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| The study of the body's parts. |
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| The study of how the body's parts work. |
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| Order the levels of organization of the human body. |
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| Atoms, Molecules, Cells, Tissues, Organ, Organ System, organism. |
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| Name the fundamental unit of life. |
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| List the characteristics of life. |
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| Converting energy, Digesting food, Excreting waste, Reproducing, Taking in oxygen |
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| similar specialized cells that perform a common function. |
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| A group of specialized organs working together to perform a major physiological need. |
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| Two or more types of tissues working together to perform a specialized physiologic function. |
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| The study of what causes disease and illness. |
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| Front or toward the front of the body. (in four legged animals this would be towards the head) |
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| Back or toward the back of the body (in four legged animals this would be towards the tail end) |
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| Back or toward the back of the body (in four legged animals this would be towards the top of the back) |
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| Front or toward the front of the body (in four legged animals this would be towards the belly) |
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| Lying on the stomach, face down. |
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| Lying on the back, face up. |
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| On the side, or toward the side of the body. |
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| In the middle, or toward the middle of the body. |
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| Nearer to the part of body mentioned. |
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| Farther from the part of body mentioned. |
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| Near the surface of the body |
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| Further from the surface of the body (towards the central core of the body). |
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| Near the center (median) of the body or middle of an organ |
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| Away from the center (midline) of the body or organ. Nearer the edge. |
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| Standing up, face forward with palms facing forward. Directions come from perspective of the body, not the observer. |
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| Median or midsagittal plane |
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| Divides body into left or right halves. |
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| Divides body into left or right portions. |
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| Divides body into front and back portions |
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| Transverse or Cross section or plane |
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| Divides body into upper and lower portions |
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| Between thorax and pelvis |
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| Bottom of the spine above the tailbone. |
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| Cranial, Spinal, Thoracic, Abdominal, Pelvic |
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| outer tissue layer of an organ |
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| deep, or inner portion of an organ |
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| surrounding (outer) (like peripheral) |
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| Characteristic of all animal cells |
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| enclosed by a cell membrane. |
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The cellular components inside a cell where the specialized cellular processes take place.
These separate one cellular process from another and are usually surrounded by membranes with enzymes inside. |
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| Groups of cells that perform the same function. |
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| Locations of epithelial tissue |
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| lining of digestive tract, small tubes of the kidney, lining of lungs and blood vessels, lining of nose, lining of respiratory tract, lining of reproductive tract, outside layer of skin. |
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| functions of epithelial tissue |
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| keeps the body from losing moisture or drying out, protects against injury to internal structure, helps guard against bacterial infection. |
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| Three kinds of muscle tissue |
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| cardiac, smooth, skeletal |
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| cardiac muscle tissue structure |
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| found in the heart, one nucleus, striated, cylindrical in shape, and branched like a tree. |
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| smooth muscle tissue structure |
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| found in the walls of internal organs (stomach, intestines) one nucleus, shaped like spindels |
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| skeletal muscle tissue structure |
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| multinucleated, striated and cylindrical, and long |
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