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| study of the structure and shape of the body and parts |
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| study of how the body and its parts work or function |
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| Large structures, easily observable |
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| Very small structures, can only be viewed with a microscope |
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o Forms the external body covering
o Protects deeper tissue
o Synthesizes vitamin d
o Location of coetaneous nerve receptor |
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o Protects and supports body organs
o Provides muscle attachments for movement
o Site of blood cell formation
o Stores minerals |
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o Allows locomotion
o Maintains posture
o Produces heat |
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o Fast-acting control system
o Responds to internal and external change
o Activates muscles and glands |
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o Secretes regulatory hormones
• Growth
• Reproduction
• Metabolism |
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o Transports materials in body via blood pumped by heart
• Oxygen
• Cordon dioxide
• Nutrients
• Wastes |
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o Returns fluids to blood vessels
o Disposes of debris
o Involved in immunity |
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o Keeps blood supplied with oxygen
o Removes carbon dioxide |
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o Breaks down food
o Allows for nutrient absorption into blood
o Eliminates indigestible material |
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o Eliminates nitrogenous waste
o Maintains acid-base balance
o Regulates water and electrolytes |
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| o Production of offspring |
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o Maintaining boundaries
o Movement
• Locomotion
• Movement of substances
o Responsiveness
• Ability to sense change and react
o Digestion
• Break-down and delivery of nutrients
o Metabolism-chemical reactions within the body
• Production of energy
• Making body structures
o Excretion
• Elimination of waste from metabolic reaction
o Reproduction
• Production of future generation
o Growth
• Increasing of cell size number |
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o Nutrients
• Chemicals for energy and cell building
• Includes carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins, and minerals
o Oxygen
• Required for chemical reaction
o Water
• 60-80% of our body
• Provide metabolic reaction
o Stable body temperature
o Atmospheric pressure must be appropriate |
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o Maintain of stable internal environment
o Homeostasis must be maintain for normal body function
o Homeostatic imbalance-a disturbance in homeostasis results in disease |
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o The body communicates through neural and hormonal systems
• Receptor
• Responds to change
• Sends information
o Control center
• Determines set point
• Analyses info
• Determines appropriate respond
o Effectors
• Provides a means for response to the stimulus |
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o Negative feedback
• Includes most homeostatic control mechanisms
• Shuts off original stimulus, or reduces its intensity
o Positive feedbacks
• Increases the original stimulus to push the variable farther
• In the body this only occurs in blood clot or birth |
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o Special terminology-prevents misunderstanding
o Used for:
• Position
• Direction
• Regions
• Structures |
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o Carry out all chemical activities
o Cells are building blocks
o Tissues are groups of cells |
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