Physiology
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1. Human Anatomy the study of the structure or form of the human body
2. Human Physiolo- study of the body's functions
gy
3. Biology The study of life
4. Cell The smallest unit that can carry out the functions of life
5. Metabolism The sum of the body's chemical reactions
6. anabolism "building" processes in which smaller chemicals are combined to form larger ones,
such as building muscle
7. catabolism "breaking down" processes in which larger chemicals are broken down into small-
er ones, as in digestion
8. Homeostasis The maintenance of the body's stable internal environment
9. Excretion The process by which waste products are removed from the body
10. Growth When more anabolism takes place than catabolism, an increase in the size of
individual cells and/or an increase in the number of cells
11. Responsiveness The property of living organisms by which they sense and react to changes in their
or irritability environment
12. Motility The movement of a cell or tissue
13. Reproduction The production of new cells within an organism or the production of offspring
14. produces new Growth wound repair
cells
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15. chemical level of Smallest level of structural organization, Foundation for living things, tiny atoms to
organization molecules (two and thousands of atoms)
16. cellular level of Contain organelles with specific functions
organization cell function related to cell structure
cells respond to local environment
cells of body coordinated and controlled to work together
17. Tissue level of or- Perform specific functions
ganization Two components
Cells and surroundings extracellular matrix
18. Four primary tis- epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous
sue types
19. organ level of or- Two or more tissue types can combine to form a structure which has a recognizable
ganization shape and performs a specialized task
20. organ system lev- two or more organs that together carry out a broad function in the body
el of organization
21. organism level of The organ systems function together to make up the working human body
organization
22. Anatomy studies the form and structure of the body
23. systemic anato- study which looks at individual organ systems
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24. Regional Anato- study which divides body into regions of study
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25. surface anatomy the study of surface markings of the body