Anatomy & Physiology Terminology Questions
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Anatomy - ✅✅is the science of body structures and the relationships among them.
Physiology - ✅✅is the science of body functions.
Embryology - ✅✅the study of: the first eight weeks of development after fertilization of a human egg.
Developmental - ✅✅_________ Biology: the complete development of an individual from fertilization
to death.
Cell - ✅✅Cellular structures and functions. _________ Biology
Histology - ✅✅the study of: microscopic structures of tissues.
Gross - ✅✅structures that can be examined without a microscope. ___________ Anatomy
Regional - ✅✅___________ Anatomy: specific regions of the body such as the head or chest.
Surface Anatomy - ✅✅surface markings of the body to understand internal anatomy. ______
Anatomy
Neurophysiology - ✅✅the study of: functional properties of nerve cells.
Endocrinology - ✅✅the study: hormones (chemical regulators in the blood) and how they control
body functions.
Chemical - ✅✅_________ Level: atoms and molecules
, Cellular - ✅✅_______ Level: molecules combine to form cells.
Tissue - ✅✅_________ Level: groups of cells and the materials surrounding them that work together
to perform a particular function.
Organ - ✅✅________ Level : structures that are composed of two or more different types of tissues;
they have specific functions and usually have recognizable shapes.
System - ✅✅______ Level consists of related organs with a common function.
Organismal - ✅✅__________ Level: any living individual.
metabolism - ✅✅sum of all the chemical processes that occur in the body
catabolism - ✅✅the breakdown of complex chemical substances into simpler components.
anabolism - ✅✅the building up of complex chemical substances from smaller, simper components.
responsiveness - ✅✅the body's ability to detect and respond to changes.
movement - ✅✅motion of the whole body, individual organs, single cells, and tiny structures inside
cells.
growth - ✅✅and increase in the size of existing cells, or an increase in the number of cells.
differentiation - ✅✅the development of a cell from an unspecialized to a specialized state.
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Anatomy - ✅✅is the science of body structures and the relationships among them.
Physiology - ✅✅is the science of body functions.
Embryology - ✅✅the study of: the first eight weeks of development after fertilization of a human egg.
Developmental - ✅✅_________ Biology: the complete development of an individual from fertilization
to death.
Cell - ✅✅Cellular structures and functions. _________ Biology
Histology - ✅✅the study of: microscopic structures of tissues.
Gross - ✅✅structures that can be examined without a microscope. ___________ Anatomy
Regional - ✅✅___________ Anatomy: specific regions of the body such as the head or chest.
Surface Anatomy - ✅✅surface markings of the body to understand internal anatomy. ______
Anatomy
Neurophysiology - ✅✅the study of: functional properties of nerve cells.
Endocrinology - ✅✅the study: hormones (chemical regulators in the blood) and how they control
body functions.
Chemical - ✅✅_________ Level: atoms and molecules
, Cellular - ✅✅_______ Level: molecules combine to form cells.
Tissue - ✅✅_________ Level: groups of cells and the materials surrounding them that work together
to perform a particular function.
Organ - ✅✅________ Level : structures that are composed of two or more different types of tissues;
they have specific functions and usually have recognizable shapes.
System - ✅✅______ Level consists of related organs with a common function.
Organismal - ✅✅__________ Level: any living individual.
metabolism - ✅✅sum of all the chemical processes that occur in the body
catabolism - ✅✅the breakdown of complex chemical substances into simpler components.
anabolism - ✅✅the building up of complex chemical substances from smaller, simper components.
responsiveness - ✅✅the body's ability to detect and respond to changes.
movement - ✅✅motion of the whole body, individual organs, single cells, and tiny structures inside
cells.
growth - ✅✅and increase in the size of existing cells, or an increase in the number of cells.
differentiation - ✅✅the development of a cell from an unspecialized to a specialized state.
