Martini's Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology, Chapter 1
1. Anatomy: The study of internal and external structures of the body and the physical relationship among body parts
2. Physiology: The study of how living organisms perform their vital functions
3. Medical terminology: The use of prefixes, suffixes, word roots, and combining forms to construct anatomical,
physiological, or medical terms.
4. Gross anatomy: Features that are visible without a microscope
5. Cytology: The study of cells
6. Histology: The study of tissues
7. Organs: Anatomical structures with multiple functions
8. Integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive,
urinary, and reproductive: The 11 organ systems of the body
9. In School - Nursing. My Ever-Crazy Learning Really Doesn't Utilize Rest.: A mnemonic for the organ systems:
Integumentary, skeletal, nervous, muscular, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary,
reproductive
10. Homeostasis: The existence of a stable environment within the body
11. Autoregulation: Occurs when a cell, tissue, organ or organ system adjusts its activities automatically in response to some
environmental change
12. Extrinsic regulation: Caused by the activities of the nervous system or endocrine system
13. Receptor: In homeostasis, the part that is sensitive (receptive) to a particular stimulus
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1. Anatomy: The study of internal and external structures of the body and the physical relationship among body parts
2. Physiology: The study of how living organisms perform their vital functions
3. Medical terminology: The use of prefixes, suffixes, word roots, and combining forms to construct anatomical,
physiological, or medical terms.
4. Gross anatomy: Features that are visible without a microscope
5. Cytology: The study of cells
6. Histology: The study of tissues
7. Organs: Anatomical structures with multiple functions
8. Integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive,
urinary, and reproductive: The 11 organ systems of the body
9. In School - Nursing. My Ever-Crazy Learning Really Doesn't Utilize Rest.: A mnemonic for the organ systems:
Integumentary, skeletal, nervous, muscular, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary,
reproductive
10. Homeostasis: The existence of a stable environment within the body
11. Autoregulation: Occurs when a cell, tissue, organ or organ system adjusts its activities automatically in response to some
environmental change
12. Extrinsic regulation: Caused by the activities of the nervous system or endocrine system
13. Receptor: In homeostasis, the part that is sensitive (receptive) to a particular stimulus
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