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Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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Define anatomy

A

The structure of the body parts (their forms and how they are organized)

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2
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Define physiology

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Functions of the body parts (what they do and how they do it)

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3
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List the characteristics of life

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  1. Movement
  2. Responsiveness
  3. Growth
  4. Reproduction
  5. Respiration
  6. Digestion
  7. Absorption
  8. Circulation
  9. Assimilation
  10. Excretion
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4
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List the requirements of organisms

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  1. Pressure
  2. Foods
  3. Water
  4. Heat
  5. Oxygen
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5
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Define homeostasis

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The maintenance of a stable internal enviornment

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6
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Define viscera

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Internal organs

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7
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What is you axial portion

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Head, neck, and trunk

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8
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What is your homeostatic set point

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Levels that operation returns to.

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9
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What is normal range?

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The variance in individuals such as body temp (98.6) and blood pressure (120/80)

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10
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What is internal enviornment

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Conditions within the fluids surrounding the body cells

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11
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What is your diaphragm?

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A broad thin muscle that separates the two cavities in the ventral cavity

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12
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Where is the diaphragm located?

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The ventral cavity

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13
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What is inferior to the diaphragm

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The abdominopelvic cavity which include both abdominal and pelvic cavities

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14
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What is superior to the diaphragm

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The thoracic cavity

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15
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What defines the pelvic cavity

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It is enclosed by hip bones

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16
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Where are you left and right lungs located?

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Thoracic cavity

17
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Where are the heart, esophagus, trachea, and thymus glands located?

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Mediastinum

18
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Where are the stomach, liver, spleen, gallbladder, kidneys, and most of small & large intestines located?

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Abdominal cavity

19
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Where are the terminal portion of the large intestine, the urinary bladder, and reproductive organs located?

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Pelvic cavity

20
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What is serous fluid

A

Thin film of water fluid that acts as a lubricant

21
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Where is the dorsal cavity located?

A

In the back

22
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What is located in the cranial cavity?

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The brain and the vertebral cord

23
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What is located in the veryebral cord?

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The spinal cord within sections of the back bone

24
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What is the appendicular portion?

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The upper and lower limbs

25
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List the levels of organazation and what they mean

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  1. Atoms- smallest unit of matter
  2. Molecules- two of more atoms joined together
  3. Macromolecules- smaller molecules formed in complex ways
  4. Organelles- structures in cells that do specific activities
  5. Cells- basic unit of structure& function
  6. Tissue- cells organized in layers& masses with common functions
  7. Organ- complex structures with specified functions
  8. Organ system- groups of organs functioning together
  9. Organism- multiple organ systems working together to make a human organism
26
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What are the organ systems involved in movement?

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Muscular, skeletal, and nervous

27
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What is the endocrine system?

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Various glands that secrete hormones

28
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What does the nervous system do?

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Sends electronic signals as a way of communication with the brain

29
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What does he respiratory system do?

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Brings in & brings out

30
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What is the digestive system?

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Receives food and breaks it down so it can pass through cell membranes

31
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What is the cardiovascular system for?

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Transportation

32
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What does the anatomical process mean?

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Standing erect, face forward, with upper limbs by sides and palms forward.

33
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what are the relative positions

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  1. Superior
  2. Anterior
  3. Medial
  4. Proximal
  5. Superficial
  6. Inferior
  7. Prosterior
  8. Lateral
  9. Distal
  10. Deep
34
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What are the three planes

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Segrital, tranverse, and coronal.

35
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What are the 9 body regions?

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Right and left hypochondriac
Right and left lumbar
Right and left iliac
Umbilical
Epigastric
Hypogastric

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