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Anatomy
Study of structure
Subdivisions of anatomy
Gross/macroscopic
Microscopic
Developmental
Physiology
Study of the function of the body
Integumentary system
Forms external body covering, projects deeper tissues from injury, synthesizes vitamin d, houses cutaneous (pain, pressure, etc) receptors and sweat and oil glands

Skeletal system
Bones and joints. Protects and supports body organs, provides a framework the muscles use to case movement, blood cells formed within bones, bones store minerals. Muscles cannot function without.

Muscular system
Allows manipulation of the environment, locomotion, facial expression, maintains posture, produces heat.

Nervous system
Fast acting control system of the body. Responds to internal an external changes - activates appropriate muscles and glands

Endocrine system
Slower acting control system, glands secrete hormones, regulate processes such as growth, reproduction, and nutrient use.

Cardiovascular system
Heart and blood vessels. Heart pumps blood, blood vessels transport blood, blood carries oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, waste, etc.

Lymphatic system
Reliant on smooth muscle, picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to blood, disposes of debris in lymphatic stream, houses white blood cells involved in immunity, mounts attack against foreign substances

Respiratory system
keeps blood constantly supplied with oxygen, removes carbon dioxide

Digestive system
breaks down food into absorb-able units that enter the blood for distribution to body cells. Indigestible foodstuffs are eliminated as feces.

Urinary system
Eliminate nitrogenous waste from the body, regulates water balance, regulates electrolytes, regulates acid base balance of the food

Survival needs of the body
Nutrients
Oxygen
Water
Normal body temp
Appropriate atmospheric pressure
NOWNA
No one wants nasty apples
Homeostatis
Maintenance of relatively stable internal conditions despite continuous change in environment. Not static. Body constantly doing something to maintain this.

Negative feedback
Most feedback in the body is this. Response reduces or shuts of original stimulus - variable changes in opposite direction of initial change.
EX Regulation of blood insulin by glucose

Positive feedback
Response enhances or exaggerate original stimulus.
EX Enhancement of labor contractions by oxytocin

Anatomical postion
body erect, feet slightly apart, palms facing forward, in males the penis is erect.

Anterior
Toward the front of the body

Posterior
Toward the back of the body

Superior
Towards the head

Inferior
Towards the feet

Deep
More internal

Superficial
Closer to the surface

Medial
Towards the midline

Lateral
Away from the midline

Intermediate
Between a more medial and more lateral structure

Proximal
Closer to the trunk of the body

Distal
Farther from the trunk of the body

Axial
Head, neck, trunk

Appendicular
Limbs

Cephalic region
head/cranial

Cervical region
neck

Thoracic region
Upper/middle back

Abdominal region

Pelvic region

Pubic region

Upper limb region

Manus region

Lower limb region

Pedal region

Dorsal region

Situs inversus
Organs flip flopped

Body plane
Flat surface along which body or structure may be cut for anatomical study

Sections
Cuts or sections made along a body plane
Sagittal pane
divides body into left and right vertically

Midsagittal plane (median)
on the midline of the body

Parasagittal plane
not on midline of body

Frontal plane
Divides body vertically into anterior and posterior parts

Transverse plane
divides body horizontally into superior and inferior parts. a cross section

Oblique section
Results of cuts at an angle other than 90 degrees to vertical plane

Dorsal body cavity
Protects nervous system. Has cranial an vertebral cavities.

Ventral body cavitiy
Houses the internal organs, or viscera. Has thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities

Thoracic cavity
Two pleural cavities, one surrounding each lung. Mediastinum which contains pericardial cavity which encloses heart.

Abdominopelvic cavitiy
Abdominal cavity, which contains stomach, intestines, spleen, and liver. Also has the pelvic cavity, contains urinary bladder, reproductive organs, and the rectum.

Pericardium
Serous membrane that covers heart and keeps it from chaffing.

Pleurae
Serous membrane that covers lungs and keeps them from chaffing.

Peritoneum
Serous membrane that covers the abdominopelvic cavity, except the kidneys etc, that helps food movement.

Abdominopelvic quadrants

Tissues
groups of cells similar in structure that preform common or related function
Histology
study of tissues
Epithelial tissue
Covers and forms boundaries. Two types, covering and lining and glandular.
Connective tissue
Supports. Most abundant and widely distributed of primary tissues.
Muscle tissue
Produces movement. Highly vascularized. Responsible for most classes of movement. Three sub classes - skeletal muscle tissue, cardiac muscle tissue, smooth muscle tissue.
Nerve tissue
Controls. Main component of nervous system - brain, spinal chord, nerves. Regulates and controls body functions.
Epithelial tissue functions
Protection
Absorption
Filtration
Excretion
Secretion
Sensory reception
PAFESS
Pale angles free earthly social standards
Five characteristics of epithelial tisse
Polarity
Specialized contacts
Supported by connective tissues
Avascular, but innervated
Can regenerate
Polarity
Has a top and a bottom. In epithelial, apical surface exposed to exterior or cavity. Basal surface, lower and attached. Both surfaces differ in structure and function.
Classification of epithelia
All have two names. One indicates shape of cells -squamous, cuboidal, columnar. One indicates number of cell layers. Simple - 1 cell layer. Stratified - two or more layers.
Simple epithelia
Absorbsion
Secretion
Filtration

Stratified epithelial tissue
Two or more cell layers. Regenerate from below, more durable that simple. Protection is main role.

Glandular epithelia

Gland
one of more cells that makes and secretes and aqueous fluid called a secretion.
Exocrine
Externally secreting gland

Endocrine
Internally secreting gland

Merocrine
most, secrete products by exocytosis as prodced

Holocrine
accumulate products within then rupture

Apocrine
Accumulates products within but only apex ruptures.

Major functions of connective tissue
Binding and support, protecting (fat storage), insulating, storing reserve fuel, transporting substances (blood)
Characteristics of connective tissue
Mesenchyme (embryonic tissue) as their common tissue of origin. Varying degrees of vascularity. Extracellular matrix - connective tissue not composed of mainly cells. Largely a nonliving extracellular matrix separates the cells.
Ground substance
Unstructured material that fills space between cells. Components of this are interstitial fluid, cell adhesion proteins, and proteoglycans.
Proteoglycans
Protein core and large polysaccharides (chrondroitin sulfate and hyaluronic acid). Traps water in varying amounts, affecting viscosity of ground substance

Connective tissue fibers
Collagen -strongest and most abundant
Elastic - networks of long, thin, elastin fibers that allow for stretch and recoil
Reticular- short, fine, highly branched collagenous fibers. Branch, forming networks that offer more give.
Fat cells
store nutrients
white blood cells
neutrophilis, eosinophilis, lymphocytes. tissues that respond to injury
Mast cells
initiate local inflammatory response against foreign microorganisms they detect
Macrophages
Phagocytic cells that eat dead cells, microorganisms; function in immune system.
Classes of connective tissue
connective tissue proper
cartilage
bone
blood
Connective tissue proper
Loose connective tissue - areolar, adipose, reticular
Dense connective - dense regular, dense irregular, elastic
Areolar connective tissue
Loose. Support and bind other tissues. Most widely spread, provide reservoir of water and salts, defend against infection, store nutrients as fat, fibroblasts.

Adipose connective tissue
Loose. White fat -Similar to areolar but more nutrient storage. Cell is adipocyte -stores nutrients. Shock absorption, insulation, energy storage.
Brown fat - use lipid fuels to head bloodstream not to produce ATP (baby's back)

Reticular connective tissue
Loose. resembles areolar but fibers are reticular. Supports free blood in lymph nodes, the sleep, and bone marrow.

Dense regular connective tissue
Closely packed bundles of collagen fibers running parallel to direction of pull. Few cells. Poorly vascularized.

Dense irregular connective tissue
Same elements but bundles of collagen thicken and irregularly arranged. Resists tension from many directions - dermis, fibrous joint capsules, fibrous coverings of some organs.

Elastic connective tissue
Dense. Some ligaments very elastic, those connecting the adjacent vertebrae. Many of larger arteries have in walls.

Cartilage
Chondroblasts and chondrocytes. Tough yet flexible. Lacks nerve fibers. Up to 80% water. Three types.
Hyaline cartilage

Elastic cartilage

Fibrocartilage
