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Pathology is the study of the _____ and ______ changes caused by disease
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structural and functional
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Renal physiology
Neurophysiology Cardiovascular physiology |
-kidney function
-workings of the nervous system -operation of the heart and blood vessels |
these types of physiology refer to ______.
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Physiology focuses on the functions of the body, often at the _______ and ______ level.
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cellular and molecular
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ie atomic, organ
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The phyics in physiology helps explain which characteristics?
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-electrical currents
-blood pressure -way muscle uses bone for movement |
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What is the Principle of Complementarity?
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Function always reflects structure
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What is metabolism and what are the 2 basic forms of it?
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-chemical reactions necessary to maintain life
-anabalism -catabolism |
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What does viscera mean?
-peri -um |
-internal organs
-around -structure |
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What does serosa/serosae mean?
-serosa covering body walls? -serosa covering the heart? |
-membrane
-parietal -visceral (pericardium) |
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What is in between the visceral pericardium and the parietal pericardium?
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serous fluid
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Serous fluid is in between the ______ and _______ of the abdomen.
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parietal peritoneum and the visceral peritoneum
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What is the diaphragm?
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Dome shaped something that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity.
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What are the 2 subdivisions of the abdominopelvic cavity
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-abdominal cavity
-pelvic cavity |
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The ____ contains the pericardial cavity and surrounds the remaining thoracic organs
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mediastinum
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The pericardial cavity is within which cavity?
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mediastinum which is within the thoracic cavity
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Negative feedback is a homeostatic mechanism that diminishes or neutralizes the effect of the _____.
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stressor (that which moves the body away from steady state)
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