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HOMEOSTASIS

The body's maintenence of a stable environment

HOMEOSTATIC MECHANISMS

Receptors provide information


Control center monitors and send a signal


Effectors respond to signal to correct

VISCERAL PERICARDIUM

Membrane covering heart



SEROUS MEMBRANES

Line body cavities that do not open to outside, reduce friction, secrete serous fluids, and cover organs of thorax and abdomen

IONIC BOND

Electrons are transferred from one atom to another



HYDROGEN BOND

Attraction of polar molecules to each other

LIPIDS

Insoluble in water


Composed of fatty acids and glycerol and components of cell membranes




EX: triglycerides and cholesterol

WATER

Inorganic substance that is major component of all body fluids


Medium for most metabolic reactions


Transports chemicals in the body


Absorbs and transfers heat

THREE MAJOR PARTS OF ANY CELL

Nucleus


Cytoplasm


Cell membrane

ROUGH ER

Protein synthesis

GOLGI APPARATUS

Modify, package and ship proteins

EXOCYTOSIS

Vesicle fuses with cell membrane and substances are released

FUNCTION OF NAD+ AND FAD

Transport electrons from citric acid cycle to electron transport chain

TRANSCRIPTION

Formation of messenger RNA from DNA

ENZYMES

Control rates of metabolic reactions by negative feedback


Speed up metabolic reactions but are not used up


Form active sites for substance binding

SIMPLE COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM

Single layer of elongated cells


Nuclei appear to be all on one level


Often has goblet cells


Functions in absorption because substances pass through easily

STRATIFIED

Multiple layers of cells

CUBOIDAL

Cube-shaped cells

APOCRINE SECRETIONS

Composed of cell parts

ELASTIC FIBERS

Connective tissue fibers that are branched and contain elastin

DENSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE

Function to bind body parts together

ADIPOSE

Functions in cushioning, storing fat and insulating beneath skin

SMOOTH MUSCLE

Involuntary


Found in walls of organs and blood vessels

INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM

Maintains homeostasis


Houses sensory receptors


Excretes small amounts of waste and regulates body temperature

PAPILLA

Part of hair follicle that nourishes the growing epithelial cells that form the hair

ECCRINE GLANDS

Odorless glands that are more common

TWO LAYERS OF SKIN AND LAYER BENEATH

Epidermis


Dermis


Subcutaneous layer

CANALICULUS

Channel extending through bone matrix to lacunae

SECONDARY OSSIFICATION CENTER

Located in center of epiphysis

EPIPHYSEAL PLATE

Located between epiphysis and diaphysis

MANDIBULAR FOSSA

Located on temporal bone

ALVEOLAR PROCESSES

Found on both maxillary and mandible bones

TEMPORAL PROCESS OF ZYGOMATIC BONE

Articulates with temporal bone

PALATINE BONES

Located posterior to maxillary bones

INFERIOR NASAL CONCHAE

Make up lateral walls of nasal cavity

VERTEBRAL PROMINENS

Part of cervical vertebrae

RIBS ARTICULATE WITH _______________

Thoracic vertebrae

COSTAL CARTILAGE CONNECTS _______________

Ribs to sternum

ZYPHOID PROCESS

Located in inferior part of sternum

MAIN FUNCTION OF THORACIC CAGE

Protect viscera

ACROMION PROCESS OF SCAPULA ARTICULATES WITH _____________

Clavicle

SURGICAL NECK OF HUMERUS

Where bone breaks usually occur

TROCHLEA ARTICULATES WITH _____________

Trochlear notch of ulna

RADIUS IN ANATOMICAL POSITION

Lateral to ulna

METACARPALS

Between carpals and phalanges

COXA

Made up of ilium, ischium and pubis

OBTURATOR FORAMEN

Allows passage of blood vessels to legs

CONDYLES OF FEMUR ARTICULATE WITH _______

Tibia

TALUS

Ankle bone that articulates with tibia

LATERAL MALLEOLUS ARTICULATES WITH _______

Talus

TIBIAL TUBEROSITY

Attachment point for patellar ligament