| A | B |
|---|
| anatomy | science of structure and relationships among structures. |
| physiology | science of body functions, that is, how the body parts work. |
| metabolism | sum of all the chemical processes that occur in the body. |
| responsiveness | body's ability to detect and respond to change |
| differentiation | process whereby unspecialized cells become specialized |
| homeostasis | maintenace of relatively stabel condition. |
| feedback system | cycle where the body monitores, evalulates, changes,re-evaluates. |
| pathology | science that deals with the nature, causes, and changes in a disease |
| epidemiology | science of why, when and where of a disease. |
| superior | directional term , towrd the head |
| inferior | directional term, away from head and toward the lower part |
| anterior | directional term, nearer to the front |
| posterior | directional term. toward the back |
| dorsal | posterior |
| ventral | anterior |
| medial | directional term, nearer the midline |
| lateral | directional term, farther from the midline. |
| proximal | directional term, nearer the attachment of a limb to the trunk. |
| distal | directional term, farther from the attachment of a limb. |
| superficial | directional term, toward the surface of the body. |
