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Components of the homeostatic control loop receptor, control center, effector Negative feedback -works to oppose change -brings condition back to a set point Positive feedback -works to enhance change -brings condition further away from a set point Tonicity relates to how the solution influences the shape of body cells Hypotonic solution RBC undergoes hemolysis (swelling) Hypertonic solution RBC undergoes crenation (shrinking) Osmosis -concentra...

functional classification of joints synarthroses, amphiarthroses, diarthroses structural classification of joints fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial Atlas (C1) supports the head Axis (C2) second cervical vertebrae Bone stages of healing inflammatory, reparative, remodeling skull bones frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal layers of epidermis stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum granulosum, stratum lucidum, stratum corneum regions of hai...

What 4 ways do you examine the body? Inspection, Palpation, Auscultation and Percussion Inspection Seeing the body Palpation to examine by touch Auscultation Listening with a stethoscope Percussion taking hands and beating over certain parts of body Medical Imaging methods of viewing the inside of the body without surgery, i.e. radiology Gross Anatomy Study of structures that can be seen with the naked eye Histology the study of the micros...

The study of human structure Anatomy The study of human function Physiology A tendency for organisms to maintain a balanced or constant internal state Homeostasis A state of balance Equilibrium Consequences of homeostatic imbalance Illness or death Thermoregulation Process A feedback loop in which a system responds to a change by reversing that change, or by decreasing the rate at which the change is occurring. (Ex. thermoregulation) Negative Feedb...