BIOL 2240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Blood Plasma, Inotrope, Elastin
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Physiology: scientific investigation of the processes or functions of living things: anatomy: scientific discipline that investigates the body"s structures, ways to examine living things: Pathology: the study of structural and functional changes caused by diseases o. Cell: structural and functional unit of all living things. Tissue: group of similar cells the materials surrounding them. Integumentary: skin, hair, nails, and sweat glands; protects and regulates temperature. Skeletal: protection and support, movement, storage of minerals, fats, and rbc and wbc production. Respiratory: exchange gases, regulates blood ph: lungs and respiratory. Digestive: digestion, alimentary canal: stomach, liver, and intestine. Nervous: sensation movements, cns (brain and spinal cord), and pns (nerves and receptors) Cardiovascular: transport nutrients, wastes, hormones, temperature regulation: heart, vessels, blood. Create boundaries between the inside and outside of the body. Example: skin is stratified epithelium; gut tissue is columnar epithelium; kidney tubules are cuboidal. Muscle: consists of elongated cells that generate force and cause movement.
