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| Describes the structures of the body, what they are made of and assosiated structures |
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| Is the study of the functions of anatomical structures |
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| Cells are a group of atoms, molecules and organelles working together |
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| Tissues are a group of similar cells working together |
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| An organ is a group of diffrent tissues working together |
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An organ system is a group of organs working together.
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| How many organ systems does a human have? |
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| What are the major organs of the Integumentary system? |
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Skin
Hair
Sweat glands
Nails |
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| What are the functions of the integumentary system? |
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-Protects against enviromental hazards
-Helps regulated body temperature
-Provides sensory Information |
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| What are the major organs in the skeletal system? |
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Bones
Cartilages
Assosiated ligaments
Bone marrow |
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| What are the functions of the organs in the skeletal system? |
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-Provides support and protection for other tissues
-Stores cacium and other minerals
-Forms blood cells |
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| What are the major organs of the muscular system? |
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| Skeletal muscles and associated tendons |
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| What are the functions of the muscular system? |
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-Provide protection and support for other tissues
-Generates heat and regulates body temperatur
-Provide movement
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| What are the major organs of the nevous system? |
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Brain
Spinal Cord
Peripheral nerves
sense organs
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| What are the functions of the nervous system? |
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-Directs immidiate response to stimuli
-Coordinates or moderates activities of other organ sytems
-Provides and interprets sensory information about external conditions |
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| What are the Major organs of the endocrine system? |
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Putiatary glands
Thyroid glands
Pancreas
Suprarenal gland
Gonads (testes or ovaries)
Endocrine tissues in other organ systems |
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| What are the functions of the Endocrine system? |
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-Directs long term changes in the activity of other organ systems
-Adjust metabolic activity and energy use by the body
-Controls many structural and functional changes during development |
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| What are the major organs of the cardiovascular system? |
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Heart
Blood
Blood vessels |
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| What are the functions of the cardiovascular system? |
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-Distributes blood cells, water, and disolved minerals, including nutrients, waste products, oxigen and carbon dioxide
-Distributes heat and assists in the regulation of body heat |
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What are the major organs of the lymphoid system?
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Spleen
Thymus
Lymphatic vessels
Lymph nodes
Tosils |
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| What are the functions of the lymphoid system? |
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-Defends against infection and disease
-Reurns tissue fluid to the bloodstream |
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| What are the major organs of the respitory system? |
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Nasal cavity
sinuses
larynx
Trachea
Bronchi
Lungs
Aveoli |
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| What are the functions of the Respiratory system? |
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-Delivers oxigen to the aveoli(where oxigen exchange occurs within the lungs)
-Provides oxigen to the bloodstream
-Removes corbon dioxide form the bloodstream
-Produces sounds for communication |
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| What are the major organs of the digestive system? |
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Teeth
Tounge
Pharynx
Esophagus
Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine
Liver
Gallbladder
Pancreas |
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| What are the functions of the digestive system? |
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-Processes and digest food
-Absorbs and conserve water
-Absorbs nutrients
-Stores energy reserve |
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| What are the organs of the urinary system? |
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Kidneys
Ureters
Urinary bladder
Urethra |
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| What are the functions of the urinary system? |
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-Excretes waste product from the blood
-Controls water balance by regulating the volume of urine produced
-Stores urine prior to voluntary elimination
-Regulated blood ions concentration and PH levels |
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What are the major organs of the male reproductive system?
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Testes
Epididymides
Ductus deferens
Seminal vesicle
Prostate glands
Penis
Scrotum |
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| What are the functions of the male reproductive system? |
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-Produces male sex cell (sperm), suspending fluid and hormones
-Sexual intercourse |
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| What are the major organs of the female reproductive system? |
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Ovaries
Uterine tubes
Uterus
Vagina
Labia
Clitoris
Mammary glands |
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| What are the functions of the female reproductive system? |
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-Produces female sex cells (ocytes) and hormones
-Supports the developing embryo from coception to delivery
-Provides milk to nourish newborn infant
-Sexual intercourse |
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| All the body's system working together to maintain a stable internal enviroment |
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| Insintric automatic response in a cell, tissue, or organ to some enviromental change |
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| Responses controlled by the nervous and endocrine system |
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| Processes the signal and sends instructions |
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| Carries out instrutions from the control center |
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-The response if the effector negates the stimulus
-Body is brought back into homeostasis, normal range is achived |
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-The response of the effector increases the change of the stimuli
-The body is moved away from homeostasis, normal range is losr
(Exsample: contractions in childbirth) |
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-Located towards the front of the body
-Divided by the diaphragm
-Contains the thorasic and abdominopelvic cavity |
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-Toward the back of the body
-Contains the cranial cavity and the spinal cavity |
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| Contains the heart and lungs |
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| Contains the digestive visera |
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| Contains the urinary bladder, reproductive organs |
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| Membrane lining a cavity wall |
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| Membrane that covers the external surface of an organ |
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| Serous membrane covering the heart |
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| Serous membrane covering the lungs |
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| Serous membrane covering organs in the abdominal cavity |
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| Anything that has mass and takes up space |
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-Solid: has definite shape and volume
-Liquid: has definite volume and changable shape
-Gas: has changable shape and volume |
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| Unique substances that can not be broken down by ordinary chemical means |
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| more or less identical building blocks , specific for each element |
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| One or two letter chemical shorthand for each element |
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| Physical properties of Elements |
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| Those detected by our senses (Smell, look, feel) |
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| Chemical Properties of elements |
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| The way atoms interact with each other |
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| Major elements in the human body |
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| 96% of human weight is oxigen, Hidrogen, Carbon and nitrogen |
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| Consist of neutrons and protons |
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-Positive charge
-Weigths 1 AMU |
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-No Charge
-Weights 1 AMU |
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-Negative charge
-Located orbiting the nucleus
-Wieghts 1/2000 AMU |
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| equal to the number of protons in an atom |
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| Equal to the total number of protons and neutrons in an atom |
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| It is an average of the mass number of all the isotopes of an certain element |
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| Atoms with the same number of protons but a diffrent number of neutrons |
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| Outermost energy level containing chemicaly active electrons |
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| Except for the 1st shell that is full when it has two electrons, atoms interact in a manner to have 8 electrons in their valence shell |
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| Form between atoms by the transfer of one or more electrons |
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| Charged atoms resulting from the loss or gain of electrons |
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| Negatively charged ions due to the gaining of one or more electrons |
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| Positively charged atoms due to the loss of one or more electrons |
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Form crystals instead of individual molecules
(Exsample NaCl: Salt) |
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| Are formed by the sharing of one or more pairs of electrons |
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Sharing of one pair of electrons
(H-H) equals H2 |
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Sharing two pair of electrons
(O=C=0) equals CO2 |
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Electrons are shared equally
(H2) |
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Electrons are not share equally, they spend more time around the nuclues of one of the atoms
(H2O) |
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| Too weak to bind atoms together, commond in water, responsible for the surface tension in water |
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Two or more atoms of the same element held together by a chemical bond
(H-H) equals H2 molecule |
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Two or more diffrent kinds of atoms chemically combined
(H-O-H) equals H2O |
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| An organized array of ions |
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| Separation of ions in an ionic compound by polar molecules in water |
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| Occur when chemical bonds are formed, rearanged or broken |
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| Combination of reactants to form a new larger product |
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| A synthesis reaction in which water is one of the products |
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| Breakdown of a larger reactant into smaller products |
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| A decomposition reaction that uses water to breakdown a reactant |
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| All chemical reactions are theoretically reversible |
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The capacity to do work
Can neither be created nor destroyed |
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| Stored (inactive) energy that could do work |
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| Energy that does work by causing the movement of an object |
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| Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) |
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ATP stores and provides energy
Source of immidiate usable energy for the cell |
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| Mostly concerned with non-carbon containing substances, but it does include CO, CO2 and HCO3 |
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| Substances containing carbon that are convalently bonded and are often large |
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| Molecules unique to living organisms that include: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Protein and Nucleic acid |
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| Are sugars used for energy, contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen at a 1:2:1 ratio |
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| Disolve in nopolar solvents, contain carbon, hydrogen and oxigen |
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| Composed of three fatty acids bonded to a glycerol molecule |
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| Only single covelent bonds between carbons |
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| One or more double covelent bonds between carbons |
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| Modified triglycerites with two fatty acid groups (Non-polar, hydrophobic) and a phosphorus group (Polar, hydrophilic). Phospholipids are the chief components of a cell membrane. |
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| Macromolecules, contain C,H,O, N ans some S, composed of 20 types of amino acids bound together by peptide bonds. Proteins are polypeptides of hundreds of amino acids. |
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| Building blocks of proteins |
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| Speed up chemical reactions by lowering the ammount of energy needed to cause a chemical reaction. Most are globular proteins that act as a biological catayst. specific enzymes speed up specific reactions and they are never used up or changed during the chemical reaction |
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| Composed of C, O, H, N and P. The basic unit of nucleic acids is the nucleotide, which is a monosaccharide with attached Phosphate and organic base. Two major classes are DNA and RNA |
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| Deoxyribosennucleic Acid (DNA) |
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| Double stranded helical molecule found in the nucleus of a cell and contains the genetic material of the cell |
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| Single stranded molecule found in both the nucleus and cytoplasm of a cell. Composed of monosaccharide ribose and uses organic base uracil instead of thyme. Has three varient: Messenger RNA, Transfer RNA and Ribosomal RNA |
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