Ch.1 Introduction to Physiology

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Across
  1. 3. Structural and functional units formed by tissues
  2. 5. Properties that cannot be predicted from the properties of the individual component parts
  3. 7. The study of body functions in a disease state
  4. 9. The amount of substance in the body
  5. 12. Allow a cell, a tissue, or an organ to specialize and isolate functions
  6. 13. Approach to physiology that explains why events happen
  7. 14. Approach sometimes described as "bench to bedside"
  8. 16. The "why" of a physiological system or event
  9. 18. Collections of cells that carry out related functions
  10. 20. The "how" of a physiological system or event
  11. 21. Elimination of material from the body
Down
  1. 1. State in which the ECF and ICF exists
  2. 2. One of several organs that clear substances from the body
  3. 4. The study of the normal functioning of a living organism and its component parts
  4. 6. Fluid that is the body's internal environment
  5. 8. Smallest unit of structure capable of carrying out all life processes
  6. 10. Maintenance of a relatively constant internal environment
  7. 11. Approach to physiology that explains how events happen
  8. 15. The law of ____ balance says that if the amount of a substance in the body is to remain constant, any input must be offset by equal loss
  9. 17. The rate at which a material is removed from the blood by excretion, metabolism, or both
  10. 19. Lipid protein barrier that separates cells from their external environment