Physiology Review
What is it? Physiology = physis – nature / logos – study
Physiology – Old Curiosity Hippocrates – four humors Black bile Yellow bile Blood Phlegm
Homeostasis Internal consistency or balance
Homeostasis Achieved Through feedback, or communication
Negative Feedback Temperature regulation Glucose regulation Production of red blood cells
Positive Feedback Blood clotting Contraction of uterus
OVERVIEW OF THE ORGAN SYSTEMS Integumentary System Skeletal Muscular Nervous Endocrine Cardiovascular Lymphatic/Immune Respiratory Digestive Urinary Reproductive
But first it starts with…. Basic unit of all living things Cells form tissues Epithelial Muscular Nervous Connective
ORGANIZATION OF LIFE
ENDOCRINE Pituitary Thymus Thyroid Parathyroid Adrenal Pineal Ovaries Testes Pancreas
CARDIOVASCULAR Heart Blood Vessels Blood
LYMPHATIC / IMMUNE Lymph vessels Lymph nodes Spleen Thymus Tonsils
RESPIRATORY Nasal passages Pharynx Larynx Trachea Bronchi Lungs
DIGESTIVE Oral Cavity Esophagus Stomach Small/Large Intestines Accessory Structures: Teeth Salivary glands Liver Pancreas
URINARY Kidneys Ureters Bladder Urethra
REPRODUCTIVE Males: Testes Prostate Gland Scrotum Penis Female: Ovaries Uterine tubes Uterus Mammary Glands Vulva / Vagina