Study of structure and relationships among structures.

Study of form & markings of surface of body

Study of structures that can be examined w/o using microscope

Study of structures of body with use of x-rays

Microscopic study of structures of tissues

Chemical & microscopic study of cells

Study of structural changes associated with disease

Histology, Cytology, Surface Anatomy, Gross Anatomy

Endocrinology, Immunology, Neurophysiology, Pathophysiology

Study of operation of organ system

Study of functional changes associated with disease & aging 

Study of changes in cell & organ functions during muscular activity

Study of hormones & how they control body functions

Study of specific body systems

Study of specific region of body

Study of development from fertilized egg to adult form

Study of functions of cell

Study of functional characteristics of nerve cells

Study of functions of heart & blood vessels

Study of body’s defense mechanism

Study of functions of air passageways & lungs

Study of functions of kidney

study of functions of reproductive structures

Sum of all chemical process that occur in the body

Provides energy needed to sustain life by breaking down large complex molecules

Uses energy from catabolism to build body’s structural & functional components

Ability to detect response

Motion of whole body

Increase in size & complexity

Change that cell undergoes from unspecialized to specialized one

Either formation of new cells for growth, repair, or replacement, or production of a new individual

Metabolism, Catabolism, Anabolism, Responsiveness, Movement, Growth, Differentiation, Reproduction

Superior, Inferior, Anterior, Posterior, Medial, Lateral, Intermediate, Ipsilateral, Contralateral, Proximal, Distal, Superficial, Deep, Parietal, Visceral

Cranial, Thoracic, Vertebral, Abdominipelvic

Away from head/forward lower part of structure

Towards head/upper part of structure

Nearer to/at front of body

Nearer to/at back of body

Nearer to midline of body/structure

Farther from middle line of body/structure

Between two structures

On the same side of body

On the opposite side of body

Nearer to attachment of an extremity to trunk/structure; farther from point of origin

Farther to attachment of an extremity to trunk/structure; farther from point of origin

toward/ on surface of body

away from the surface body

Pertaining to / forming outer wall of body cavity

Pertaining to covering an organ within ventral body cavity

Vertical plane; divides body/organ into right & left side

Divides body/organs into unequal right & left sides

Divides body/organs into anterior & posterior portions

Passes through body/ an organ at an angle between transverse plane

Divides body/organs into equal right & left sides

Divides body/organ into superior (top) & inferior (bottom) portions

Protects abdomen to pelvic part 

protects our brain/parts of head

protects our chest (rib cage)

protects our spine/spinal column