Details Title: A&P Intro to A&P Description: exam 1 into Total Flash Cards: 64 Created: 02/04/2009 18:01:39		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Anatomy Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Structural and functional characteristics of humans Definition bipedalism, thumb and tool making, sophisticated brain (language and abstract thinking) Term homeostasis Definition steady state of parameters in the internal environment. keep balance Term negative feedback systems Definition brings you back to a homeostatic state Term 5 units of negative feedback systems Definition receptor (monitors), afferent pathway (approaches), integration (gets info from all receptors), efferent pathway (exits), effector site (site where problem is fixed) Term positive feedback system Definition not homeostatic. brings you away from set point Term changes over a lifespan Definition developmental, adaption to environment and disease, aging Term levels of organization in an organism Definition atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, systems, organism Term Epithelial tissue Definition parenchyma. secretes or creates barrier/lining or both Term Connective Tissue Definition stroma. supports epithelial cells, Term Muscle Tissue Definition skeletal, smooth, cardiac. moves things in body Term Nervous Tissue Definition communication, secretes neurotransmitters Term Organs Definition functional units. Smooth muscle, neurological cells, blood vessels, stroma Term Endocrine system Definition produce hormones Term Urinary system Definition urinary metabolism Term Respiratory System Definition supplies O2, maintains acid/base balance Term Superior vs. inferior Definition head vs. tail Term medial vs. lateral Definition center vs. side Term proximal vs. distal Definition closer to vs. farther away Term axial vs. appendicular Definition skull/spinal vs. arms, legs ect. Term anterior (ventral) vs. posterior (dorsal) Definition `front vs. top Term Soma Definition body walls and limbs. can be skin and muscle Term Viscera Definition internal organs contained in body cavities Term cephalic Definition head. frontal, foreheard, orbital, buccal (cheek), mental (chin) Term cervical Definition neck Term thoracic Definition chest Term mammary Definition chest Term Abdominal subdivisons Definition hypochondriac (top), lumbar (middle), iliac (lower), epogastric (top center), umbilical (center), hypogastric (low center) Term Brachial Definition upper arm Term Cubital Definition front of elbow Term Parenchyma Definition functional parts of organs Term Stroma Definition connective tissue, supports organs Term antebrachial Definition forearm Term carpal Definition wrist Term metacarpal Definition hand Term pollex Definition thumb Term coxal Definition hip Term inguinal Definition groin Term femoral Definition thigh Term patellar Definition front of knee Term crural Definition leg Term tarsal Definition ankle Term hallux Definition great toe Term nuchal Definition nape of neck Term lumbar Definition loin Term acromial Definition shoulder Term olecranal Definition back of elbow Term popliteal Definition back of knee Term sural Definition calf Term calcaneal Definition heel Term cross section (transverse) Definition cut in middle Term frontal view Definition anterior and posterior views Term saggital Definition right and left views Term transverse view Definition cranial and caudal views Term thoracic cavity Definition pericardial (around heart0, pleural (around lungs), mediastinal (around aorta, esophagus) Term peritoneal cavity Definition abdominal, divider, pubic Term dorsal cavity Definition cranial, vertebral Term visceral Definition attached to serous fluid Term parietal Definition outer layer, wall/cavity Term Ultra sound Definition detects densities, soundwaves Term Digital subtraction of angiography Definition visualize flow of blood Term CAT scans Definition density of tissues, x rats, highest is location of tumor Term NMR or MRI Definition not exposed to x rays, magnetize you Term Thermography Definition measure of heat (tumor produces a lot of heat) Term PET Scan Definition demonstrates metabolic activity as well as structure