EXSS 175- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 49 pages long!)

• School: UNC
• Department: Exercise And Sport Science
• Course: EXSS 175
• Professor: Johna Register- Mihalik

Document Summary

Course introduction: review syllabus, review course expectations, review course technology. Gross anatomy: study of structures that can be examined without a microscope (i. e. dissection) Clinically oriented anatomy: emphasizes structure , relates to medicine and other health sciences, visualization in the mind"s eye of structures that lie. And function: what are the principal systems of the body? beneath the skin. Functions: all bones (associated cartilages and joints, supports the body, provides surface area for muscle, assists in body movements, bone cells store and create blood cells attachments, articular system. Components: gonads: testes and ovaries, associated organs. Functions: produce reproductive cells (sperm and ova, transportation and storage of reproductive cells, release or regulatory hormones, urinary system. Functions: kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra, produce, store, and eliminate urine (waste, regulates volume & chemical composition of blood, regulates fluid & electrolyte balance, muscular system. Functions: skeletal muscle tissue, smooth muscle tissue (visceral, cardiac muscle tissue, produces movement, maintain posture, production of heat, nervous system.