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Operation of the organ system functions
Renal - Kidney Function
Neurophysiology - Function of the nervous system
Cardiovascular - Function of the heart blood vessels
focuses on the function of the body at a cellular of molecular level. |
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| Requires you to know other subjects such as chemistry, physics |
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| Principle of complementary |
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Functions always reflects structure
what a function can do depends on its specific form |
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| level of structural organization |
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Chemical - atoms to form molecules
Cellular - cells made of molecules
Organs - made of tissues
Organ system - made of organs that work closely togheter
Organizational - made up of organ systems |
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external body covering
- made of hair, sweat glands, oil glands, and skin, nails
protects the skin from deep injury and absorbs vitamin d |
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helps protect the brain
- composed of bone, cartilage, and ligaments
- protects body organs
- provides the framework for muscles
-site of blood cell formation(white blood cells, red blood cells)
-stores minerals such as calcium |
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| Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Hydrogen |
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composed of tendons and muscles
-job is contraction
- cardiac, smooth, and skeletal
- maintains posture
- produces heat as they contract |
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command center composed of brain, spinal column and nerves
-fast acting control system of the body
- responds to stimuli by activating muscles
- controls 5 senses such as taste, touch, smell |
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heart and blood
- pumps blood that contains oxygen and other nutrients |
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fluid that loss from capilaries, returning back to vessesls.
housing a lot of white blood cells for immunity protections |
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involves lungs
- exchange of gas
-removes carbon dioxide and supplies blood with oxygen |
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composed of esophagus, intenstines, rectum, liver , anus
helps with breakdown of food that enters the blood
eleminates feces |
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urethra, kidneys, bladder, ureters
-eliminates nitrogenous wastes from the body
- regulates water, ph balance of blood, electrolyte |
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has the testes, penis, scrotum, ductus deferens.
main function of the offspring, makes sperm eggs
testes produce sperm and male sex hormones
ducts |
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| Female Reproductive System |
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Ability to maintain a stable environment in a ever changing world
- the internal environment of the body is a dynamic state of equilibrium
-chemical , neural, and thermal factors interact to maintain homeostasis. |
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The three interdependent components of control mechanisms are:
Receptor – monitors the environments and responds to changes (stimuli)
Control center – determines the set point at which the variable is maintained
Effector – provides the means to respond to the stimulus |
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| What is Homeostatic Imbalance? |
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Disturbance of homeostasis of the bodys equilibrium
overwhelming negative feedback mechanisms allowing destructive positive feedback to take over |
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| Name a few organ system interrelationships |
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The integumentary system protects the body from the external environment
Digestive and respiratory systems, in contact with the external environment, take in nutrients and oxygen
Nutrients and oxygen are distributed by the blood
Metabolic wastes are eliminated by the urinary and respiratory systems |
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