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20 Cards in this Set
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What is anatomy?
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the study if the structure and shape of the body and body parts and their relationship to one another
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What is physiology?
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the study of how body parts and how they work or function
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Levels of structural complexity?
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chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system
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Survival Needs
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nutrients, oxygen, water, appropriate temperature and atmospheric pressure
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Homeostasis
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bodys ability to maintain relatively stable internal conditions even though outside world is changing
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Homeostasis Imbalance
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disease is a result of disturbance of homeostasis
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Anatomical Position
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body is erect with feet parallel and arms hanging at the sides with palms facing forward
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Sagittal Section
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cut made longitudinal dividing body into right and left parts
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Frontal Section
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cute made lengthwise plane that divides body into anterior and posterior parts
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Transverse Section
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cute made along horizontal plane dividing body into superior and inferior parts
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Dorsal body cavity
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two subdivisions: cranial cavity and spinal cavity
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Cranial cavity
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space inside skull
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Spinal cavity
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extends from cranial cavity nearly to the end of the vertebral column
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Ventral body cavity
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contains structures within the chest and abdomen
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Thoracic cavity
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contains lungs, heart, others protected by rib cage and separated from rest of cavity by diaphragm
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Abdominal cavity
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contains stomach, liver, intestines and others
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Pelvic cavity
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reproductive, bladder, rectum
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Superior
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toward the head end or upper part of the body
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Anterior
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Toward the front of the body
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Medial
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toward or at the midline of the body
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