Anatomy Final Review Ch 1

Front 1

list the levels of organization in order

Back 1

chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system, organismal

Front 2

basic function of lymphatic

Back 2

picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to the blood; involved in immunity

Front 3

basic function of endocrine

Back 3

system that controls and coordinates the body through hormones

Front 4

basic function of muscular

Back 4

skeletal muscles; attachment to bones and facial skin causes movements

Front 5

basic function of reproduction

Back 5

produce offspring; works closely with the endocrine system (ovary is part of reproductive and endocrine

Front 6

basic function of integumentary

Back 6

covers the external body surface; synthesizes vitamin D, excretes urea and uric acid; regulates body temperature

Front 7

basic function of digestive

Back 7

breaks down food and delivers the products to the blood for dispersal to body cells

Front 8

basic function of respiratory

Back 8

keeps blood supplied with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide; the gaseous exchanges occur through the walls of the air sacs of the lungs

Front 9

basic function of urinary

Back 9

filters the blood and removes metabolic wastes from the body

Front 10

describe enzymes

Back 10

Enzymes act as biological catalysts; increase reaction rates; don’t change, are reusable, very specific, end in –ase; in their absence biomedical reactions cease; are essential to every reaction; are destroyed at high temperatures; are globular protein; and are required in small amounts.