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APSM 2441 exam 1 with correct answersAnatomy - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the science of body structures and relationships among them
Physiology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the science of body functions
chemical - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔level of structural organization, most basic level; atoms
cellular - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔level of structural organization; molecules combine to form cells
tissue - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔level of structural organization; a group of cells; 4 types
epithelial - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔tissue type; covers body surfaces, lines organs and body
cavities, forms glands
connective - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔tissue type; connects, supports, and protects organs;
distributes blood vessels
muscular - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔tissue type; contracts to make the body move; produces heat;
excitable by electric current
nervous - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔tissue type; carries information through nerve impulses;
excitable by electric current
organ - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔level of structural organization; tissues join together to make this;
composed of 2+ types of tissue and have specific functions
system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔level of structural organization; a group of related organs with a
common function make up this
,organism - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔level of structural organization; any living individual
metabolism - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔one of 6 characteristics of living organism; sum of all
chemical reactions that occur in the body
catabolism - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔indicates "the breakdown" of substances
anabolism - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔indicates the "build up" of substances
responsiveness - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔one of 6 characteristics of living organisms; the body's
ability to detect and respond to changes
movement - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔one of 6 characteristics of living organisms; the motion of the
whole body, individual organs, single cells, and tiny structures inside the cell
growth - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔one of 6 characteristics of living organisms; an increase in body
size that results from an increase in the size of existing cells, number of cells, and/or tissue
differentiation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔one of 6 characteristics of living organisms; the
development of a cell from an unspecialized to a specialized state
reproduction - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔one of 6 characteristics of living organisms; the formation of
new cells for tissue growth, repair, or replacement; the production of a new individual
homeostasis - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the condition of equilibrium in the body's internal
environment due to the constant interaction of the body's regulatory processes; it is constantly
disturbed
feedback system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a cycle of events in which the status of a body condition
is monitored, evaluated, changed, re-monitored, reevaluated, etc.
controlled condition - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a monitored variable, ex: blood pressure
, stimulus - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a disruption or change in a controlled condition
receptor - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a component of a feedback system; a body structure that
monitors changes in a controlled condition and sends input to a control center
control center - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a component of a feedback system; this sets the range of
values within which a controlled condition should be maintained, evaluates the input it receives from
receptors, and generates output commands when they are needed
negative feedback system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a feedback system that reverses a change in a
controlled condition
positive feedback system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a feedback system that strengthens or
reinforces a change in one of the body's controlled conditions
disorder - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔any abnormality of structure or function
disease - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔an illness characterized by a recognizable set of signs and
symptoms
symptom - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔something that is a subjective change: symptom or sign?
sign - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔something that is an objective change: symptom or sign?
epidemiology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the science of why, when, and where diseases occur and
how they're transmitted
pharmacology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the science that deals with effects and uses of drugs in
treatment of diseases
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