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| Firmness of purpose; resoluteness. |
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| the process in which the structure and function of the parts of an organism change to enable specialization of those parts |
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| a group of similar cells that perform a common function |
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| a collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body |
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| a group of organs that work together to perform body functions |
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| the maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing environment; a constant internal state that is maintained in a changing environment by continually making adjustments to the internal and external environment |
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| the return of information about a system or process that may effect a change in the system or process; the information that is returned |
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| a control system counteracts any change in the body that moves conditions above or below a set point |
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| a control center uses information from sensors to increase the rate of change away from the set points |
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| the bones, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons whose primary function is to support and protect the body and to allow the body to move |
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| the bones of the arms and legs |
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| the bones of the skull and vertebral column |
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| one of the 33 bones in the spinal column (backbone) |
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| a flexible and strong connective tissue |
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| a place where two or more bones meet |
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| a type of tissue that holds together the bones in a joint |
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| The process of creating hard bone by combining collagen and calcium phosphate |
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| a collection of muscles whose primary function is movement and flexibility |
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| a multinucleate muscle cell, especially of skeletal or cardiac muscle tissue |
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| a voluntary muscle that is attached to the bones and that moves parts of the body |
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| a tough connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone or to another body part |
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| the elongated muscle that is not under voluntary control and that is found in the digestive tract, blood vessels, glands, and hair follicles, but not in the heart |
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| the type of involuntary muscle found in the heart |
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| a fiber that is found in striated muscle cells and that is responsible for muscle contraction |
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| the basic unit of contraction in skeletal and cardiac muscle |
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| a protein responsible for the contraction and relaxation of muscle |
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| the most abundant protein in muscle tissue and the main constituent of the thick filaments of muscle fibers |
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