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Define Anatomy
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The study of the structure and location of body parts
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Define Physiology
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The study of the function of bodily parts
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Define Pathophysiology
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The study of the chain of events that result from from a disease or illness
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Developmental anatomy
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focuses on how an individual forms from a fertilized egg all the way through adulthood; look at how certain body parts or systems change
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Gross Anatomy
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the study of large parts of the body that can be seen with the naked eye.
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Histologic anatomy
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the study of different tissue types and the cells that comprise them; histo-tissue (histos = web or loom)
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Can systems and individual structures of the body have more than one function?
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yes
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List the levels of the body from smallest to largest
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1. Atoms
2. Cells 3. Tissues 4. Organs 5. Organ systems 6. Organism |
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What is an Atom?
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the smallest possible piece of an elemetn that retains all the properties of the element
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What is a molecule?
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A product of two or more atoms
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