B163 Chapter 1

2 Major goals of physiology

1. to understand how the body maintains conditions within a narrow range of values in the presence of changing environments 2. to understand and predict the body's responses to stimuli

The scientific discipline whose root word means to cut apart or dissect is...

anatomy

What are the levels of organization?

chemical level, cell level, tissue level, organ level, organ system level, organism level

the plane that cuts the body into anterior and posterior portions

frontal(coronal)

Disease leads to a disruption in the body's ability to maintain....

homeostasis

What are the location of serous membranes?

lining the trunk cavities and covering the organs within the trunk cavities

The _______________ plane than cuts through the body lengthwise and divides it into equal left and right halves is..

midsagittal(median)

the four main types of body tissue

nervous, muscle, epithelial and connective

a group of two or more tissues working together to preform a common function

organ

What are structures within a cell that carries out the biochemical reactions for specific functions

organelles

Anatomical position

person standing erect with face and palms forward

The study of the functions of biological organisms and the functions of the parts of biological organisms

physiology

A person is in what position when they are laying face down..

prone

digital

refers to finger or toe

A lengthwise cut that separates the body into left and right portions

sagittal

Development

the characteristic of life that involves the carious changes in an organism over time and typically includes growth and differentiation

Cell

the smallest structural and functional sub-unit

The chest is referred to as the...

thorax

The trunk consists of the..

thorax, abdomen, pelvis

A group of similar cells with common functions is known as...

tissue