BIO 231: Anatomy and Physiology I
Extended Learning Institute
Unit 1 Vocabulary and Concept Map
Directions
In this information age with all of its Internets, everything you might want to know about anatomy and
physiology is available to you. It may well be in your pocket if you carry a smart phone devise, and it’s
certainly on your computer. You don’t need the course for fundamental knowledge. What you do need is
guidance for two things —
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To know which bits of knowledge ‘out there’ are important for you
To know how to make connections between them.
This course tells you the first thing and asks you to do the second in a guided manner. In the concept map
section of your lab you’ll be provided with some rather long lists of terms for each unit of study. As you
do study, you’ll want to begin to make connections between the terms and by the end of the unit produce
a concept map, using the LucidChart Software. The software will give you a link to share and you’ll post
that link to the lab discussion board. I have created a team account on Lucidchart. Please make sure to
follow the directions in Blackboard carefully to join the team so you will have access to all of the
premium features.
There are many ways to organize these terms into concept maps. You’ll need to be able to explain the
reasoning behind the way you chose to do it. That way it becomes your own and you’ll remember it.
As soon as you post your link other students can see it, and they can provide feedback. They can use your
concept map to inform their own and you can use their to inform yours. If you do that, please cite your
fellow student. (Everyone deserves credit for their work). If you get feedback, please read it. You may
want to go back into your Lucid chart and make adjustments and post another link.
The LAST link that you post will be the concept map that’s graded. This gives you time to start early if you
want and readjust. It’s a learning process, but ultimately (in this course at least) something will be
graded, and it will be your last posted link.
Here’s your terms for Unit 1 — note that there are four sets of terms. You should make at least 4
maps. IF your particular way of connecting information asks you to make more maps, that’s fine.
Definitions needed for a general understanding of the course
Afferent pathway
Anatomy
Anatomy and Physiology
Control
Efferent Pathway
Effector
Function
Gross anatomy
Hierarchical structure (atoms, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms)
Homeostasis
Microscopic anatomy
Negative Feedback Loop
Physiology
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Extended Learning Institute
Positive Feedback Loop
Sensor
Stimulus
Structure
Anatomical terms of reference
Anatomical position
Anatomy
Anterior
Caudal
Cephalic
Coronal
Distal
Dorsal
Inferior
Lateral
Left
Medial
Midline
Midsagittal
Oblique
Physiology
Plane
Posterior
Proximal
Right
Sagittal
Section
Superior
Transverse
Ventral
General terms for all tissue types
Connective tissue
Ectoderm
Endoderm
Epithelial tissue
Membrane
Mesoderm
Muscle tissue
Nervous tissue
Terms for epithelium, including membranes and glands
Absorption
Acinar glands (aka compound alveolar)
Alveolar glands
Anchoring junctions
Apocrine secretion
Avascular
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Extended Learning Institute
Basal lamina
Basement membrane
Cilia
Columnar
Comboud tubuloalveolar glands
Compound alveolar
Compound tubular glands
Connexons
Cuboidal
Cutaneous membrane
Desmosomes
Endocrine glands
Exocrine glands
Gap junction
Gas exchange
Goblet cells
Hemidesmosome
Holocrine secretion
Integrins
Intermediate junctions (aka zonula adherens or adherens)
Merocrine secretion
Microvilli
Mucous membranes
Multicellular glands
Pericardium
Peritoneum
Pleura
Protection
Reticular lamina
Sebaceous gland
Sebum
Serous membranes
Simple branched tubular ducts
Simple coiled tubular ducts
Simple epithelium
Simple tubular ducts
Squamous
Sterocilia
Stratified
Synovial membranes
Tight junctions
Tubular glands
Unicellular glands
Terms for Connective tissue
Adipocytes
Adipose
Areolar
Blood
Cancellous bone
Cartilage
Chondroblasts
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Extended Learning Institute
Chondrocytes
Collagen fibers
Compact bone
Connective tissue proper
Dense connective tissue
Elastic
Elastic fibers
Fibers
Fibrocartilage
Fluid connective tissue
Fibroblast
Ground substance
Hyaline
Irregular elastic
Loose connective tissue
Lymph
Macrophage
Matrix
Mesenchymal cells
Regular elastic
Reticular
Reticular fibers
Supportive connective tissues
lacunae
erythrocytes
leukocytes
Submission: Please make sure to follow the directions on how to submit your lab work in Assignments >
Unit 0 – Course Introduction in your Blackboard course site to post your concept map in the discussion
forum titled “Unit 1 Lab Work.”
Grading
Your lab work is worth 25% of your course grade. The lab case study, the lab exercise and the concept
map are the three components of your lab work. The concept map is worth 40% of your Unit 1 lab grade.
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