Anatomy - AnswersThe branch of science that deals with structure of body parts their forms and
how they are organized
Physiology - AnswersConcerns the function of body parts, what they do and how they do it
Atoms - AnswersMicroscopic particles that make chemicals
Molecules - AnswersAtoms join to make these
Macromolecules - AnswersSmall molecules can combine in complex ways to form these
Cell - AnswersThe basic unit of structure and function. It is microscopic. They vary in size, shape,
and specialized function, they all share certain characteristics.
Organelles - AnswersAll cells of humans and other complex organisms contain these. They carry
out specific activities. They are composed of aggregates of macromolecule such as proteins
carbohydrates lipids and nucleic acid's
Tissue - AnswersCells that are organized into layers are other structures that have common
function.
Organ - AnswersGroups of different tissues that interact.
Organ systems - AnswersGroups of organs that function closely together make this. They make
up an organism
Organism - AnswersMade of organ systems
Metabolism - AnswersThe sum total of chemical reactions in the body that breaks substances
down and build them up. Reactions of metabolism enable us to choir and use energy to fuel life
processes
Water - AnswersThe most abundant chemical in the body. It is required for many met metabolic
processes and provides environment in which most of them take place. But it also transport
substances within the organism and is important in regulating body temperature
Foods - AnswersSubstances that provide the body with necessary chemicals in addition to
water. Somebody's chemicals are used as energy sources, other supply wrong materials for
building new living matter, and still others help regulate bottle chemical reactions.
Oxygen - AnswersGas it makes about 1/5 of ordinary air. It is used to release energy from food
substances. This energy drives metabolic processes
, Heat - AnswersA form of energy. It is a product of metabolic reactions, and the degree if he
present partly determines the rate at which his reactions occur. Generally, the more heat, the
more rapidly chemical reactions take place.
Pressure - AnswersApplication of force to something.
Internal environment - AnswersFluid surrounding body cells
Homeostasis - AnswersBody parts function only one love concentrations of water, nutrients, and
oxygen and the conditions of heat and pressure remained within certain narrow limits.
Homeostatic mechanisms - AnswersSelf-regulating control systems. They share receptors a
setpoint and effectors
Receptors - AnswersThey provide information about specific conditions stimuli in the internal
environments.
Setpoint - AnswersTells what a particular value should be. Such as body temperature at 37
Celsius or 98.6 Fahrenheit
Effectors - AnswersCauses responses that alter conditions in the internal environment
Negative feedback - AnswersIf the receptors measure deviations from the set point, if actors are
activated that can return conditions towards normal. As conditions return towards normal, the
deviation from the setpoint progressively lessons, and the effectors are gradually shut down this
is called negative feedback
Axial - AnswersHead neck and trunk
Appendicular portion - AnswersUpper and lower limbs
Cranial cavity - AnswersWithin the axial portion. Contains the spinal cord within the sections of
the backbone, vertebrae.
Thoracic cavity - AnswersCavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the
diaphragm and neck containing the lungs and heart
Abdominopelvic cavity - AnswersSpace between the diaphragm in the groin
Viscera - AnswersOrgans in the thoratic and of abdominopelvic cavities
Diaphragm - AnswersThe thoracic cavity is separated from the lower abdominopelvic cavity by
broad, thin muscle.
Mediastinum - AnswersSeparates the Thoracic cavity into two compartments which contain the
right and left lungs. The remaining Thoracic viscera- heart, esophagus, trachea, and thymus
gland are located within this