Milady Standard Esthetics (Chapter 2): Understanding Anatomy & Physiology

MILADY STANDARD ESTHETICS (CHAPTER 2): UNDERSTANDING ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY How much blood does the human body contain? - correct answer - 8 to 10 pints What is a nutritive fluid flowing through the circulatory system? - correct answer - Blood What are platelets? - correct answer - Blood components that contribute to the blood clotting process What is the study of tiny structures found in living tissues? - correct answer - Histology What is one reason etheticians should study body systems, organs, and tissues? - correct answer - To understand the effect that services have on the body What is protoplasm? - correct answer - A substance of which the cells of all living things are composed What is the process of cell reproduction called? - correct answer - Mitosis What is the sternum? - correct answer - A flat bone that forms the ventral support of the ribs What is the fluid part of the blood that carries food and secretions to the cells and carbon dioxide from the cells? - correct answer - Plasma The origin part of a muscle is ____________________ to the skeleton. - correct answer - Attached What are the structures composed of specialized tissues and performing specific functions? - correct answer - Organs Why does the parathyroid gland regulate blood calcium and phosphorus levels? - correct answer - So the nervous and muscular system can function properly