Terminology
The maintenance of internal stability is called this.
What is homeostasis?
The smallest living unit of the body.
What is a cell?
The most abundant element in the human body.
What is oxygen?
This system breaks down and absorbs nutrients.
What is the digestive system?
This organelle synthesizes proteins.
What are ribosomes?
This term means high calcium in the blood.
What is hypercalcemia?
Put in order: organ, organelle, organism, tissue, cell.
What is organelle → cell → tissue → organ → organism?
Sucrose is made of these two monosaccharides.
What are glucose and fructose?
This system regulates volume, pressure, and acid-base balance.
What is the urinary system?
This organelle detoxifies substances in liver cells.
What is smooth ER?
This term describes all chemical reactions in the body.
What is metabolism?
The stomach is classified at this level.
What is an organ?
The most abundant mineral in the body.
What is calcium?
This system produces hormones like insulin.
What is the endocrine system?
These structures increase absorption in the intestines.
What are microvilli?
This reaction is the opposite of hydrolysis.
What is dehydration?
The mitochondrion is this level of organization.
What is an organelle?
These elements make up 98.5% of body weight.
What are oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, phosphorus?
This system assists with immunity and fluid recovery.
What is the lymphatic system?
This epithelial tissue allows rapid diffusion.
What is simple squamous epithelium?
This term describes cell specialization rather than growth over time.
What is differentiation?
A nurse observes tissue made of adipocytes. This level is being viewed.
What is tissue?
A patient with low calcium levels would have difficulty with this major physiological process.
What is muscle contraction (or bone stability or nerve transmission)?
A patient with hormone imbalance affecting multiple organs likely has dysfunction in this system.
What is the endocrine system?
Peristalsis is performed by this muscle type.
What is smooth muscle?