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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Body temperature rises, decreases body temperature

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Blood clotting

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Increasing force in labor

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System that responds rapidly, resulting in short term changes to maintain homeostasis

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Nervous system

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Produces effects that last for days or longer to maintain homeostasis

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Endocrine system

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When a person is laying down, the anatomical position in _______ when facing up
_____ when face down

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Supine

Prone

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Divides body Left and right

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Sagittal Plane

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Cross section of body tissue

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Transverse

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Existence of a stable internal environment

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Homeostatsis

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Homeostatic regulation involves a receptor, a _______, and an effector

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Control center

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Homeostasis are activated in response to

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Stimulus

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When the mechanisms that control homeostasis begin to fall, our organ systems malfunction. We become sick

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True or False

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Occurs when a variation outside of normal limits triggers an automatic response that corrects the situation

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Initial stimulus produces a response that reinforces the stimulus

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Levels of organization from smallest to largest

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Chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

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Smallest living units

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cells

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Smallest stable units of matter are

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Atoms

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The organ-system level of organization

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Cardiovascular system

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Directing long-term changes in the activities of other organ systems

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Endocrine system

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Primary function of the caridovascular system

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Transporting cells and dissolved materials, including nutrients, wastes, and gases

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Organ system responsible for protection from environmental hazards

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Integumentary system

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Organisms respond to changes

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Irritability and adaptability

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All the chemical operations that occur in the body

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Metabolism

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Differentiation of cells during development

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Growth

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The absorption, transport, and use of oxygen by cells

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Respiration

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Structure

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Anatomy

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Function

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Physiology

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Microscopic

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Cytology

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The study and examination of tissues

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Histology

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Thoracic body cavity contains

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Pleural and pericaridial

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Ventral body cavity is divided into a superior ______ cavity and an inferior _____ cavity

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Thoracic and abdominopelvic

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Membrane lining the abdominopelvic cavity

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Peritoneum

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Organs in the ventral body cavity

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Viscera

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Muscle that separates the abdominopelvic cavity from the pleural cavity

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Diaphram

34
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Back of human body

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Posterior

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Divides the body into anterior and posterior

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Frontal

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Groin

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Inguinal

37
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Buttocks

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Gluteal

38
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Elbow

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Distal

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