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Anatomy - Answer -the study of structure and form Physiology - Answer -the study of how the body and its parts work or function Scientific Method - Answer -a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses. Microscopic Anatomy - Answer -deals with structures too small to be seen with the naked eye Cytology - Answer -study of the function of cells and their structure Histology - Answer -study of tissues Gross Anatomy - Answer -Study of structures that can be seen with the naked eye systematic anatomy - Answer -studies the anatomy of each functional body system surface anatomy - Answer -study of general form and superficial markings
comparative anatomy - Answer -the study of similarities and differences among structures of living species Embryology - Answer -study of embryos and their development, from conception to their birth. pathological anatomy - Answer -study of structural changes caused by disease Radio graphic anatomy - Answer -investigates internal structures visualized by scanning procedures Cardiovascular anatomy - Answer -examines the functioning of the heart, blood vessels, and blood Neurophysiology - Answer -explains the workings of the nervous system respiratory physiology - Answer -studies how respiratory gases are transferred by gas exchange between the lungs and the blood vessels reproductive physiology - Answer -the functioning of reproductive hormones and the reproductive cycle Metabolism - Answer -All of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism Catabolism - Answer -Metabolic pathways that break down molecules, releasing energy. Anabolism - Answer -Metabolic pathways that builds molecules together, requiring energy.
Muscular System - Answer -enables movement of the body and internal organs nervous system - Answer -the network of nerve cells and fibers that transmits nerve impulses between parts of the body. endocrine system - Answer -Consists of glands that control many of the body's activities by producing hormones. cardiovascular system - Answer -consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood lymphatic system - Answer -Composed of a network of vessels, ducts, nodes, and organs. Provides defense against infection. respiratory system - Answer -system responsible for taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide using the lungs urinary system - Answer -Cleanses the blood. Rids the body of wastes. Maintains salt and water balance. digestive system - Answer -Breaks down food into absorbable units that enter the blood for distribution to body cells. human microbiome - Answer -the complete collection of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, cells, etc) in the human body's ecosystem supine position - Answer -lying on back, facing upward anatomical position - Answer -erect, feet forward, arms at side with palms facing forward, head facing forward plane - Answer -an imaginary surface that extends through two definite points
coronal plane - Answer -divides body into front and back transverse plane - Answer -horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions sagittal plane - Answer -vertical division of the body into right and left portions midsagittal plane - Answer -divides the body into equal right and left sides oblique plane - Answer -passes through the body at an angle Anterior - Answer -front of the body Posterior - Answer -back of body Dorsal - Answer -toward the back Ventral - Answer -Toward the belly Superior - Answer -toward the head Inferior - Answer -away from the head, towards the feet Caudal - Answer -toward the tail Rostral - Answer -toward the nose or mouth Medial - Answer -Toward the midline of the body Lateral - Answer -away from the midline Ipsilateral - Answer -on the same side of the body
vertebral canal - Answer -formed by vertebral column and contains spinal cord and the beginnings of spinal nerves ventral cavity - Answer -contains thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities thoracic cavity - Answer -cavity housing lungs and heart abdominopelvic cavity - Answer -Cavity that contains the organs of digestion and reproduction & exocrine. serous membrane - Answer -Membrane that lines a cavity without an opening to the outside of the body parietal layer - Answer -lines the internal surface of the body wall visceral layer - Answer -covers external surface of organs serous cavity - Answer -space between membranes serous fluid - Answer -A clear, watery fluid secreted by the cells of a serous membrane. Pericardium - Answer -Membrane surrounding the heart pleura - Answer -Membrane surrounding the lungs Mediastinum - Answer -area between the lungs containing the heart, aorta, venae cavae, esophagus, and trachea peritoneum - Answer -membrane that lines the abdominal cavity pericardial cavity - Answer -cavity that contains the heart
pleura cavity - Answer -Cavity for thoracic and lungs peritoneal cavity - Answer -Cavity that houses the abdominal organs umbilical region - Answer -region of the navel epigastric region - Answer -region above the stomach hypogastric region - Answer -region below the navel hypochondriac region (left and right) - Answer -abdominal regions to the left and right of the epigastric region lumbar region (left and right) - Answer -right and left middle regions near the waist iliac region (left and right) - Answer -abdominal regions to left and right of hypogastric region Homeostasis - Answer -A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state; the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around a particular level Receptor - Answer -protein that detects a signal molecule and performs an action in response Control center - Answer -determines set point, analyzes information, determines appropriate response Effector - Answer -an organ or cell that acts in response to a stimulus. negative feedback - Answer -a mechanism of response in which a stimulus initiates reactions that reduce the stimulus
