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38 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Anterior
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Ventral: toward the front
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Posterior
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Dorsal: toward the back
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Crainal
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Cavity that contains the brain
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Caudal
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Tail
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Superior
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Above
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Inferior
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Below
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Medial
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Toward the middle or midline
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Lateral
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Toward the side of the body
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Proximal
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Closest to the point of orgin
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Distal
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Farthest from the point of orgin
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Superficial
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Toward the body surface
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Deep
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Farthest from the body surface
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2 body planes
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Sagittal: Side
Frontal: anterior/posterior Transverse: top and bottom |
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Ventral Cavities
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Thoracic
Abdominal Pelvic |
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Dorsal Cavities
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Cranial
Spinal |
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Anatomy
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Study of the structure of the body
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Physiology
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Study of the function of the body
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Cell
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Makes up the body structure
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Tissue
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Group of cells that perform the same function
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Organ
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A group of tissues that perform a specific function
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4 types of tissues
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Epithelial
Connective Muscle Nervous |
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Epithelial
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Skin, lines cavities
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Connective
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Connects, binds together
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Muscle
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Causes movement
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Nervous
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Makes up brain, spinal cord
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System
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A group of organs arranged to perform a specific function
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11 major systems of the body
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1. Respiratory 2. Circulatory
3. Nervous 4. Endocrine 5. Integumentary 6. Muscular 7. Skeletal 8. Urinary 9. Reproductive 10. Lymphatic 11. Digestive |
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Homeostasis
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Staying the same inside regardless of outside
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Protein Synthesis
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Involves the precise arrangement of amino acids in a specific sequence
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DNA
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Found in the nucleus of a cell,
stores genetic information, is a template for reproduction |
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RNA
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Protein that copies or transcribes the genetic code from DNA
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Nutrition
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Total of all the processes involved in taking in and using food substances for growth, functioning and maintenance of health
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Malnutrition
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Any disorder of nutrition resulting from unbalance, insufficient, or excessive diet
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Starvation
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Condition resulting from the lack of essential nutrients over a long period of time
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Exercise
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Any physical activity for the purpose of improving health, or maintaining fitness
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Health
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A condition of physical, mental and social well being and the absence of disease or abnormal conditions
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Illness
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An abnormal process in which aspects of the social, emotional or intellectual condition and function of a persaon diminished or impaired
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6 areas of the food pyramid
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Grains
Vegatables Fruits Milk Meat and Beans Oils |
