HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY SIMPLIFIED SUMMARY

HUMAN ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY SIMPLIFIED
SUMMARY
Absorption
Taking in nutrients through the small intestine
Albumin
A protein found in the blood serum similar to that in the white
of an egg
Alveoli (alveolus)
Tiny sacs within the lungs which increase the respiratory surface
Antibodies
Proteins produced by the body to combat foreign particles
Arteries (artery)
Heavy walled vessels which bring blood away from the heart
Atria (atrium)
One of the two thin-walled chambers that receive blood into
the heart from the veins
Bowman's Capsule
The part of the nephron in the kidney that receives the wastes
from the blood in the glomerulus

, Bronchi
The two tubes into which the trachea divide to go into each
lung
Bronchial Tubes
Further branching of the bronchi within the bronchi in the lungs
Bronchioles
Very tiny tubes which dead end in a sac within the lungs
Capillaries (capillary)
Tiny vessels through which diffusion takes place between the
blood and the body tissues
Cilia
Short filaments which beat to cause motion
Cortex
The outer part of an organ, like the adrenal gland, cerebrum, or
kidney
Edema
The back up of lymph, causing swelling
Elephantiasis
Edema due to small roundworms blocking the lymph vessels
Erythrocytes
Red blood cells