[RMT0 12] PRELIM: Lesson 2

Cell

• basic unit of living organisms

• accomplish all the activities and produce all the components of the body

• carry out metabolism

Metabolism

the sum of all the body’s physical and chemical activities

Protein; Carbohydrates, Lipids

3 Main Categories of Organic Compounds in Cells

Tissue

• Group of cell with similar structure and function

• Comprised of multiple cells

Hist/o

tissue

4 Basic Types of Tissues

• Epithelial Tissue

• Connective Tissue

• Muscle Tissue

• Nervous Tissue

Epithelial Tissue

Covers and protects body structures and lines organs, vessels, and cavities

Connective Tissue

Supports and binds body structure

Muscle Tissue

Contracts to produce movement

Nervous Tissue

Coordinates and controls body responses by the transmission of electrical impulses

Form

morph/o

Cell

cyt/o, -cyte

Nucleus

nucle/o

Nucleus

kary/o

Tissue

hist/o, histi/o

Fiber

fibr/o

Network

reticul/o

Gland

aden/o

Tumor

-oma

Nipple

papill/o

Mucus

myx/o

Mucus, Mucuos membrane

muc/o

flow

-rhea

Body, Small body

somat/o, -some

color

chrom/o

Immature cell, productive cell, embryonic cell

blast/o, -blast

Origin, formation

gen

Eat, ingest

phag/o

Attract, absorb

phil

Formation, molding, development

plas

Act on, affect

trop

time

chron/o

Feeding, growth, nourishment

troph/o

-ase

Enzyme

lipids

fat

-ose

Sugar

hydr/o

Water, fluid

-phobia

aversion

gluc/o

Glucose

glyc/o

Sugar, glucose

sacchar/o

Sugar

amyl/o

Starch

lip/o

Lipid, fat

adip/o

Fat

ur/o

urine

steat/o

Fatty

prote/o

Protein