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Anatomy & Physiology Core Concepts Flashcards

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  • Integumentary system functions

    The integumentary system protects internal organs, produces vitamin D with UV exposure, retains water, and regulates body temperature via vasodilation and vasoconstriction.

  • Skeletal system roles

    The skeletal system supports the body, protects organs, provides leverage for movement, produces blood cells, and stores calcium salts for bone hardness.

  • Muscular system functions

    The muscular system produces movement, controls body openings, and generates body heat.

  • Nervous system functions

    The nervous system regulates body functions, provides sensations, controls movement, automatic functions, and higher mental functions via nerve impulses.

  • Endocrine system functions

    The endocrine system regulates body functions, muscle and gland activity, digestive processes, and hormone release.

  • Cardiovascular system functions

    The cardiovascular system pumps and delivers oxygen-poor blood to lungs and oxygen-rich blood to tissues, transporting cells, nutrients, wastes, and electrolytes.

  • Lymphatic system roles

    The lymphatic system returns excess tissue fluid to the cardiovascular system and provides immunity against disease.

  • Respiratory system functions

    The respiratory system delivers oxygen to blood, removes carbon dioxide, and maintains blood acid-base balance (pH 7.34-7.45).

  • Homeostasis definition

    Homeostasis is the body's ability to maintain a stable internal environment despite external and internal changes.

  • Three components of homeostasis

    Homeostasis involves a receptor (detects stimulus), control center (processes info), and effector (carries out response).

  • Negative feedback loop

    A negative feedback loop opposes the initial stimulus to return a variable to normal, e.g., sweating to cool the body in hot weather.

  • Positive feedback loop

    A positive feedback loop amplifies the initial stimulus, such as platelet activation during blood clotting.

  • Levels of structural organization

    Human body organization: chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system, organism.

  • Anatomical position

    Body standing upright, feet shoulder-width apart, arms at sides, palms and face forward.

  • Directional terms: anterior/posterior

    Anterior means front; posterior means back.

  • Planes of section: sagittal, frontal, transverse

    Sagittal divides body into right and left; frontal divides into anterior and posterior; transverse divides into superior and inferior parts.

  • Major body cavities

    Posterior cavity: cranial and vertebral; anterior cavity: thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities.

  • Serous membranes and function

    Serous membranes are thin tissue layers that enclose cavities and produce lubricating serous fluid to reduce friction.

  • Four quadrants of abdominopelvic cavity

    Right upper quadrant (RUQ), left upper quadrant (LUQ), right lower quadrant (RLQ), left lower quadrant (LLQ).

  • Nine regions of abdominopelvic cavity

    Right and left hypochondriac, epigastric, right and left lumbar, umbilical, right and left iliac, hypogastric regions.

  • Chemical bonds: ionic vs covalent

    Ionic bonds form between metals and nonmetals by electron transfer; covalent bonds form by sharing electrons between nonmetals.

  • Enzyme function

    Enzymes are biological catalysts that speed up reactions by lowering activation energy without being consumed.

  • pH scale basics

    pH measures hydrogen ion concentration; scale 0-14, below 7 acidic, 7 neutral, above 7 basic; blood pH ~7.35-7.45.

  • Buffers in the body

    Buffers resist pH changes by neutralizing added acids or bases, maintaining stable blood pH.

  • ATP role

    ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is the main source of chemical energy for cellular processes.

  • Protein structure levels

    Primary: amino acid sequence; secondary: folding (alpha helix, beta sheet); tertiary: 3D shape; quaternary: multiple polypeptide chains.

  • DNA structure

    DNA is a double helix of nucleotides with sugar deoxyribose, bases A, T, C, G, and stores genetic information.

  • RNA structure

    RNA is single-stranded with sugar ribose and uracil replacing thymine.