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Modern Day Medicine
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- 1Anatomy"Ana" apart, "tomy" to cut: to study the bodies of organisms internally and externally
- 2Physiology"Phys" the function, "logy" the study of: the study of the functioning of the body (motion, force, growth)
- 3Homeostasis"Homeo" alike or the same, "stasis" stagnation: the process of the body maintaining normal functions
- 4Negative feedbackWhen a process is occurring, an opposite stimulus will be supplied to disrupt, stop, or slow down the process
- 5Positive feedbackWhen a process is occurring, a parallel stimulus helps to encourage more of this process
- 6Body cavitiesThe internal sections of the bodies (thoracic, cranial, abdominal...)
- 7Thoracic cavityThe cavity that houses the ribs, lungs, heart, and upper esophagus (upper torso)
- 8Cranial cavityThe cavity that houses the brain (upper hemisphere of the head)
- 9Spinal cavityThe cavity that houses the vertebrae (length wise portion down torso on posterior side)
- 10Abdominopelvic cavityThe cavity that houses the major organs in the body including most digestive and all reproductive organs (lower torso)
- 11Umbilical regionThe region centered in the middle of the abdominopelvic cavity
- 12Epigastric regionThis region is above the umbilical region, centered in the abdominal cavity (liver, stomach, and diaphragm)
- 13Hypogastric regionThe region inferior to the umbilical region, housing the reproductive organs and urinary bladder
- 14Illiac regionThe right and left iliac region are situated on the sides of the abdominopelvic cavity (inferior to the lumbar region)
- 15Lumbar regionSuperior to the iliac region on the left and right sides of the body
- 16Hypochondriac regionSuperior to the lumbar region on the left and right sides of the body
- 17Sagittal sectionThe plane in which the body is divided down the center from front to back into two parallel sides
- 18Gross anatomyAnatomy studied with the naked eye
- 19HistologyStudy of organs, cells, and tissues using a microscope
- 20PathologyStudy of abnormal conditions
- 21Surface anatomyStudy of visible things on the surface of skin, or felt by palpitation
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- Unit I of Semester II Modern Day Medicine, practices, cavities, regions, and planes
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