Unit 2 Vocabulary Test A

Anatomy:

• A state of balance and stability within the systems of the body.

• The study of how various systems of the body work.

• The study of the structures of the body.

• A study of diseases within the systems of the body.

Physiology:

• A state of balance and stability within the systems of the body.

• The study of how various systems of the body work.

• The study of the structures of the body.

• A study of diseases within the systems of the body.

Homeostasis:

• A state of balance and stability within the systems of the body.

• The study of how various systems of the body work.

• The study of the structures of the body.

• A study of diseases within the systems of the body.

Metabolism:

• A state of balance and stability within the systems of the body.

• The study of how various systems of the body work.

• The study of the structures of the body.

• Physical and chemical processes carried out by the body systems to maintain homeostasis.

Plasma:

• Red blood cells: contain the protein (hemoglobin) that carries oxygen in the blood.

• The liquid portion of blood.

• The solid portion of blood.

• White blood cells; capable of producing antibodies and destroying pathogens.

Formed elements:

• Red blood cells: contain the protein (hemoglobin) that carries oxygen in the blood.

• The liquid portion of blood.

• The solid portion of blood.

• White blood cells; capable of producing antibodies and destroying pathogens.

Erythrocytes:

• Red blood cells: contain the protein (hemoglobin) that carries oxygen in the blood.

• The liquid portion of blood.

• The solid portion of blood.

• White blood cells; capable of producing antibodies and destroying pathogens.

Leukocytes:

• Red blood cells: contain the protein (hemoglobin) that carries oxygen in the blood.

• The solid portion of blood.

• White blood cells; capable of producing antibodies and destroying pathogens.

• Part of the formed elements of blood that play a role in blood clotting; also called platelets.

Thrombocytes:

• Red blood cells: contain the protein (hemoglobin) that carries oxygen in the blood.

• The solid portion of blood.

• White blood cells; capable of producing antibodies and destroying pathogens

• Part of the formed elements of blood that play a role in blood clotting; also called platelets

Pharynx: What is the pharynx?

• The two tubes that take air to the lungs; singular is bronchus.

• An area of the throat behind the mouth and nasal cavity.

• The air sacs in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged.

• An organ that includes the vocal cords and allows air to pass into the trachea.