answers Graded A+
ANATOMY - answersTHE STUDY OF STRUCTURE AND FORM
PHYSIOLOGY - answersTHE STUDY OF FUNCTION OF THE BODY PARTS
CYTOLOGY - answersTHE STUDY OF BODY CELLS
HISTOLOGY - answersTHE STUDY OF TISSUES
GROSS ANATOMY/MACROSCOPIC ANATOMY - answersSTUDIES BODY PARTS
THAT ARE VISIBLE TO THE UNAIDED EYE
SYSTEMIC ANATOMY - answersSTUDIES THE ANATOMY OF EACH FUNCTIONAL
BODY SYSTEM
REGIONAL ANATOMY - answersEXAMINES ALL STRUCTURES IN A PARTICULAR
REGION OF THE BODY AS A COMPLETE UNIT
SURFACE ANATOMY - answersFOCUSES ON BOTH SUPERFICIAL ANATOMIC
MARKINGS AND INTERNAL BODY STRUCTURES THAT RELATE TO THE SKIN
COVERING THEM
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY - answersSTUDIES SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES
OF DIFFERENT SPECIES
EMBRYOLOGY - answersSTUDIES DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES FROM
CONCEPTION TO BIRTH
CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY - answersSTUDIES FUNCTIONS OF THE
HEART, BLOOD VESSELS AND BLOOD
NEUROPHYSIOLOGY - answersSTUDIES HOW NERVE IMPULSES TRAVEL
THROUGH THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
, RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY - answersSTUDIES HOW RESPIRATORY GASES
ARE TRANSFERRED BY GAS EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE LUNGS AND BLOOD
VESSELS
REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY - answersSTUDIES HOW THE REGULATION OF
REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES CAN DRIVE THE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE AND
INFLUENCE SEX CELL PRODUCTION AND MATURATION
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY - answersSTUDIES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
FUNCTIONING OF AN ORGAN SYSTEM AND DISEASE OR INJURY TO THAT
ORGAN SYSTEM
HOMEOSTASIS - answersTHE BODY'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENT
INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT IN RESPONSE TO CHANGING CONDITIONS
STIMULUS - answersCHANGES IN A VARIABLE THAT IS REGULATED
RECEPTOR - answersTHE BODY STRUCTURE THAT DETECTS CHANGES
CONTROL CENTER - answersINTEGRATES INPUT AND INITIATES CHANGE
THROUGH THE EFFECTOR (USUALLY THE BRAIN OR ENDOCRINE GLAND)
EFFECTOR - answersSTRUCTURE THAT BRINGS ABOUT CHANGE TO THE
STIMULUS
HOMEOSTATIC CONTROL MECHANISM - answersALSO KNOWN AS A FEEDBACK
LOOP
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK - answersSTOPPING SOMETHING, MOST COMMON
EXAMPLE: TEMPERATURE REGULATION
POSITIVE FEEDBACK - answersCONTINUES UNTIL FINISHED
EXAMPLES: BIRTH, BREAST FEEDING, BLOOD CLOTTING
SET POINT - answersVARIABLES MAINTAIN WITHIN A NORMAL LEVEL
MATTER - answersA SUBSTANCE THAT HAS MASS AND OCCUPIES SPACE; CAN
BE IN THREE STATES: LIQUID, SOLID, OR GAS
ATOM - answersTHE SMALLEST PARTICLE THAT EXHIBITS CHEMICAL
PROPERTIES OF AN ELEMENT
PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS - answers92 NATURALLY OCCURRING
ELEMENTS, ALSO SCIENTIFICALLY MANUFACTURED ELEMENTS