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Anatomy ch 1
Parts of the Whole
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
08/24/2010

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Anatomy
Definition
The study of the structure and location of body parts.
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Physiology
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the study of the function of the parts of the body.

 

 

 

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Focuses on the form of the body parts from large to microscopic.
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physiology
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Focuses on the form of the organism; all the parts that make up the organism
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Anatomy
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Developmental Anatomy
Definition
focuses on how an individual forms a fertilized egg all the way through adulthood.  Looks at how certain parts or systems change throughout lifespan
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Gross Anatomy
Definition
study of large parts of the body that can be seen with the naked eye. Study every detail of rogans, muscles, bones, nerves and vessels
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Histologic Anatomy
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study of differnt tissue types and cells that compirse them. 
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Blood cell functions:

Respiration

Definition
Transport oxygen from teh lungs to every other cell in the body.
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Blood cell function: 

 

Digestion

Definition
Carry nutrients derived from eaten foods to all cells in the body
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Blood cell functions:

 

Immune

Definition
Transport the cells that fight off organisms that invade the body.
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Atom
Definition
smallest possible piece of an element that retains all properties of that element.
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Enzymes

 

Definition
proteins that speed up a chemical reaction
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