatomy?
Multiple organ systems working together to create a whole
What is organism?
Thyroid gland, pituitary gland, pineal gland, thymus, adrenal gland, pancreas, ovary, testis.
What is endocrine?
Includes all the chemical reactions that occur within the body
What is metabolism?
What is brain?