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metabolism sum of al chemical processes


catabolism that break down molecules, releasing energy.


anabolism the process of building up larger molecules from smaller
ones.


3 things that effect growth in the body size 1. increase in the size of existing cells
2.increase in the number of cells
3.increase in the size of material between the cells


differentiation unspecialized cells becomes specialized


reproduction is the formation of new cells 1. tissue growth, repair or replacement
for? (2) 2. production of a new individual


fluid within the cells intracellular fluid


fluid outside the cells extracellular fluid


ECF that fills narrow space between cells of interstitial fluid
tissues


what is the monitored variable called in a controlled condition
feedback loop


what is the stimulus any disruption that changes a controlled condition


what's the receptor body structure monitoring the changes of a controlled
condition and sends inputs


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what is an afferent pathway-input flows towards the control center (nerve impulse or chemical
signal)


what is the control center sets the range of values within which a controlled condition
should be maintained; evaluates the input it receives from
receptors and generates output commands when they are
needed


efferent pathway flow away from control center to effector


effector body structure receiving output and brings about change and
produces a response that alters the controlled condition


negative feedback system reverses a change in a controlled condition


positive feedback loop strengthens or reinforces a change in the controlled condition
until its interrupted-effector produces a response that
reinforces the initial change-child birth


disorder abnormality of a structure or function


disease illness characterized by a recognizable set of signs and
symptoms


symptom subjective changes not visible to the observer


sign objective changes visible to the observer (doctor)


prone body is lying face down


supine body is lying face up


ipsilateral same side


contralateral different sides


superficial towards the surface of the skin


deep away from surface of the skin


sagittal plane divides the body into left and right


Midsagittal (median) plane divides into equal left and right sides


parasagittal plane unequal sides left and right


fronta (coronal plane) divides front and back (anterior/posterior)




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transverse plane superior and inferior top and bottom (horizontal plane cross-
sectional)


oblique plane anything but 90 degrees


cranial cavity contains head


Vertebral (spine) cavity contains spinal cord and vertebral column-continuous of the
cranial cavity


Meninges layers of protective tissue surround the brain and spinal cord


thoracic cavity chest, ribs, sternum muscles of the chest and a thoracic
portion of the vertebral column


pericardial cavity surrounds the heart


pleura cavity surrounds lungs


visceral layer of cavity inner layer


parietal layer of cavity outer layer


mediastinum cavity between the lugs extending from the sternum to the vertebral
column and first rib down to the diaphragm-heart, thymus,
esophagus, trachea, and BV's but not the lungs


diaphragm dome muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the
abdominopelvic cavity


abdominopelvic cavity from the diaphragm to the groin
abdominal cavity-stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder, small
intestine, and large intestine
pelvic cavity-urinary bladder, parts of the large intestine, and
internal organs of the reproductive system


viscera organs inside thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities


major elements of body mass nitrogen, carbon, oxygen and hydrogen


lesser elements 8 Calcium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sulfur, Sodium, Chlorine,
Magnesium, Iron


what are the three subatomic particles neutrons, protons, electrons


nucleus core of an atom


proton positively charged (in nucleus)




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neutron neutral no charge (in nucleus)


electrons negatively charged in a cloud around the nucleus


number of protons =? number of electrons


atomic number is what number of protons/electrons


mass number sum of protons and neutrons


isotopes Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of
neutrons


radioactive isotopes (radioisotopes) An isotope of an atom that spontaneously emits one or more
types of radioactivity into stable configuration


half-life the time it takes radioactive isotope to decay into half


atomic mass/weight average of the natural occurring isotopes


ion has a positive or negative charge because it has unequal
number of protons and electrons


ionization the process of giving up or gaining an electron to become
stable


molecule when two or more atoms share an electron


compound substance made up of two or more different elements


free radicals atoms with an unpaired electron in the outermost shell making
it unstable-become stable by gaining or losing from another
element (this breaks apart important elements) UV rays, x-rays


ionic bond force of attraction between oppositely charged ions


cation positively charged ion-loses an electron


anion negatively charged ion-gains an electron


electrolyte an ionic compound that breaks apart into positive or negative
ions in a solution


covalent bond two more more atoms share electrons


non-polar equal sharing of electrons


polar sharing of electrons is unequal



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