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| Study of the bodies function |
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| Study of the body's diseases |
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| Body systems are grouped according to... |
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| Body's system for Protection |
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| Integumentary (in-teg-u-MEN-tar-e)system: The skin and associated structures including hair, nails, sweat glands and oil glands |
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| Body's system for Support |
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| Skeletal system: The skeleton |
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| Body's system for Movement |
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| Muscular System: skeletal muscles for movement, smooth muscle for organs, and cardiac muscles for heart. |
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| Body's system for Coordination |
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| Nervous System: Brain spinal cord, nerves, ears, eyes, taste buds, and organs of smell, receptors of pain and touch. |
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| Body's system of Control, |
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| Endocrine System: thyroid, pituitary and adrenal glands release hormones that regulate growth, nutrition utilization, and reproduction |
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| Body's system of Circulation |
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| Cardiovascular System: Heart and blood vessels |
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| Body's system of Immunity |
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| Lymphatic System: Assists in circulation by returning fluids from the tissues to the blood. Such as... Tonsils, thymus gland, and spleen. |
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| Body's system of Energy Supply |
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| Respiratory System: The lungs, including the passage way to and from. Gas Exchange. |
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| Body's system for Energy Supply and Fluid Balance |
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| Digestive system: Mouth esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. |
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| Body's system for Fluid Balance |
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| The Urinary System: Ridding the body of excess water and cell waste. Made up of the Kidneys, ureters, bladder and the urethra. |
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| Body's system for Production of Offspring |
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| The Reproductive System: External sex organs and all related internal structures. |
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| Life sustaining reactions that occur within the body systems |
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1) Catabolism
2) Anabolism |
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| Complex structures that are broken down into simpler compounds. "Breaking down" |
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Simple compound that are used to manufacture materials needed for growth
"Building up" |
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Adenosine tri-phosphate (ah-DEN-o-sene tri-phosphate)
Energy obtained from the breakdown of nutrients. |
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| Balance, staying nutural, the same. |
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| All the body's fluids outside the cells. Such as plasma and lymph. |
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| Fluid contained within the cells. |
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| Main method for maintaining homeostasis. A control system based on information returning to a source. |
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| Standing upright with face front arms at the sides with palms forward and feet parallel. |
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| Above or in a higher position |
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| Below or in a lower position |
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| Example of Superior and Inferior |
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| The heart is superior to the intestine. |
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| Location toward the belly surface or front of the body. |
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| Locations closer to the back |
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| Means Nearer to an imaginary [lane that passes through the middle of the body that divides it into left and right portions |
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| Means farther away from the midline towards the side. |
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| Means nearer to the origin of a structure or given reference point |
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| Means further away from the origin of a structure or a given reference point |
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| Frontal Plane (Coronal Plane) |
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| An imaginary line that divides the body into two portions; front and back |
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| Sagittal Plane (Midsagittal Plane) |
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| An imaginary line that divides the body into two portions; Left and Right |
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| Transverse Plane (Horizontal Plane) |
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| An imaginary line that divides the body into two portions the upper (superior) and lower (inferior). |
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| The cranial cavity and the spinal cavity |
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| Ventral Cavity houses.... |
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| The thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity. |
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| Is superior to the diaphragm and contains the heart, lungs, and the large blood vessels that join the heart. |
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| The space between the lungs, including the orangs and vessels contained in that space |
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| Is inferior to the diaphragm and contains the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity |
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| Superior portion of the abdominalpelvic cavity and contains the stomach, mot of the intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen. |
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| Is the inferior portion of the abdominopelvic cavity starting at the hips and contains the bladder, rectum, and internal parts of the reproductive system. |
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| Divisions the the Abdomen |
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Epigastric Region
Umbilical Region
Hypogastric Region
Left and Right Hypochondriac Region
Left and Right Lumbar Region
Left and right Iliac/inguinal region |
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| Located just inferior to the breast bone |
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| the most inferior of all the midline regions right above the pelvic area |
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| Left and right Hypochondriac regions |
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| just inferior to the ribs. (Lower parts of the left and right ribs) on either side of the Epigastric region |
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| Left and right Lumbar regions |
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| Left and right side of the abdomen on either side of the umbilical region |
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| Left and right iliac / Inguinal region |
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| the the left and the right of the hypogastric region |
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