Anatomy - general terms and body systems
Terms
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- biology
- the study of living things
- morphology
- study of structure of all living things
- anatomy
- study of the structure of animals
- gross anatomy ( macro)
- the study of animals seen with the naked eye
- micro anatomy
- the study of things you can't see with the naked eye
- cytology
- study of cells
- histology
- study of tissue
- physiology
- functions of structures
- pathology
- looking at disease and disfunction
- Body regions
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1. head and neck 2. trunk ()thoracic, abdominal and pelvic, (abdominopelvic))
3. extremities - anterior (ventral)
- front
- posterior ( dorsal)
- back
-
superior
anterior -
higher
lower -
proximal
distal -
towards the trunk
away from trunk -
cranial
caudal -
head
tail -
mid
superficial
deep -
middle
near the surface
inner -
inter
intra -
between
inside -
medial
lateral -
towards the midline
away from midline -
visceral
parietal -
organ covering
outer wall - body planes
- midsagittal, parasagittal/sagittal/logintudinal, coronal/frontal, transverse
- body cavities
-
dorsal- cranial and spinal
ventral- thoracic, abdominal and pelvic -
respiration
excretion -
gas exchange
get rid of waste -
reproduction
digestion
absorption -
reproduce
break down
take in broken down material -
movement
circulate
reactivity -
move
circulate
sensitivity to change -
grow
synthesize - these systems are self explanatory
- tissue types
- muscular -cardiac, skeletal, smooth