Anatomy & Physiology Quiz 1
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- What is the cell?
- The basic structural unit of all living organisms.
- What are the four primary categories of cells(also tissue)?
- Muscle, nerve, epithelial, and connective
- What is tissue?
- Aggregate of a single cell type (the general cellular "fabric" of any organ or structure).
- What are the different types of muscle tissue?
- Striated and smooth
- What are the different types of epithelial tissue?
- Stratified or simple squamous epithelium, quboydal, and columnar
- Name some connective tissues?
- Skin, fat (blood vessels), tendon, and bone
- What is HC/HERDA?
- A genetically recessive disease in quarter horses that has been linked to one stallion. It is loss in collagen function where sores develope. There is a break in the skin tissue.
- What is an organ?
- Four kinds of tissues arranged in various proportions. Often organized into smaller, similar subunites called funtional units.
- What is an organ systems?
- A collection of organs that together perform an overall unified function (reproductive system).
- What is the internal environmnet?
- A conduit through which every individual cell is connected to the external environment.
- What are the body fluid compartments?
- Intracellular fluid and extracellular fluid
- What fluids are in the extracellular fluid?
- Interstitial fluid and blood plasma
- What is homeostatsis?
- Relative constancy of the internal environment where changes occur but the magnitude of changes are small
- What is homeostatic control system?
- A collection of body components that function together to keep a physical or chemical property of the internal environment relatively constant (body temperature).