Anatomy and Physiology Overview
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What is the study of the structure and shape of the body and body parts and their relationships to one another?

  • Physiology
  • Pathology
  • Histology
  • Anatomy (correct)

    • What is gross anatomy?

    Large, easily observable structures.

    What is microscopic anatomy?

    Very small structures that can only be viewed through microscopes.

    What does physiology study?

    <p>The function of the body</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are atoms?

    <p>Tiny building blocks of matter that combine to form molecules.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are cells?

    <p>The smallest units of all living things.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are tissues?

    <p>Groups of similar cells that have a common function.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an organ?

    <p>A structure composed of two or more tissue types that performs a specific function.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an organ system?

    <p>A group of organs that cooperate to accomplish a common purpose.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an organism?

    <p>The living body which represents the highest level of structural organization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the integumentary system include?

    <p>The external covering of the body, or the skin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the skeletal system composed of?

    <p>Bones and cartilage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of the muscular system?

    <p>To allow movement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the nervous system do?

    <p>Controls and coordinates body activities and responds to internal and external changes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is included in the endocrine system?

    <p>Glands that produce hormones.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the cardiovascular system do?

    <p>Transports blood carrying oxygen, nutrients, and wastes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the lymphatic system?

    <p>To pick up fluids leaked from blood vessels and return it to the blood.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the respiratory system do?

    <p>Keeps blood supplied with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the digestive system?

    <p>A tube running through the body from mouth to anus for breaking down food.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the urinary system regulate?

    <p>Water, electrolyte, and acid-base balance in the blood.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of the reproductive system?

    <p>To produce offspring.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does maintaining boundaries refer to?

    <p>'Inside' remains distinct from 'outside'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is movement in the context of the human body?

    <p>Activities promoted by the muscular system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is responsiveness/irritability?

    <p>The ability to sense changes (stimuli) in the environment and react.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does digestion involve?

    <p>Breaking down ingested food into absorbable units.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is metabolism?

    <p>All chemical reactions that occur within body cells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is excretion?

    <p>The process of removing wastes from the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is reproduction?

    <p>The production of offspring.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does growth refer to?

    <p>An increase in size, usually by cell number increase.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are survival needs?

    <p>Nutrients, oxygen, water, stable body temperature, atmospheric pressure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are nutrients?

    <p>Chemicals used for energy and cell-building.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most abundant chemical substance in the body?

    <p>Water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is oxygen's role in the body?

    <p>Needed for chemical reactions that release energy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the normal body temperature?

    <p>Around 37°C (98.7°F).</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is atmospheric pressure?

    <p>The force exerted on the surface of the body by the weight of air.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is homeostasis?

    <p>The body's ability to maintain relatively stable internal conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a receptor do?

    <p>Monitors and responds to changes in the environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a control center?

    <p>Determines the level at which a variable is to be maintained.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an effector?

    <p>Provides the means for the control center's response to the stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are negative feedback mechanisms?

    <p>Responses that shut off the original stimulus or reduce its intensity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are positive feedback mechanisms?

    <p>Responses that increase the original disturbance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is homeostatic imbalance?

    <p>A disease regarded as the result of disturbance to homeostasis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is anatomical position?

    <p>Body is erect with feet parallel and arms hanging at sides with palms facing forward.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does superior mean in anatomical terms?

    <p>Toward the head end or upper part of a structure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does inferior mean in anatomical terms?

    <p>Away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does anterior refer to?

    <p>Toward or at the front of the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does posterior mean in anatomical language?

    <p>Toward or at the back side of the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does medial mean?

    <p>Toward or at the midline of the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does lateral mean?

    <p>Away from the midline of the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does proximal mean?

    <p>Close to the origin of the body part.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does distal mean?

    <p>Farther from the origin of a body part.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does superficial mean?

    <p>Toward or at the body surface.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does deep refer to?

    <p>Away from the body surface; more internal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does cranial cavity house?

    <p>The brain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the spinal cavity?

    <p>Extends from the cranial cavity and surrounds the spinal cord.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the ventral body cavity contain?

    <p>Structures within the chest and abdomen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Anatomy and Physiology

    • Anatomy refers to the study of body structure and shape, including relationships between body parts.
    • Gross anatomy deals with large, visible structures, while microscopic anatomy involves very small structures observable only through microscopes.
    • Physiology focuses on how body parts function and work together.

    Levels of Structural Organization

    • Atoms are the tiny building blocks of matter that form molecules.
    • Cells represent the smallest living units and exhibit immense variety in shape and size.
    • Tissues are groups of similar cells working together to perform a common function, categorized into four basic tissue types.
    • An organ is a structure made of two or more tissue types that works to perform specific bodily functions.
    • Organ systems consist of groups of organs that cooperate to achieve a common goal.
    • An organism is the entire living body, representing the highest level of structural organization.

    Human Body Systems

    • The integumentary system encompasses the skin, providing waterproofing, cushioning, protection, excretion of salts, and vitamin D synthesis.
    • The skeletal system includes bones and cartilage, supporting organs, enabling movement, producing blood cells, and storing minerals.
    • The muscular system, made up of skeletal muscles, facilitates movement, manipulation of the environment, locomotion, and heat production.
    • The nervous system acts as the body’s fast-acting control system, responding to changes through muscles and glands.
    • The endocrine system produces hormones, controlling growth, reproduction, and metabolism, involving glands like the pituitary and thyroid.
    • The cardiovascular system circulates blood, delivering oxygen, nutrients, and waste products; the heart is its pump.
    • The lymphatic system ensures fluid balance and immune defense by returning leaked fluids to the bloodstream and housing white blood cells.
    • The respiratory system maintains blood oxygen levels and removes carbon dioxide via gas exchange in the lungs.
    • The digestive system breaks down food into absorbable units, redistributing nutrients while removing indigestible waste.
    • The urinary system eliminates nitrogenous wastes while regulating water, electrolytes, and blood pH.
    • The reproductive system's primary function is producing offspring, with separate male and female systems facilitating this.

    Functions Essential for Life

    • Maintaining boundaries keeps body compartments distinct.
    • Movement encompasses physical activities promoted by the muscular system, aided by the skeletal system.
    • Responsiveness involves sensing and reacting to environmental changes, primarily managed by the nervous system.
    • Digestion converts food into absorbable molecules for cellular energy and building.
    • Metabolism includes all chemical reactions within cells and is regulated by hormones.
    • Excretion involves removing wastes from the body.
    • Reproduction refers to producing offspring, occurring at both cellular and organismal levels.
    • Growth denotes an increase in size, generally reflected in cell number.

    Survival Needs

    • Critical survival needs include nutrients, oxygen, water, stable body temperature, and atmospheric pressure.
    • Nutrients obtained through diet are vital for energy and cell creation: carbohydrates provide energy, proteins form structures, and fats act as cushions and fuel.
    • Water is vital and serves as a solvent for secretions and excretions, constituting the most abundant chemical in the body.
    • Oxygen is crucial for energy-releasing chemical reactions.
    • Body temperature must be maintained at about 37°C (98.7°F) for optimal metabolic function.
    • Atmospheric pressure is the force that surrounds the body, crucial for respiratory processes.

    Homeostasis

    • Homeostasis is the body's capability to maintain a stable internal environment despite external changes, characterized by dynamic equilibrium.
    • Receptors monitor environmental changes and send feedback to a control center, which analyzes the data to determine a response.
    • Effectors are mechanisms that enact responses to stimuli, progressing through feedback loops to restore balance.
    • Negative feedback mechanisms reduce stimulus intensity, stabilizing bodily functions, whereas positive feedback mechanisms enhance responses, crucial in processes like blood clotting and childbirth.
    • Homeostatic imbalance indicates a disruption in equilibrium, often associated with diseases, especially as physiological regulation declines with aging.

    Anatomical Terminology

    • Anatomical position describes the standard orientation for observations, with the body standing erect, feet parallel, arms at sides, and palms facing forward.
    • Directional terms include superior (above), inferior (below), anterior (front), posterior (back), medial (toward the midline), lateral (away from the midline), proximal (near attachment point), distal (far from attachment point), superficial (toward the surface), and deep (away from the surface).

    Body Cavities and Planes

    • The dorsal body cavity is divided into the cranial cavity (housing the brain) and spinal cavity (surrounding the spinal cord).
    • The ventral body cavity contains structures within the chest and abdomen.
    • Sections made through the body can follow various planes, including sagittal (divides left and right), midsagittal (equal left and right parts), frontal (divides front and back), and transverse (divides upper and lower).

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    Explore the foundational concepts of anatomy and physiology, including the levels of structural organization within the human body. This quiz covers gross and microscopic anatomy, as well as the various organ systems and their functions.

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