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Anatomy

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The study of structure

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Physiology

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The study of function

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Dissection

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Careful cutting and separation of tissues

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Cadaver

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Dead body

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Palpation

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Feeling structure with fingertips

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Auscultation

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Listening to body sounds

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Percussion

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Tapping on body and listening for abnormal sounds

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Gross anatomy

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Viewable with the naked eye

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Microscopic anatomy

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Structures too small to view with naked eye

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Cytology

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Study of cells

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Histology

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Study of tissue

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Neurophysiology

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Physiology of nervous system

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Endocrinology

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Phonology of hormones

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Comparative anatomy

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The study of different species to solve human problems

Surgery and new drugs

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Anatomical variation

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Text books give impression that we are all the same internally and externally. no one is the same internally or externally

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Metabolism

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A chemical reaction in the body

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Anabolism

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Taking simpler substances into complex substances

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Catabolism

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Complex substances into simpler substances

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Excretion

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Removal of waste from cell or body

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Stimulus

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Change in the environment of an organism that causes a reaction

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Homeostasis

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Dynamic equilibrium. Loss of homeostasis may lead to disease or death

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Characteristics of life

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Cellular composition organization metabolism excretion responsiveness movement homeostasis growth reproduction

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Growth

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Increase in size of body part or organism

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Reproduction

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Producing copies of organism

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Negative feedback
Body senses change, body counters change
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Body too hot
Sweating and vasodilation at surface
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Body too cold
Shivering and vasoconstriction at surface
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Receptor
Structure that since his change
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Integrating (control) center
Brain
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Effector
Structure that carries out response
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Positive feedback
Self amplifying cycle. Change leads to greater change in same direction. Contractions and blood clotting
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Anatomy
The study of structure
33
Physiology
The study of function
34
Dissection
Careful cutting and separation of tissues
35
Cadaver
Dead body
36
Palpation
Feeling structure with fingertips
37
Auscultation
Listening to body sounds
38
Percussion
Tapping on body and listening for abnormal sounds
39
Gross anatomy
Viewable with the naked eye
40
Microscopic anatomy
Structures too small to view with naked eye
41
Cytology
Study of cells
42
Histology
Study of tissue
43
Neurophysiology
Physiology of nervous system
44
Endocrinology
Phonology of hormones
45
Comparative anatomy
The study of different species to solve human problems Surgery and new drugs
46
Anatomical variation
Text books give impression that we are all the same internally and externally. no one is the same internally or externally
47
Metabolism
A chemical reaction in the body
48
Anabolism
Taking simpler substances into complex substances
49
Catabolism
Complex substances into simpler substances
50
Excretion
Removal of waste from cell or body
51
Stimulus
Change in the environment of an organism that causes a reaction
52
Homeostasis
Dynamic equilibrium. Loss of homeostasis may lead to disease or death
53
Characteristics of life
Cellular composition organization metabolism excretion responsiveness movement homeostasis growth reproduction
54
Growth
Increase in size of body part or organism
55
Reproduction
Producing copies of organism
56
Negative feedback
Body senses change, body counters change
57
Body too hot
Sweating and vasodilation at surface
58
Body too cold
Shivering and vasoconstriction at surface
59
Receptor
Structure that since his change
60
Integrating (control) center
Brain
61
Effector
Structure that carries out response
62
Positive feedback
Self amplifying cycle. Change leads to greater change in same direction. Contractions and blood clotting

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