terminology

• regional

  based on organization into regions/areas
• systemic

  study of the structure of an organ system
• applied/ clinical

  aspects of structure and function relevant in the field of medicine, health, and wellness
• chemical

  atoms and molecules
• cellular


  basic structural and functional units of an organism
• tissue

  • groups of cells with common function - muscle, nerve
• organ

  structures composed of two or more different types of tissues and have specific functions
• system

  • organs that cooperate with one another to achieve a basic function
• organismal level

  any living individual, all the parts of the body functioning together (many organ systems)
• epithelial

  • covering, 
  • protecting entrances/exits, 
  • dense cellular structure, 
  • free surface and basement membrane, 
  • a-vascular
• connective

  • protects and supports body and its organs, 
  • binds organs together, 
  • stores energy, 
  • provides immunity
• muscular

  • Generates physical force - movement
  • Produces heat
• nervous

  • Detects and interprets changes in internal and external environment
  • Elicits responses to react to these changes
• anatomy

  study of the structure of the body
• dissection

  • the careful cutting apart of body structures to examine them
• physiology

  the study of the function of body parts
• surface anatomy

  the study of external features of the body
• anatomical position

  • To describe everything in the same way
  • Facing forward, Palms forward, eyes looking straight ahead
• disorder

  any abnormality of structure and/or function
• disease


  a more specific term for an illness defined by its signs/symptoms
• symptoms

  subjective evidence communicated by patient
• signs

  Indicators of disease that are observable or measurable
• Cranial/ cranium

  skull
• cephalic/ cephalon

  head
• Ocular/orbital

  eye
• Temporal/auris

  ear
• nasal

  nose
• buccal

  cheek
• oral

  mouth
• mentis

  chin
• thorax

  chest
• mediastinum

  chest cavity
• pleural

  lungs
• pericardial

  sack around your heart
• abdominopelvic

  trunk
• abdominal

  under rib cage, top of pelvis
• shoulder

  acromial
• axilla

  armpit
• brachial

  upper arm
• antecubital/ cubital

  front of elbow