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173 Cards in this Set
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Study of the structure and shape of the body and it’s parts |
Anatomy |
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Study of how the body and its parts work or function |
Physiology |
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• large structure •easily observable |
Gross Anatomy |
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•very small •can only be seen through a microscope |
Miscroscopic Anatomy |
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• combine to form molecules •Least inclusive |
Chemical level |
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are made up of molecules |
Cellular level |
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consist of similar types of cells |
Tissue level |
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are made up of different types of tissue |
Organ level |
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Consists of different types of organs that work together closely |
Organ system level |
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Made of many organ systems |
Organisms |
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•organ system •forms the external body covering •protects deeper tissue from injury •helps regulate body temperature • location of cutaneous nerve receptors |
Integumentary System |
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• protects and supports body organs •provide muscle attachment for movement • site of blood cell formations •stores minerals |
Skeletal System |
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• provides movement • maintains posture • produces heat |
Muscular System |
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• fast acting controls system • responds to internal and external change • activates muscles and glands |
Nervous System |
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•secrets regulatory hormones • growth • reproductive •metabolism |
Endocrine System |
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• transports materials in body via blood pumped by heart • oxygen • carbon dioxide • nutrients •wastes |
Cardiovascular System |
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• returns fluid to blood vessels •cleanses the blood • involved in immunity |
Lymphatic System |
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•keeps blood supplied w/ oxygen •removes carbon dioxide |
Respiratory System |
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•breaks down food • allows for but nutrient absorption into blood • eliminates indigestible material |
Digestive System |
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• eliminates nitrogenous wastes • maintains acid- base balances • regulates water and electrolytes • regulates metabolism |
Urinary System |
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•produces offspring • only reproductive and endocrine both share testes and ovaries |
Reproductive System |
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A necessity of life that includes movement of substances |
Locomotive |
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A necessity of life that includes the ability to sense a change and react |
Responsiveness |
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A necessity of life that includes the break down and absorption of nutrients |
Digestion |
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•a necessity of life that is a chemical reaction within the body • produces energy • makes body structures |
Metabolism |
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•a necessity of life that is a chemical reaction within the body • produces energy • makes body structures |
Metabolism |
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• necessity of life that eliminates waste from metabolic reactions |
Excretion |
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•a necessity of life that is a chemical reaction within the body • produces energy • makes body structures |
Metabolism |
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• necessity of life that eliminates waste from metabolic reactions |
Excretion |
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•necessity of life that produces future generations |
Reproduction |
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•a necessity of life that is a chemical reaction within the body • produces energy • makes body structures |
Metabolism |
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• necessity of life that eliminates waste from metabolic reactions |
Excretion |
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•necessity of life that produces future generations |
Reproduction |
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The membrane that pertains to the walls of a cavity |
Parietal membrane |
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•a necessity of life that is a chemical reaction within the body • produces energy • makes body structures |
Metabolism |
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• necessity of life that eliminates waste from metabolic reactions |
Excretion |
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•necessity of life that produces future generations |
Reproduction |
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The membrane that pertains to the walls of a cavity |
Parietal membrane |
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Membrane that pertains to the internal part of a structure or the internal organs |
Visceral membrane |
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Describe the Anatomical Person |
Legs slightly apart , head facing straight, standing tall, arms down and palms facing out |
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Describe the Anatomical Person |
Legs slightly apart , head facing straight, standing tall, arms down and palms facing out |
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Chemicals for energy and cell building Includes carbohydrates lipids proteins vitamins and minerals |
Nutrients |
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Describe the Anatomical Person |
Legs slightly apart , head facing straight, standing tall, arms down and palms facing out |
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Chemicals for energy and cell building Includes carbohydrates lipids proteins vitamins and minerals |
Nutrients |
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List all the necessities of life |
Maintain boundaries Locomotion Responsiveness Digestion Metabolism Excretion Reproduction Growth |
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List all survival needs |
Nutrients Oxygen Water Stable body temp Atmospheric pressure Homeostasis |
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Required for chemical reactions |
Oxygen |
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80% of body weight Provides for metabolic reaction |
Water |
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98.6 degrees Fahrenheit |
Stable body temperature |
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Must be appropriate or adjusted |
Atmospheric pressure |
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Maintenance of a stable environment Dynamic state of equilibrium Necessary for normal body functioning and to substation life |
Homeostasis |
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Disturbance in homeostasis resulting in disease |
Homeostasis imbalance |
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What systems does the body communicate through? |
Nervous and Endocrine System |
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Responds to changes in environment Sends info to control center |
Receptor |
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Responds to changes in environment Sends info to control center |
Receptor |
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Analyze info Determines set point Determines response |
Control center |
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Responds to changes in environment Sends info to control center |
Receptor |
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Analyze info Determines set point Determines response |
Control center |
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Provides a response to the stimulus |
Effector |
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Responds to changes in environment Sends info to control center |
Receptor |
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Analyze info Determines set point Determines response |
Control center |
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Provides a response to the stimulus |
Effector |
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Most homeostatic control mechanism Shuts off the original stimulus or reduces its intensity Works like a household thermostat |
Negative feedback mechanisms |
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Responds to changes in environment Sends info to control center |
Receptor |
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Analyze info Determines set point Determines response |
Control center |
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Provides a response to the stimulus |
Effector |
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Most homeostatic control mechanism Shuts off the original stimulus or reduces its intensity Works like a household thermostat |
Negative feedback mechanisms |
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Increase the original stimulus to push the variable farther Ex Blood clotting or childbirth |
Positive feedback mechanisms |
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Responds to changes in environment Sends info to control center |
Receptor |
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Analyze info Determines set point Determines response |
Control center |
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Provides a response to the stimulus |
Effector |
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Most homeostatic control mechanism Shuts off the original stimulus or reduces its intensity Works like a household thermostat |
Negative feedback mechanisms |
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Increase the original stimulus to push the variable farther Ex Blood clotting or childbirth |
Positive feedback mechanisms |
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Divides the body in half into left and right |
Sagittal section |
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Responds to changes in environment Sends info to control center |
Receptor |
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Analyze info Determines set point Determines response |
Control center |
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Provides a response to the stimulus |
Effector |
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Most homeostatic control mechanism Shuts off the original stimulus or reduces its intensity Works like a household thermostat |
Negative feedback mechanisms |
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Increase the original stimulus to push the variable farther Ex Blood clotting or childbirth |
Positive feedback mechanisms |
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Divides the body in half into left and right |
Sagittal section |
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Kings man cut |
Midsagittal section |
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Responds to changes in environment Sends info to control center |
Receptor |
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Analyze info Determines set point Determines response |
Control center |
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Provides a response to the stimulus |
Effector |
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Most homeostatic control mechanism Shuts off the original stimulus or reduces its intensity Works like a household thermostat |
Negative feedback mechanisms |
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Increase the original stimulus to push the variable farther Ex Blood clotting or childbirth |
Positive feedback mechanisms |
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Divides the body in half into left and right |
Sagittal section |
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Kings man cut |
Midsagittal section |
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Glasshouse cut |
Frontal section |
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Responds to changes in environment Sends info to control center |
Receptor |
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Analyze info Determines set point Determines response |
Control center |
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Provides a response to the stimulus |
Effector |
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Most homeostatic control mechanism Shuts off the original stimulus or reduces its intensity Works like a household thermostat |
Negative feedback mechanisms |
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Increase the original stimulus to push the variable farther Ex Blood clotting or childbirth |
Positive feedback mechanisms |
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Divides the body in half into left and right |
Sagittal section |
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Kings man cut |
Midsagittal section |
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Glasshouse cut |
Frontal section |
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Ghost ship cut |
Transverse section |
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Responds to changes in environment Sends info to control center |
Receptor |
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Analyze info Determines set point Determines response |
Control center |
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Provides a response to the stimulus |
Effector |
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Most homeostatic control mechanism Shuts off the original stimulus or reduces its intensity Works like a household thermostat |
Negative feedback mechanisms |
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Increase the original stimulus to push the variable farther Ex Blood clotting or childbirth |
Positive feedback mechanisms |
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Divides the body in half into left and right |
Sagittal section |
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Kings man cut |
Midsagittal section |
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Glasshouse cut |
Frontal section |
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Ghost ship cut |
Transverse section |
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Cranial cavity |
Holds Brain |
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Responds to changes in environment Sends info to control center |
Receptor |
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Spinal cavity |
Holds spinal cord |
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Analyze info Determines set point Determines response |
Control center |
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Provides a response to the stimulus |
Effector |
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Most homeostatic control mechanism Shuts off the original stimulus or reduces its intensity Works like a household thermostat |
Negative feedback mechanisms |
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Increase the original stimulus to push the variable farther Ex Blood clotting or childbirth |
Positive feedback mechanisms |
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Divides the body in half into left and right |
Sagittal section |
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Kings man cut |
Midsagittal section |
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Glasshouse cut |
Frontal section |
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Ghost ship cut |
Transverse section |
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Cranial cavity |
Holds Brain |
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Responds to changes in environment Sends info to control center |
Receptor |
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Spinal cavity |
Holds spinal cord |
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Thoracic cavity |
Holds heart lungs etc |
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Analyze info Determines set point Determines response |
Control center |
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Provides a response to the stimulus |
Effector |
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Most homeostatic control mechanism Shuts off the original stimulus or reduces its intensity Works like a household thermostat |
Negative feedback mechanisms |
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Increase the original stimulus to push the variable farther Ex Blood clotting or childbirth |
Positive feedback mechanisms |
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Divides the body in half into left and right |
Sagittal section |
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Kings man cut |
Midsagittal section |
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Glasshouse cut |
Frontal section |
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Ghost ship cut |
Transverse section |
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Cranial cavity |
Holds Brain |
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Responds to changes in environment Sends info to control center |
Receptor |
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Spinal cavity |
Holds spinal cord |
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Thoracic cavity |
Holds heart lungs etc |
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Abdominopelvic cavity |
Holds entire digestive system and parts of urinary System |
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Analyze info Determines set point Determines response |
Control center |
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Provides a response to the stimulus |
Effector |
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Most homeostatic control mechanism Shuts off the original stimulus or reduces its intensity Works like a household thermostat |
Negative feedback mechanisms |
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Increase the original stimulus to push the variable farther Ex Blood clotting or childbirth |
Positive feedback mechanisms |
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Divides the body in half into left and right |
Sagittal section |
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Kings man cut |
Midsagittal section |
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Glasshouse cut |
Frontal section |
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Ghost ship cut |
Transverse section |
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Cranial cavity |
Holds Brain |
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Responds to changes in environment Sends info to control center |
Receptor |
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Spinal cavity |
Holds spinal cord |
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Thoracic cavity |
Holds heart lungs etc |
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Abdominopelvic cavity |
Holds entire digestive system and parts of urinary System |
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Dorsal body cavity |
Cranial and spinal cavity |
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Analyze info Determines set point Determines response |
Control center |
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Provides a response to the stimulus |
Effector |
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Most homeostatic control mechanism Shuts off the original stimulus or reduces its intensity Works like a household thermostat |
Negative feedback mechanisms |
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Increase the original stimulus to push the variable farther Ex Blood clotting or childbirth |
Positive feedback mechanisms |
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Divides the body in half into left and right |
Sagittal section |
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Kings man cut |
Midsagittal section |
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Glasshouse cut |
Frontal section |
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Ghost ship cut |
Transverse section |
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Cranial cavity |
Holds Brain |
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Responds to changes in environment Sends info to control center |
Receptor |
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Spinal cavity |
Holds spinal cord |
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Thoracic cavity |
Holds heart lungs etc |
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Abdominopelvic cavity |
Holds entire digestive system and parts of urinary System |
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Dorsal body cavity |
Cranial and spinal cavity |
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Ventral body cavity |
Thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity |
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Analyze info Determines set point Determines response |
Control center |
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Provides a response to the stimulus |
Effector |
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Most homeostatic control mechanism Shuts off the original stimulus or reduces its intensity Works like a household thermostat |
Negative feedback mechanisms |
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Increase the original stimulus to push the variable farther Ex Blood clotting or childbirth |
Positive feedback mechanisms |
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Divides the body in half into left and right |
Sagittal section |
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Kings man cut |
Midsagittal section |
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Glasshouse cut |
Frontal section |
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Ghost ship cut |
Transverse section |
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Cranial cavity |
Holds Brain |