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Alcmaeon |
First significant contribution, first to practice dissection, first scientific discoveries in field of anatomy |
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Galen |
Chief physician to gladiators, studied wounds, dissection of apes and pigs, demonstrated living arteries contain blood |
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Leonardo de Vinci |
Anatomical drawings, dissected 30 human corpses, ordered to stop by pope |
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Vesalius |
Showed inaccuracies of Galen's theories |
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Harvey |
One of greatest breakthroughs in understanding human body, blood pumped endlessly round very precisely |
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Malpighi |
Discovered capillaries, pioneered use of microscope |
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Anatomy |
Refers to science which deals with form and structure of all organisms |
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Physiology |
Study of integrated functions of body and functions of all its parts |
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Pathology |
Study of disease of body |
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Pharmacology |
Science of drugs |
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Gross anatomy |
Study of form and relations of structures of body that can be seen with unaided eye |
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Comparative anatomy |
Study of structures of various species of animals |
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Microscopic anatomy |
Study of those cells and tissues that can only been seen with a microscope |
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Directional terms |
Frames of reference in relation to animal itself and applies regardless of position or direction of animal |
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Cranial |
Meaning towards head |
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Caudal |
Toward tail |
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Rostral |
Used with caudal within head to mean toward nose or toward tail |
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Dorsal/Posterior |
Toward or beyond backbone or vertebral column |
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Ventral/Anterior |
Toward front or underside |
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Medial |
Close to or toward median plane |
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Lateral |
Away from median plane |
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Median plan |
Imaginary plane passing through body craniocaudally which divides body into equal right and left halves |
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Sagittal plane |
Any plane parallel to median plane |
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Transverse plane |
At right angles to median plane and divides body into cranial and caudal segments |
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Horizontal plan |
At right angles to both median plane and transverse planes |
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Dorsal cavity |
Cranial, spinal |
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Ventral cavity |
Thoracic, abdominopelvic |
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Parietal |
Walls of cavity |
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Visceral |
Covering of an organ |
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Cranial cavity |
Inside skull, included the brain |
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Spinal cavity |
Consists of spinal column connecting to cranial cavity |
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Thoracic cavity |
Contains esophagus, trachea, lungs, heart, and aorta |
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Pleural cavity |
Area surrounding the lungs |
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Mediastinum cavity |
Area between lungs |
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Abdominal cavity |
Contains stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, gallbladder, pancreas, ureters, kidney |
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Pelvic cavity |
Contains urinary bladder, urethra, part of large intestine and rectum, uterus, vagina, prostate |
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Cyto |
Refers to cells |
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Histo |
Refers to tissue |
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Myo |
Refers to muscle |
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Neur |
Refers to nerve |
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Gen |
Agent that causes something |
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Genic |
Agent that produces something |
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Ologist |
One who studies/practices |
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Pathy |
Disease |
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Ectomy |
Remove of specific part of body |
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Osis |
Abnormal condition |
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Cells |
Smallest unit of life, preform all activities necessary to maintain life |
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Tissues |
Made up of a group cells that have similar structure that function together as unit |
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Epithelial |
Barrier between underlying tissue and environment |
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Connective |
Binds/supports/storage/protection of other tissues, ligaments, tendons, bones, adipose tissue, cartilage, collagen |
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Muscle |
Movement/support, largest cells, cardiac, smooth, striated |
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Nervous |
Connects sensory structures to motor structures |
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Organs |
Collection of tissued that structurally form functional unit, serve a common or specific function |
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System |
Is a group of organs organized for common purpose |
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Integumentary system |
Largest organ that forms physical barrier between environment and internal environment that serves to protect and maintain |
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Skeletal muscle |
Body's central framework |
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Muscular system |
Composed of muscle cells and tissues that brings about movement of an organ or body group |
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Nervous system |
Body's command center, originating from brain |
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Endocrine system |
Glands and organs that make hormones and release them directly into blood to travel to target organ or tissue |
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Cardiovascular system |
Circulatory system |
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Lymphatic/immune system |
Tissues and organs that carry WBC that fight infections/diseases |
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Respiratory system |
Network or organs and tissues associated with breathing |
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Digestive system |
Organs that take in food and liquids and break them down to allow for absorption |
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Urinary system |
Organs that make urine and remove it from body |
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Reproductive system |
Tissues, glands, and organs involved in producing offspring |
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Cell membrane |
Physical isolation, regulates exchange between environment, sensitivity, structural support, selectively permeable |
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Cytoplasm |
Mostly water with chemical compounds in solution or colloids, medium of support between nucleus and cell membrane |
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Nucleus |
Control center of brain, nuclear membrane has pores to allow substances passage, chromatin genetic material inside nucleoplasm |
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Nucleolus |
Site of ribosome formation |
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Lysosome |
Vessel stored with digestive enzymes |
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Endoplasmic reticulum |
Skeleton of cell, system of membranes that makes up channels, connects with outer nuclear and cell membranes, synthesis, storage, transport, detoxification |
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Cisternae |
Sac like or channel like cavities, reservoir for water |
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Ribosome |
Distributed throughout cytoplasm, attached to rough ER, no membrane covering, site of protein synthesis |
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Golgi apparatus |
Concentration and collection of cellular compounds, storage warehouse, carbohydrates synthesis site, synthesis and packaging of secretions, renewal and modification of cell membrane |
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Mitochondria |
Powerhouse, cellular respiration |
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Centrioles |
Found near nucleus, part of mitosis, form spindle fibers during cell division, guide duplicated chromosomes to daughter cells |
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Water |
Most abundant substance in cell, universal solvent, transport of materials, absorbed and reduced heat, protects body structure |
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Carbon dioxide |
Waste of cellular respiration, used in photosynthesis to produce usable energy sources, must be removed quickly from cells, carbon in molecules comes from CO2 gas, acidic |
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Molecular oxygen |
Formed from covalent bond of 2 oxygens, required by all organisms that breathe air, necessary to convert food into ATP, level in atmosphere is 21%, neutral |
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Ammonia |
By product of amino acid breakdown, toxic, converted to urea in liver |
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Mineral salts |
Composed of small ions |
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Unsaturated fats |
Fatty acids have one or more double covalent bonds |
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Saturated fat |
Fatty acids have single covalent bonds |
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Diffusion |
Movement of molecules from area of high concentration to low concentrations, accelerated by increased temperatures |
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Brownian movement |
Random collision of diffusing molecules |
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Osmosis |
Movement of water through semipermeable membrane from high concentration to low concentrations |
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Isotonic solutions |
Salt concentration is same outside cell as inside |
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Hypotonic solution |
Salt concentration inside cell is higher than outside cell |
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Hypertonic solution |
Salt concentration higher outside cell then inside |
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Active transport |
Used to obtain sugars, amino acids, larger proteins and fats, molecules go from areas of low concentration to areas of high concentration, needs energy in form of ATP |
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Hypertrophy |
Increase in cell size beyond normal |
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Hyperplasia |
Increase in size of structure because of increase in number of cells |
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Atrophy |
Decrease in size of cells |
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Aplasia |
Failure of tissue to develop |
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Hypoplasia |
Incomplete or.defectivr development of tissue |
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Reproduction |
Ability to produce more cells that are essentially same as original |
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Phagocytosis |
Engulfing of material by surrounding it |
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Pinocytosis |
Material has contact of is absorbed to cell wall |
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Metabolism |
Cellular utilization essentially entailing oxidation of carbon compounds forming |
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Anabolic |
Building of substances from different or less complex precursors, uses energy |
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Catabolic |
Break down of substances to their end products with production of energy for utilization, storage, or heat |
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Excretion |
Release of waste products |
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Secretion |
Release of useful products |
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Irritability |
Ability to respond to stimuli |
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Conductivity |
Ability to transmit an impulse |
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Contractility |
Ability to shorten in one direction |
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Squamous |
Flat |
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Cuboidal |
Cube shaped |
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Columnar |
Tall and rectangular |
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Simple |
One cell layer |
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Stratified |
Several layers |
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Pseudostratified |
Appears to be several layer but it is not |
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Transitional |
Several layers of easily stretched cells |
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Mucous membrane |
Muscus production |
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Exocrine glands |
Simple and compound |
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Endocrine |
Hormone secretion |
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Endothelium |
Lines vessels |
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Mesothelium |
Lines great cavities |
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Loose |
Filled space between and oenetrates organes |
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Areolar |
Injury repair, phagocytosis, inflammatory response |
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Adipose |
Fat storage |
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Reticular |
Framework |
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Dense regular arrangement |
Tendons, ligaments, aponeuroses |
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Dense irregular arrangement |
Muscle sheaths, joint capsules, fascia |
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Cartilage |
Cells called chrondrocytes, hyaline, fibrocartilage, elastic |
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Bone |
Compact, cancellous, mineral salts |
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Teeth |
Dentin, enamel |
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Blood |
Fluid portion and formed elements |
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Lymphoid |
Antibody production and disease protection |
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Reticuloendothelial system |
Phagocytosis, Kupffer cells, macrophage, neuroglia |
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Synovial |
Lines joints |
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Smooth muscle |
Spindle shaped, mono nucleated (centrally located) and not striated, in voluntary, peristalsis |
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Skeletal muscle |
Multinucleated (laterally located) and striated, actin and myosin, voluntary, individual nerve supply, movement by pulling on bones |
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Cardiac muscle |
Cardiocyte, mostly mono nucleated (centrally located) and striated, cylindrical shape, involuntary |
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Neurons |
Conducting cells, very long |
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Cell body |
Contains nucleus |
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Dendrites |
Root like extension that receive stimuli |
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Axons |
Long thin extension ls that transmit impulse |
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Neuroglia |
Supporting cells |
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Nervous tissue |
Makes up brain, spinal cord and nerves, most highly organized tissue of body, controls and coordinates body activity |