Ch.1 Introduction to Physiology

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