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Focuses on how living organisms function.
Maintains stable internal conditions through dynamic responses.
The simplest unit of life in multicellular organisms.
Transforms unspecialized cells into specialized functional types.
Composed of a group of similar cells.
Muscle cells generate force, while neurons conduct electrical signals.
Specialized for conducting electrical signals in the nervous system.
Bundles of neuronal extensions with connective tissue.
Selective secretion, absorption, and protection.
Tissue formed from epithelial cells, can be simple or stratified.
Supports epithelial cells and provides structural integrity.
Anchored to the basement membrane of epithelial cells.
Faces the interior of the body in epithelial cells.
Hold epithelial cells together, forming selective barriers.
Connect, anchor, and support body structures.
Surrounds cells, providing a scaffold and transmitting signals.
Fluid outside cells, including plasma and interstitial fluid.
Fluid inside cells, making up a large portion of body fluid.
Composed of two or more tissue types.
A collection of organs performing a specific function.
Physiological variables change short-term but remain stable long-term.
Studies the effects of disrupted homeostasis.
Counteracts changes to return a variable to its set point.
Enhances processes, like contractions during labor.
The target value for regulating physiological variables.
An involuntary response to a specific stimulus.
Pathway mediating a reflex response.
A detectable change in the environment.
Detects environmental changes.
Carries signals from receptors to the integrating center.
Processes input from multiple receptors.
Transmits information from the integrating center to effectors.
Carries out responses directed by the integrating center.
Chemical messenger secreted into the blood by endocrine cells.