Intro To A&p Chapter 1

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Anatomy

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The study of internal and. External structure and the physical relationships between body parts

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Physiology

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The study of functions

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Atoms

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The smallest chemical component of living things

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Cells

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The basic units of living things

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Integumentary system

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Protects the body from environment helps control body temperature and receives sensory information also stores lipids

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Skeletal system

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Provide support, protects tissues, stores minerals, and forms blood cells

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Muscular system

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Allows locomotion, provide support and provide heat

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Nervous system

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Direct immediate response to stimuli and coordinates activities

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Endocrine system

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Direction long-term changes in the activities of other organ systems

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Cardiovascular system

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Transport cells, dissolved materials nutrients, water and gases

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Lymphatic system

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Defends the body against infection and disease returns tissue fluid to bloodstream

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Respiratory system

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Delivers air to sites where gas exchange between Air and blood

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Digestive system

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Processes food and absorbs nutrients

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Urinary system

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Eliminate excess water, salt, and waste products

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Reproductive system

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Produces sex cells and hormones

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Reproductive system

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Produces sex cells and hormones

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Homeostasis

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The maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment

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Receptors

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Cells or organs that monitor and detect changes in the environment internal and external

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Set point

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A specific value or range of values within which the condition has to remain for the body to work correctly

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Control center

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Set of cells or organisms that compare input from receptors of the setpoint to see if there is a discrepancy. Direct the factors to make adjustments to the controlled condition

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Effectors

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Cells, tissues or organs that can change the controlled condition

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Feedback

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Information that tells the sensors in control center when the set point has been reached

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Negative feedback

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Returns controlled condition to it's set point

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Positive feedback

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Causes rapid in extreme or more change in the controlled condition

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Anatomical position

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Upright standing hands at sides palms upward left and right always referred to the patient never to the observer

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Anterior, Ventral

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Front of the body

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Posterior, dorsal

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Back of the body

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Posterior, dorsal

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Back of the body

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Superior

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Towards the upper part of the body or the head

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Posterior, dorsal

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Back of the body

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Superior

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Towards the upper part of the body or the head

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Inferior

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Toward the lower part of the body or tail

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Medial

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Towards midline of the body

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Lateral

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Away from midline of the body

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Lateral

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Away from midline of the body

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Proximal

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Towards an attached base

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Distal

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Away from an attached base

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Superficial

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On or nearer to the surface

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Deep

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Further away from the surface

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Dorsal

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Consists of cranial and spinal cavity

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Cranial cavity

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Walls consist of cranial bones and contents consists of the brain

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Cranial cavity

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Walls consist of cranial bones and contents consists of the brain

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Spinal cavity

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It's walls are the vertebrae and its contents is the spinal cord

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Meninges

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Connective tissue membranes surrounding the organs in the dorsal cavity

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Ventral

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Consists of the thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity

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Ventral

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Consists of the thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity

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Mediastinum

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Space between the lungs

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Diaphragm

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Separates the abdominopelvic cavity and the thoracic cavity

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Visceral pluera

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Cover surface of the Lungs

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Parietal pleura

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Lines part of the inside of the thoracic cavity outermost epithelial membrane of the lungs

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Pluera cavity

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Consist of pluera fluid in between visceral and parietal cavity

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Visceral pericardium

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Innermost layer of membranes cover surface of the heart

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Visceral pericardium

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Innermost layer of membranes cover surface of the heart

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Parietal pericardium

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Forms A sac around the heart

Outermost layer of the heart

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Pericardial cavity

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Consist of pericardial fluid in between visceral pericardium and parietal pericardium

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Mesenteries

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Double layers of peritoneum that support organs within the cavity