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| What is the study of the structure of the body? |
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| What is the study of the functions of the body? |
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| What is the sum of all the physical and chemical reactions occurring in the body? |
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| What describes the relatively constant conditions of the internal environment of the body? |
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| What mechanism controls homeostasis? |
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| List the levels of organization form simplest to most complex. |
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| chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system, organism |
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| What are the four main organic compounds? |
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| carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids |
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| What are the four main inorganic compounds? |
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| water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, minerals (inorganic salts) |
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| What is the basic structural and functional unit of the body? |
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| Are all cells in the body alike? |
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| no; they vary in shape and size |
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| What is made up of similar cells grouped together? |
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| What are the four kinds of tissues in the body? |
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| epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous |
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| What is made up of two or more different tissues that work together? |
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| What is the highest level of organization? |
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| Do all eleven systems work together to maintain homeostasis? |
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| What are the organs of the integumentary system? |
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| skin, nails, hair, glands |
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| List 5 functions of the integumentary system. |
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| sensations; protection; excretion; temperature regulation; vitamin D synthesis |
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| List 4 functions of the skeletal system. |
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| support (shape and framework); protect internal organs; blood cell production; mineral storage |
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| What are three types of muscle tissue in the muscle system? |
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| skeletal muscle tissue; cardiac muscle tissue, smooth muscle tissue |
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| What are three functions of the muscle system? |
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| movement; maintain posture; heat production |
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| What are the organs in the nervous system? |
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| brain; spinal cord; cranial nerves; spinal nerves |
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| What are the functions of the nervous system? |
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| regulate and coordinate body activities; detect changes in internal and external environments; interpret sensory information |
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| List some of the major organs of the endocrine system. |
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| hypothalamus; pituitary gland; pineal gland; thyroid gland; parathyroid gland; thymus; adrenal gland; pancreas; testes, ovaries |
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| What is the function of the endocrine system? |
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| regulate and coordinate body activities through hormones |
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| What are the organs of the cardiovascular system? |
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| heart, blood vessels, blood |
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| What are the functions of the cardiovascular system? |
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| transport food, oxygen, hormones, carbon dioxide and other waste products; aid regulating body temperature; protection through white blood cells (WBC) |
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| What are the organs of the lymphatic system? |
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| bone, lymph, lymph vessels, lymph node, spleen, thymus |
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| What are the functions of the lymphatic system? |
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| defensive; produces WBC; returns excess tissue fluid to the blood |
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| What are the organs of the respiratory system? |
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| nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, lungs |
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| What are the functions of the respiratory system? |
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| exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide; regulates pH |
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| What are the organs of the digestive system? |
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| mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, intestines, salivary glands, liver, gall bladder, pancreas |
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| What are the functions of the digestive system? |
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| digestion and absorption of nutrients; eliminate waste |
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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 is the function of the urinary system? |
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| regulation of the composition of plasma in the blood through controlled excretion of organic wastes, salts and water |
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| What are the organs of the reproductive system? |
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| testes, ducts, glands, ovaries, oviducts, uterus, vagina, mammary glands |
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| What is the main function of the reproductive system? |
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| continuation of the species |
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| Which plane divides the body into right and left portions? |
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| Which plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions? |
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| Which plane divides the body into superior and inferior portions? |
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| Which direction is towards the head? |
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| Which direction is towards the feet? |
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| Which direction is towards the front of the body? |
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| Which direction is towards the back of the body? |
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| Which direction is towards the middle of the body? |
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| Which direction is towards the edge of the body? |
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| Which direction is closer to the trunk? |
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| Which direction is farther away from the trunk? |
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| When do you use the directional terms proximal and distal? |
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| when referring to positions on appendages |
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| Which direction is towards the surface of the skin? |
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| Which direction is towards the interior of the body? |
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| What two cavities make up the dorsal cavity? |
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| cranial and spinal (vertebral) cavities |
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| What cavity contains the brain? |
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| What cavity contains the spinal cord? |
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| vertebral (spinal) cavity |
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| What three major cavities make up the ventral cavity? |
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| thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavities |
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| The thoracic cavity is made up of three cavities, what are they? |
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| right pleural cavity, left pleural cavity, pericardial cavity |
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| What cavity contains the right lung? |
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| What cavity contains the left lung? |
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| What cavity contains the heart? |
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| What is the region that contains the heart, thymus gland, trachea, esophagus and aorta? |
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| What muscle separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal-pelvic cavity? |
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| What is another name for the abdominal-pelvic cavity? |
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| What cavity contains the stomach, liver and spleen? |
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| What cavity contains the urinary bladder and reproductive organs of the female? |
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| What membrane is found immediately on the lungs? |
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| What membrane lines the cavity that houses the lungs? |
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| What membrane is immediately on the heart? |
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| What membrane lines the cavity that houses the heart? |
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| What membrane is immediately on the liver, stomach and bladder? |
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| What membrane lines the cavity that houses the liver, stomach and bladder? |
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| What part of the body contains the head, neck and trunk? |
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| What part of the body contains the arms and the legs? |
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| In which part of the body are the visceral organs found? |
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| In which part of the body are all the body cavities found? |
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