Chapter 1- Terminology

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all structures in a particular region of the body are examined at the same time

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What is regional anatomy?

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This study traces structural changes that occur in the body throughout the life span

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What is developmental anatomy?

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Ability to sense changes in the environment and then respond to them

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What is responsiveness or excitability?

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The study of internal structures as they relate to the overlying skin surface.

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What is surface anatomy?

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Explains the workings of the nervous system

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What is neurophysiology?

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Study of structures which are too small to get seen with the naked eye

Ex. Slides of Tissues

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What is microscopic anatomy?

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What is cytology?

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Study of the cells of the body

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All chemical reactions that occur within body cells

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What is metabolism?

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What is histology?

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The study of tissues

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A subdivision of developmental anatomy; concerned with developmental changes that occur before birth

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What is embryology?

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An increase in size of a body part of organism as a whole

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What is growth?

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Study of the function of the body.

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What is physiology?

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Studies structural changes caused by disease

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What is pathological anatomy?

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The study of large body structures, visible to the naked eye.

Ex. Heart, lungs, kidneys

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Gross/macroscopic anatomy

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Studies internal structures as visualized by x-Ray images or specialized scanning procedures

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What is radiographic anatomy?

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Study of the structure of body parts and their relationship to one another

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What is anatomy?

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Feeling organs with your hands

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What is palpation?

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Listening to organ sounds with a stethoscope

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What is auscultation ?

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Concerned with kidney functions and urine production

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What is renal physiology?

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Examines the operation of the heart and blood vessels

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What is cardiovascular physiology?

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What is the principle of complementarity?

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Function depends on structure.

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What are the six levels of structural organization in order?

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Chemical
Cellular
Tissue
Organ
Organ system
Organismal

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What are the 8 necessary life functions?

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Maintaining boundaries, movement, responsiveness, digestion, metabolism, excretion, reproduction, and growth

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Activities promoted by the muscular system.

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What is movement?

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Life function in which internal environment must remain distinct from the external environment surrounding it

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What is maintaining boundaries?

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What are the three subdivisions of gross anatomy?

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Regional Systemic Surface

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The process of removing wastes from the body

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What is excretion?

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List the five survival needs

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``` Nutrients Water Oxygen Appropriate atmosphere pressure Normal body temperature ```

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A body's ability to maintain relatively stable internal conditions despite the external environmental changes

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What is homeostatis?

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When a body structure is studied system by system

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What is systemic anatomy?

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This life function occurs at the cellular and organismal level

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What is reproduction?