PSIO 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Lesion, Medical Imaging, Ct Scan
5 Sep 2016
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Anatomy- the study of structure and the relationships among structures: first studied by dissection. Physiology- the study of functions of body parts (how they work) Nervous: organ level- paragraphs , organs: structures that are composed of two or more different types of tissues; have specific functions and usually recognizable shapes a. i. Exmp: heart, liver, lungs, or brain: system level (organ-system level)- Chapters : system: consists of related organs with a common function a. i. Exmp: digestive system: organismal level- book , all parts functioning together. Lymphatic system and immunity: components: lymphatic fluid, vessels, spleen, thymus, lymph nodes, and tonsils, and cells that carry out immune responses, functions: returns proteins and fluid to blood, contains sites of maturation and proliferation of. The amount of material surrounding cells: differentiation: the process in which unspecialized cells (stem cells) go through to become specialized cells, reproduction: the formation of new cells through cell division.
