Unit 1-Intro to Anatomy Flashcards
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What is homeostasis?
maintaining an internal stable environment
What is anatomy?
The study of the body parts
What is physiology?
The study of how the bodys parts work alone and together
The system that filters and cleans blood
Urinary
The system that produces movement and maintains body temperature
muscular
The system that stores calcium and protects soft tissue and supports the body
skeletal
The system that protects from environmental hazards and also helps to maintain body temperature
integumentary
The system that responds to internal and external stimuli and produces responses
nervous
The system that controls other body systems by sending out hormones (chemical messengers that travel in the blood stream)
endocrine
These are the levels of organization from smallest to largest within the human body.
atom, molecule, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
All of the chemical reactions in your body that provide you with energy is called…
metabolism
towards the head or above
cranial or superior
towards the tail or below
caudal or inferior
further from the point of attachment
distal
closer to the point of attachment
proximal
closer to the surface of the body
superficial
further from the surface of the body
deep
closer to the midline of the body
medial
away from the midline of the body
lateral
a plane that divides the body into equal left and right parts
mid-sagittal
a plane that divides the body into unequal left and right parts
para sagittal
a plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts
transverse or cross section
a plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts
frontal or coronal
towards the belly
ventral
