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71 Cards in this Set
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Homeostaisi |
Body's ability to detect change, and oppose it to maintain a stable internal environment |
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FeedBack Mechanisms |
Psotive & Negative |
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Negative Feedback |
Process in which the body senses a change and activates mechanisms to negate or reverse it |
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Positive Feedback |
Self-amplifying cycle where a physiological changr leads to even greater change in the same diorection |
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Atayomical Position |
Assumption of the body position that medical professionals use to identify where structures are located Person stands erect Feet flat on floor close togther arms at sides palms supinated face directed forward |
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Directional Terms |
Words that describe the location of one struvture relative to another |
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Supinate |
Palms Anterior |
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Pronation |
Palms posterior |
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Supine |
Laying face up |
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Prone |
Laying face down |
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Ventral |
Toward the front or belly |
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Dorsal |
Toward the back or spine |
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Anterior |
Front |
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Posterior |
Back |
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Cephalic |
Toward the head or superior end |
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Caudal |
Toward the tail or inferior end |
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Superior |
Above |
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Inferior |
Below |
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Medial |
Toward medial Plane/ midline |
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Lateral |
Away from medial plane/ midline |
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Proximal |
Closer to point of attachment or organ |
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Distal |
Farther from point of attachment or origin |
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Ipsilateral |
On the same side of the body |
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Contralateral |
On the opposite side of the body |
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Visceral |
Pertaining to organ |
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Parietal |
Pretaining to cavity lining |
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Afferent |
to cary toward |
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Efferent |
To Carry Away |
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Superificial |
Closer to the surface of the body |
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Deep |
Farther from the surface of the body |
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Body Cavities |
Areas where membranes and internal organs are found Cranial cavity and Vertebral Canal Thoratici Cavity Abdominopelvelvic Cavity |
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Cranial Cavity |
Enclosed by the cranium and contains the brain |
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Vertebral Canal |
Enclosed by the vertebral column and contains the spinal cord |
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Meninges |
Membranous layers the surround the cranial cavity and vertebral canal |
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Thoracic Cavity |
Diaphragm Separates the thoractic cavity from the abdominal pelvic cavity Mediastinum Thick wall that separates the thoracic cavity |
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Pericardium |
Double layered sac that surrounds the heart |
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Visceral Pericardium |
Inner layer around the heart |
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Parietal Paricardium |
Outer Layer that surrpunds the heart |
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Pericardial cavity |
Space between the layers that contains percardial fluid |
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Pleura |
Double layered sac that surronds thelungs |
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Visceral Pleura |
Forms the external surface of the lungs |
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Parietal Pleura |
Lines the inside of the rib cage |
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Plerual cavity |
Space between the layers that contains pleural fluid |
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Abdominal Cavity |
Digestibe organs Spleen Kidneys Ureters |
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Pelvic Cavity |
Rectum, Urinary bladder urethra reproductive organs |
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Peritoneum |
Double layered serous membrane around Abdominopevic Cavity |
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Visceral Peritoneum |
Abdominopelvic inner layer |
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Perietal Pertoneum |
Abdominopelvic cavity outer layer |
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Peritonel Cavity |
Spave between the layers that contain peritoneal fluid in abdominopelvic cavity |
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Atomic Structure |
Atom Basic building block of matter Nucleus, protons, neutrons, elctrons |
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Nuceus |
Center of an atom |
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Protons |
Postive charge |
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Neutrons |
No charge |
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Electrons |
Negative charge |
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Atomic Numbers |
Number of protons in a nucleus |
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Atomic Mass |
Total number of protons and necutrons in a nucleus |
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Electron Shells/ Energy Levels |
Where electrons are found around nucelus in concentric regions |
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First shell |
2 electrons |
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Second shell |
8 electrons |
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Valence elctrons |
Elctrons of outermost shell Determine chemical property of an atom Atom tend to bond with other atoms that will fill its outer shell |
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Chemical Bonds |
Atraction of one moleculeto another Ionic Colvalent Hydrogen |
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Ionic Bonds |
Attaction of a cation to an anion one atom fives up electrons an the other takes them Easily disrupted in water as when salt dissolves |
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Covalent Bond |
Sharing of one or more pairs of electrons |
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Single Covalent bond |
Sharing of a single pair of electrons |
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Double covalent bound |
Sharing of two pairs of electrons |
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Nonpolar covalent bond |
When shared electrons spend approximatelly equal time around each nucleus |
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Polar Covalent bond |
Shared electrons spend significantly more time orbiting one nucleus then they do the other |
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Hydrogen Bond |
Weak attraction between a slightly positive hydrogen atom in one molecule and slightly negative oxygen or nitrogen atom in another |
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pH |
Scale that ranges from 0.0 to 14.0 7.0 neutral below - acidic above 7- alkaline or base |
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Acid |
Releasels a H+ |
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Base |
Accepts H+ |