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The study of internal and external body structures is…

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Anatomy

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The study of anatomy and physiology provides…

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  1. The foundation for understanding all other basic life sciences
  2. An understanding of how your body works under normal and abnormal circumstances
  3. A basis for making common sense decisions about your own life.
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Reading the textbook and memorizing important facts will assure you of success in the A&P course…

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False

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Physiology is the study of…

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How living organisms perform functions

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The four basic building blocks of medical terms are…

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Word roots, prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

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The worldwide official standard of anatomical vocabulary is…

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Terminologia anatomica

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Anatomy and physiology are closely related because…

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  1. Anatomical information provides clues about functions
  2. All specific functions are performed by specific structures
  3. Physiological mechanisms can be explained only in terms of underlying anatomy
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The study of general form and superficial anatomical markings is called…

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Surface anatomy

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The anatomical specialty that provides a bridge between the realms of macroscopic anatomy and microscopic anatomy is…

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Developmental anatomy

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The specialized study that analyzes the structure of individual cells is…

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Cytology

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The scientist who studies the effects of diseases on organ or system functions would be classified as a…

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Pathological physiologist

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The smallest living units in the body are…

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Cells

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The level of organization that reflects the interactions between organ systems is the…

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Organism

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The two regulatory systems in the human body are the…

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Nervous and endocrine

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Homeostasis refers to…

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The maintenance of a stable internal environment

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When a variation outside of normal limits triggers an automatic response that corrects the situation, the mechanism is called…

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Negative feedback

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When an initial disturbance produces a response that exaggerates the disturbance, the mechanism is called…

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Positive feedback

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An erect body, with the feet together, eyes directed forward, and the arms at the side of the body with the palms of the hands turned forward, represents the…

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Anatomical position

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Moving from the wrist toward the elbow is an example of moving in a…

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Proximal direction

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RLQ is an abbreviation used as a reference to designate a specific…

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Abdominopelvic quadrant

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Making a Sagittal section results in the separation of…

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Right and left portions of the body

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The two major subdivisions of the ventral body cavity are the…

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Thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity

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The heart and lungs are located in the…

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Thoracic

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The ventral body cavity is divided by a flat muscular sheet called the…

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Diaphragm

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The study of anatomy and physiology provides and explanation of how the body responds to normal and abnormal conditions and maintains…

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Homeostasis

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Anatomy is the study of internal and external…

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Body structures

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A comparative name for a structure that was originally named for a real or mythical person is an…

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Eponym

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A person who specializes in the study of tissue is called a…

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Histologist

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The study of early developmental processes is called…

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Embryology

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The study of the functions of the living cells is called…

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Cell physiology

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In complex organisms such as the human being, cells unite to form…

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Tissues

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At the chemical level of organization, chemicals interact to form complex…

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Molecules

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An organ system is made up of structural units called…

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Organs

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The kidneys, bladder, and ureters are organs that belong to the…

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Urinary system

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The esophagus, large intestine, and stomach are organs that belong to the…

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Digestive system

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The organ system to which the skin belongs is the…

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Integumentary system

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The term that refers to the adjustments in physiological systems is…

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Regulation

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When opposing processes or forces are in balance, it can be said that they have reached a state of…

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Equilibrium

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When the activities of a cell, tissue, organ, or system change automatically due to environmental variation, the homeostatic mechanism that operates is called…

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Auto regulation

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A response that is important in accelerating processes that must proceed to completion rapidly is called…

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Positive feedback

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The two systems often controlled by negative feedback mechanisms are the nervous and…

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Endocrine systems

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Tenderness in the RUQ might indicate problems with the…

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Liver

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A term that means “close to the long axis of the body” is…

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Medial

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A term that means “away from an attached base” is…

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Distal

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A horizontal or cross-section view of the human body at a right angle to the long axis of the body is a…

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Transverse

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The subdivision of the thoracic cavity that houses the heart is the…

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Pericardial cavity

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The region that lies between and separates the two pleural cavities is the…

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Mediastinum

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The abdominopelvic cavity is also known as the…

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Peritoneal

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Proceeding through increasing levels of complexity in humans, the correct sequence is…

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Molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

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The field of developmental anatomy includes the study of…

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Changes in form that occur between conception and physical maturity

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The homeostatic mechanism of extrinsic regulation results from…

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The activities of the nervous or endocrine system that control or adjust the activities of many other systems simultaneously

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Anatomical position refers to a person standing erect, feet facing forward, and…

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Arms hanging to sides and palms of hands facing forward with the thumbs located laterally

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Correct sequence that applies to the areas of the human body…

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Anterior, dorsal, cephalic, caudal

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In the negative feedback system, the process that triggers a response that corrects the situation is…

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A variation outside of normal limits

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Suppose an individual’s body temperature is 37.3 C. This variation from the “normal” value may represent…

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Individual variation rather than a homeostatic malfunction

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If the temperature of the body climbs above 99 F negative feedback regulation could trigger…

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An increased heat loss through enhanced blood flow to the skin and sweating

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The term medial surface refers to an area…

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Close to the long axis of the body

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The sectional plane that divides the body so the face remains intact is the…

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Coronal plane

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Negative feedback systems…

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Counteract the effects of a stimulus

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The specialist who investigates structures at the tissue level of organization is the…

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Histologist

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The system responsible for internal transport of cells and dissolved materials, including nutrients, wastes,and gases, is the…

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Cardiovascular system

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The system responsible for defense against infection and disease is the…

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Lymphatic

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Activities of the nervous and endocrine systems to control or adjust the activities of many different systems simultaneously are…

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Extrinsic regulation

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The system that performs crisis management by directing rapid, short-term, and very specific responses is the…

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Nervous

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The popliteal artery can be found near the…

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Knee

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Tenderness in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen may indicate…

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Appendicitis

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Moving proximally from the wrist brings you to the…

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Elbow

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To oppose any departure from the norm, physiological systems are typically regulated by…

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Negative feedback

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If a surgeon makes a midsagittal incision in the inferior region of the thorax, the incision would be made through the…

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Sternum