HSCI 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anatomical Terms Of Location, Parietal Lobe, Classical Compound
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Recognize the combining forms introduced in this chapter. Discuss the organization of the body in terms of cells, tissues, organs, and systems. Text pages: 23 24 powerpoint slides: 16: components arranged in hierarchical manner; parts from lower level come together to form next higher level: Systems come together to form whole body: refer to body organization illustrated figure, p. 23. Nervous tissue: composed of cells called neurons (see figure 2. 2, forms brain, spinal cord, and network of nerves throughout entire body, allows for conduction of electrical impulses to send information between brain and rest of body. Table 2. 1 organ systems of the human body. Al = pertaining to orth/o = straight ped/o = foot. Ic = pertaining to cardi/o = heart vascul/o = blood vessel. Logy = study of lymph/o = lymph: skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, sebaceous. Protective two- way barrier, aids in temperature regulation glands: bones, joints, muscles, heart, arteries, veins.