Chapter 7 A&P Flashcards
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ANATOMY
THE STUDY OF THE STRUCTURES AND MAKEUP OF THE ORGANISM
PHYSIOLOGY
THE STUDY OF THE PROCESS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BODY
HOMEOSTASIS
BALANCE IN WHICH ORGANS AND SYSTEMS CAN FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY
PATHO-
MEANING “DISEASE”
FORMS THE TERM PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CORONAL PLANE
SLICING THE BODY SO THAT YOU HAVE FRONT AND BACK PORTIONS
TRANSVERSE (AXIAL) PLANE
SLICING THE BODY SO YOU HAVE TOP AND BOTTOMS PORTIONS
NAVAL
SAGITTAL (LATERAL) PLANE
SLICING THE BODY SO IT FORMS LEFT AND RIGHT PORTIONS
LATERAL
PARTS OF THE BODY THAT LIE FARTHER FROM THE MIDLINE
MEDIAL
PARTS OF THE BODY THAT LIE CLOSER TO THE MIDLINE
PROXIMAL/DISTAL
USED TO DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP OF ANY TWO STRUCTURES ON AN EXTREMITY
PROXIMAL CLOSER TO THE TRUNK
DISTAL FARTHER FROM THE TRUNK
FLEXION
MOVING DISTAL POINT OF AN EXTREMITY TOWARD THE TRUNK
EXTENSION
MOVING FROM A FLEXED POSITION TO THE ANATOMIC POSITION
ELECTROLYTES
SUBSTANCES THAT RELEASE IONS IN WATER
ACIDS
ELECTROLYTES THAT RELEASE HYDROGEN IN WATER
BASES
ELECTROLYTES THAT RELEASE IONS THAT BOND WITH HYDROGEN IONS
pH
- HYDROGEN ION CONCENTRATIONS
- SCALE RANGES FROM 0-14
- 7 IS THE “MIDPOINT” MEANING IT HAS EQUAL # OF HYDROGEN AND HYDROXIDE IONS
- 7 BASIC
pH OF BLOOD
7.35-7.45
ACIDOSIS
BLOOD pH BELOW 7.35
ALKALOSIS
BLOOD pH HIGHER THAN 7.45
LIPIDS
- ARE NOT WATER SOLUBLE
- INCLUDE: FATS, PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND STEROIDS
PROTIENS
- MOST ABUNDANT ORGANIC COMPONENTS OF THE HUMAN BODY (MOST IMPORTANT TOO)
ANTIBODIES
PORTIONS THAT DETECT AND DESTROY FOREIGN SUBSTANCES
DNA
DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID
-DETERMINES YOU INHERITED CHARACTERISTICS HAIR AND EYE COLOR
RNA
RIBONUCLEIC ACID
- GETS INFO FROM DNA AND MAKES SPECIFIC PROTEINS
1. MESSENGER RNA (mRNA)
2. TRANSFER RNA ( tRNA)
3. RIBOSOMAL RNA (rRNA)