Final Study Guide
Chapter 1 - AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HUMAN BODY
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY DEFINED
1. Define anatomy and physiology
LEVELS OF BODY ORGANIZATION
2. Define each of the following levels of structural organization that make up the human body: chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, system, and organism.
3. Identify the principal systems of the human body, list representative organs of each system, and describe the functions of each system.
HOMEOSTASIS
4. Define homeostasis.
5. How do the nervous and endocrine systems work together to maintain homeostasis.
6. Define the major components of a feedback system.
7. Describe the difference negative versus positive feedback systems.
8. Be able to apply your knowledge of negative feedback systems to a really life situation (i.e. change in blood pressure)
9. Be able to apply your knowledge of negative feedback systems to a really life situation (i.e. uterine contraction)
Chapter 4 '' THE TISSUE LEVEL OF ORGANIZATION
TYPES OF TISSUES AND THEIR ORIGINS
1. Describe the four major types found in the human body
CELL JUNCTIONS
2. Describe the three functions of cell junctions.
3. Describe the five most important kinds of cell junctions including their individual function and common locations.
EPITHELIAL TISSUE
4. Describe the general features of epithelial tissue
5. Understand how tissue structure is directly related to the function it has in an organ.
6. Thickness and cell shape characteristics as it relates to the tissues function
7. BASICALLY THAT STRUCTURE DIRECTLY RELATES TO FUNCTION.
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
8. Describe the important and prominent characteristics of connective tissue.
9. Describe the three basic elements of connective tissue.
10. Discuss the cells that compose connective tissue in terms of origin, function, and mobility.
11. Describe the factors of a connective tissue matrix that bestow specific properties required in the various organs.
12. List the 3 different connective tissue fibers and...
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