Corpsman Manual Ch 6 Flashcards
(166 cards)
The study of the body is divided into how many sciences?
2
What is the study of body structures and the relation of one part to another?
anatomy
What is the study of how the body works and how the various parts function individually and in relation to each other?
physiology
What imaginary plane divides the body into right and left halves on its vertical access?
sagittal
What planes are drawn perpendicular to the sagittal lines and divide the body into anterior(front) and posterior (rear) sections?
frontal
What plane which is drawn at right angles to both sagittal and frontal planes, divides the body into superior (upper and inferior (lower) sections?
Transverse
To aid in understanding the location of anatomical structures, a standard body positions called what is used as the point of reference?
Anatomical position
What involves the physical and chemical breakdown of food into its simplest forms?
digestion
What is the process of absorption, storage, and use of foods for body growth, maintenance and repair?
Metabolism
What is the body’s self regulated control of its internal environment?
Homeostasis
What is the beginning level of the organization of the body?
Chemical level
What consist of chemical structures organized within larger units (cells) to perform a specific function?
Organelles
What consist of the smallest and most numerous structural unit that possess and exhibits the basic characteristics of living matter?
cells
What are a group of many similar cells that all develop together from the same part of an embryo and all perform a certain function?
Tissues
What is defined as a structure made up of several different kinds of tissues arranged so that, together, they can perform a special function?
Organ
What are the most complex of the organizational units of the body?
Systems
There are how many major systems that make up the human body?
11
What are a collections of interactive parts that are capable of surviving in hostile environments, with the ability to reproduce and repair damaged parts?
Organisms
A typical cell is made up of the plasma membrane, the nucleus, and what else?
Cytoplasm
What is a small, dense, usually spherical body that controls the chemical reactions occurring in the cell?
Nucleus
Every human cell contains how many chromosomes?
46
Tissues are classified into four main groups: epithelial, connective, muscular and what else?
Nervous
The lining tissue of the body is called what?
Epithelium
What tissue is composed of a single layer of cells whose nuclei are located at the same level as the nuclei in their neighboring cells?
columnar