PEDS100 Chapter Notes -Transverse Plane, Abdominopelvic Cavity, Peritoneal Cavity

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Cells are the simplest structural and functional unit of life: adult humans have 60-100 trillion cells, histology: studies properties and structure of tissue. Nervous: gross anatomy: studies organ systems and their relationships with the body as a whole, embryology: studies developmental processes during the first 2 months of development, homeostasis: the maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment. 1. responsiveness: irritability: the response to changes in an immediate environment, adaptability: organism"s longer-lasting changes in response to their environment. 2. growth and differentiation: differentiation: specialization of individual cells to perform specific functions. Language of anatomy: abdominopelvic quadrants: divides abdominopelvic surface into 4 quadrants, horizontal and vertical lines intersecting at umbilicus(navel) ruq, rlq, luq, llq, abdominopelvic regions: used to describe locations and orientations of internal organs more precisely. There are 9 regions: anatomical position: standing upright, arms at sides, palms facing forward, feet flat on floor, face straight ahead, supine:lying face up, prone: lying face down.

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