Anatomy - Midterm terms

A substance that contributes an excess of OH- ion

Positively charged subatomic particle

Vessel that carries blood to the heart

Bond formed by positive/negative attraction between ions

Study of the function of the body

Substance that dissolves into other substances

Maintaining the body’s internal environment

Tiny vessels that connect arterioles and venules

Tissue that connects bone to bone

Process by which malignant tumor cells fall off a primary tumor and migrates to a new location

Group of organs working together

Objective deviation from normal that marks the presence of disease

Elements with the same atomic number but with different number of neutrons

Any microscopic organism

Refers to a disease that affects people worldwide

Vessel that carries blood away from the heart

Toward the end of a structure

Brown skin pigment

Study of the chemistry of living organisms

Near the body surface

Layer of skin consisting of glands, nerve endings, and blood vessels

Study of the underlying physiological aspect of disease

an artificial body part or device that assists the functioning of a body part

Towards the middle

Common inflammatory skin condition associated with a variety of diseases

Wasting away of tissue

Referring to behind

Another name for a base solution

Substance produced by the body that destroys or inactivates a specific substance or antigen that has entered the body

Toward the outside

Lack of melanin in the skin and eyes

Lowest layer of skin, superficial to the muscle

Substance that occupies space and has mass

Secretes fluid into a duct and out of the body

Relating to the side of the thorax

Wide spreading of a substance

Benign neoplasm of the skin caused by a virus

Study of the structure of an organism

Core of an atom consisting of protons and neutrons

Chest area

Toward the head

Place of junction between two or more bones of the skeleton

Relating to the abdomen

A solution containing a higher level of salt than found in a living red blood cell

Sharing of one or more pairs of electrons

Extremely fine and soft hair found on newborn babies

Group of responses to a tissue irritant marked by signs of redness, heat, swelling, and pain

Any significant abnormality in the body structure, function, physical, mental, or social well-being

Solution containing a lower level of salt than is found in a living red blood cell

Towards the feet

Smallest particle of a pure substance

Patchy area of light skin caused by acquired loss of epidermal melanocytes

Highly specialized connective tissue with hard and calcified matrix

Cell shape resembling a cube

Subjective deviation from normal that marks the presence of a disease

Also known as the "throat"

Negatively charged subatomic particle

Body lying face down

Rare disorder affecting the vessels and connective tissue and other tissues, characterized by tissue hardening

Rapid onset, short duration

Hair loss

Nerve cell

Study of the occurrence, destruction, and transmission of disease

Cell shape in which cells are higher then they are wide

Microscopic, parasitic entity consisting of a nucleic acid bound by a protein coat

DNA molecule that has coiled to form a compact mass during mitosis or meiosis

Nerve cell process that transmits impulses away from the cell body

Group of similar cells

Indirect cell division involving complex changes in the nucleus

Nerve cell process that transmits impulse toward the cell body

Condition in which the skin appears bluish due to a low oxygen content in the blood

Contributes H+ ion

Solution equal or uniform pressure/tension among components

Electrically charged atom

Type of connective tissue characterized by a watery liquid matrix

Separation of smaller particles from larger particles

Relating to the internal organs

Front or ventral side - opposite of posterior

Secretes fluid into the blood or tissue

Protein substance found in hair, nails, and outer skin cells

The basic structural unit of the body

Refers to a tumor or neoplasm that does not metastasize or spread to different tissues

Contagious skin condition caused by an itch mite

Relating to the skin

An organism that lives in or on another organism taking their nutrition

Longitudinal

Referring to the back

Long lasting, long term disease

Specialized fibrous connective tissue that has the consistency of a firm plastic or gristle-like gel

Situated or extending across something

Substance in which other substances are dissolved

Highly contagious bacterial skin infection - occurs mainly in children

Relating to the armpit

Increase in cell size

Principle organic component of connective tissue

Fat tissue that stores lipids

Group of several tissues that perform a specific function

Tissue that connects bone to muscle

Subatomic particle with no charge

Outermost layer of the skin