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| germ layer. epithelium, digestive tube, lungs, liver, urinary bladder, germ cells. |
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| germ layer. muscles, skeletal and jaw aspects, epithelium. |
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| germ layer. nervous system (brain and spinal cord), periferal nervous system, hair, skin, eyes, epithelium (some) |
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| muscular, nervous, epithelial, connective |
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heart, blood vessels, blood.
Function: transport of blood throughout the body's tissues |
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mouth, salivary glands, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, large and small intestine, pancreas, liver, gallbladder.
function: digestion and absorption of nutrients and water, elimination of wastes |
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all glands or organs secreting hormones: Pancreas, testes, ovaries, hypothalamus, kidneys, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, intestinal, thymus, heart, and pineal, and endocrine cells in other locations.
function: regulation and coordination of many activities in the body, including growth, metabolism, reproduction, blood pressure, electrolyte balance, and others |
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white blood cells, spleen, thymus
function: defense against pathogens |
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skin
function: protection against injury and dehydration, defense against pathogens, regulation of body temperature |
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lymph vessels, lymph nodes
function: collect extracellular fluid for return to circulation, participate in immune defenses |
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cartilage, bone, ligaments, tendons, joints, skeletal muscle.
function: support, protection, and movement of the body, production of the blood cells |
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brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves and ganglia, sense organs.
function: regulation and coordination of many activities in the body, detection of changes in the internal and external environments, states of consciousness, learning and cognition |
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male: testes, penis, and associated ducts and glands
female: ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, mammary glands
function: production of sperm, transfer of sperm to female, production of eggs, provision of a nutritive environment for the developing embryo and fetus, nutrition of the fetus |
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nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs
function: exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen, regulation of hydrogen ion concentration (pH) |
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kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra
function: regulation of plasma composition through controlled excretion of salts, water and organic wastes. |
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| outside the cell (interstitial fluid and plasma) |
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| extracellular fluid surrounding tissue cells (excludes plasma) |
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| the maintenance of certain key physiological variables within narrow limits despite changing conditions |
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| ATP- Atkinson energy charge (homeostatic set point) |
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| mitochondrial (homeostatic set point) |
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| mean arterial pressure (homeostatic set point) |
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| arterial oxygen partial pressure (homeostatic set point) |
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| blood [glucose] (homeostatic set point) |
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| cell membrane potential (homeostatic set point) |
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| -90 to -55mV (depending on cell type) |
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| arterial pH (homeostatic set point) |
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| plasma osmolality (homeostatic set point) |
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| core body temperature (homeostatic set point) |
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