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| the science of body structures and the relationships among them |
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| What is the study of physiology? |
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| The study of body functions |
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| What is the relationship b/t structure and function? |
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| Structure determines function; form follows function |
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| They study the microscopic structure of tissues |
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| What are the levels of the organization of the human body? |
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| chemical (atom>molecule) > cellular > tissue > organ > organ system > organism |
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| The basic structural and functional units of an organism |
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| 2 or more different types of tissues with specific function; usually in recognizable shape |
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| sum of all the chemical processes that occur in the body; catabolism and anabolism |
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| What regulates body homeostasis? |
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| nervous and endocrine system |
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| An explosion sends shrapnel through abdominal cavity. What organs will be most affected? |
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| digestion; absorption and processing of nutrients |
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| process by which the body generates heat or energy by raising the metabolic rate above normal |
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| Assessment of body structure and unction by touching body surfaces with the hands is |
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| What are characteristics of life |
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| organ systems are NOT isolated |
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| What is the sum of all chemical reactions that occur in the body? |
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| What is involved in the differentiation of embryonic mesenchymal cells in forming the skeleton? (#15) |
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| What is involved in a post-mortem examination, or autopsy? |
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| dissection of body and internal organs; used to confirm or discover cause of death; sometimes used in crime scene investigations |
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| dynamic equilibrium; due to ceaseless interplay of regulatory processes |
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| What is considered to be the body's internal environment when discussing homeostasis? |
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| What makes up extracellular fluid? |
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| What makes up a feedback system? |
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| receptor, control center, effector (input and output) |
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| If a response enhances the original stimulus, the system is classified as a what kind of feedback system? |
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| What conditions will make it difficult ot maintain homeostasis? |
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| What are teh signs of infection? |
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| skin lesions; body temp rises: enlarged liver; swollen lymphnodes |
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| What are some of the typical symptoms of disease? |
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| nausea, headache, anxiety |
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| What would be an example of a local disease? of a systemic one? |
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strep throat, pink eye, athlete's foot
systemic: flu |
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| Diagnosis of disease usually involves what? |
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| patient's symptoms/signs; medical history; physical exam; lab test |
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| What is the correct anatomical position? |
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| standing erect, facing observer; head level, face forward; flat feet directed forward; arms @ sides w/ palms facing upward |
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| Popliteal refers to what? |
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| the hollow behind the knee |
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| A plane or section that divides an organ such that you could view an inferior surface of the section of that organ would be a |
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| A mid-sagittal plane divides the body into |
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| equal right and left parts |
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| Define inferior and superior. |
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inferior: towards the bottom of an organism
superior: towards the head of an organism |
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| What is the relationship b/t the right plantar region and the right femoral region? |
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| The right plantar region is distal and ipsilateral to the right femoral region |
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| What is located in the ventral cavity? |
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| What is located in the pelvic cavity? |
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| urinary bladder; portions of large intestine; internal reproductive organs |
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| What does the cranial cavity contain? |
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| What produces a sonogram? |
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| ultrasound scanning: sound waves from handheld wand reflect off body tissues and are detected by same device |
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| What makes up a sensory nerve ending? |
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| The four elements making up about 96% of body's mass are represented by the chemical symbols of... |
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| O (oxygen) N (nitrogen) H (hydrogen) C (carbon) CHON |
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| Which elements have ionic forms critical to muscle contraction and action potential generation? |
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| potassium, sodium, calcium |
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| The smallest unit of matter that retains teh properties and chracteristics of an element is the |
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| Which subatomic particles are negatively charged? |
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| atoms of the same element that have the same number of protons but different number of neutrons (same atomic number, but different mass number) |
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| A physician suspects a patient may have a thyroid tumor. Which radioisotopes will help the physician confirm the initial diagnosis? |
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| an electrically charged ion; charged b/c of losing or gaining electrons |
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| substance w/ atoms of two or more different elements |
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| What are ionic compounds? |
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| compounds formed by the losing or gaining of electrons |
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| What kind of chemical bond is found b/t two oxygen atoms/ |
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| double nonpolar covalent bond |
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| What compounds are polar covalent? |
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| hydrogen atom w/ partial positive charge attrcts partial negative charge of electronegative atoms; weak bonds; apparent in larger molecules to help w/ stability |
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| the breaking down of glucose into pyruviac acid; exergonic |
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| substance that dissociates into one or more H+ and one or more anions |
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| a substance that dissociates into cations and anions |
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| What body fluids are alkaline, and which are acidic? |
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acidic: gastric juice, vaginal fluid, urine, saliva
alkaline: blood, cerebrospinal fluid, semen, pancreatic juice, bile |
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| convert strong acids and bases into weak ones |
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| A common buffer found in extracellular fluid is |
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| Specific arrangements of atoms that cause organic molecules to have particular chemical properties are called |
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| source of chemical energy for generating ATP |
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| An example of polysaccharides in humans is |
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| they do not dissolve easily in water |
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| Glycerol is the backbone molecule for |
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| A fatty acid with only single covalent bonds is said to be |
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| Enzymes and antibodies are examples of |
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| In proteins, the folding of the unit on itself is referred to its |
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| What do nucleotides contain? |
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| base, pentose sugar, phosphate group |
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