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| BASIC STRUCTURE OF CELL INCLUDES THREE PARTS |
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| CELL MEMBRANE, NUCLEUS, CYTOPLASM |
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| OUTER COVERING OF THE CELL |
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| CENTRAL PORTION OF CELL. DIRECTS CELLS ACTIVITIES AND CONTAIN CHROMOSOMES |
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| BEARER OF GENES-those elements that control inherited traits such as eye color, height, inherited diseases, gender and so on. |
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| SURROUNDS THE NUCLEUS. CONTAINS THE MATERIAL TO INSTRUCT CELLS TO PERFORM DIFFERENT ESSENTIAL TASKS SUCH AS REPRODUCTION AND MOVEMENT |
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| GROUP OF CELLS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO PERFORM THE SAME TASK. THE BODY HAS FOUR TYPES OF TISSUES |
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| HOLDS AND CONNECTS BODY PARTS TOGETHER. EX: BONES, LIGAMENTS, AND TENDONS |
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| COVERS THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL BODY SURFACES. SKIN AND LININGS OF INTERNAL ORGANS (SUCH AS THE INTESTINES) ARE EPITHELIAL TISSUE. |
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| EXPANDS AND CONTRACTS ALLOWING THE BODY TO MOVE. |
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| CARRIES MESSAGES TO AND FROM THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD TO AND FROM ALL PARTS OF THE BODY. |
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| GROUPS OF ORGANS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO PERFORM ONE OF THE BODY'S MAJOR FUNCTIONS FORM A SYSTEM. |
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| CONSISTS OF THE SKIN AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES DERIVED FROM IT-HAIR, NAILS, SWEAT GLANDS AND OIL GLANDS. |
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| SUPPORTS THE BODY, PROTECTS ORGANS, AND PROVIDES BODY MOVEMENT. IT INCLUDES MUSCLES, BONES AND CARTILAGE. |
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| INCLUDES THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS, WHICH PUMP AND TRANSPORT BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODY. BLOOD CARRIES NUTRIENTS TO AND REMOVES WASTE FROM THE TISSUES. |
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| INCLUDES THE LUNGS AND THE AIRWAYS. THIS SYSTEM PERFORMS RESPIRATION. |
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| CONSISTS OF THE BRAIN, SPINAL CORD, AND PERIPHERAL NERVES. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATES THE MOST BODY ACTIVITIES AND SENDS AND RECEIVES MESSAGES FROM THE SENSORY ORGANS. |
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| INCLUDES THE KIDNEYS, URETERS, BLADDER AND URETHRA. IT ELIMINATES METABOLIC WASTE, HELPS TO MAINTAIN ACID-BASE AND WATER-SALT BALANCES, AND HELPS REGULATE BLOOD PRESSURE. |
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| CONTROLS REPRODUCTION AND HEREDITY. THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM INCLUDES THE OVARIES, VAGINA, UTERINE (FALOPIAN) TUBES, UTERUS, AND MAMMARY GLANDS. THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM INCLDES THE TESTES, PENIS, PROSTRATE GLAND, VAS DEFERENS, AND THE SEMINAL VESICLES. |
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| INCLUDES THE BLOOD AND ALL ITS COMPONENTS |
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| LYMPHATIC AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS |
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| INCLUDES THE LYMPH, THE GLANDS OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, LYMPHATIC VESSELS, AND THE NONSPECIFIC AND SPECIFIC DEFENSES OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. |
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| INCLUDES ALL THE ORGANS OF DIGESTION AND EXCRETION OF WASTE |
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| INCLUDES THE GLANDS THAT SECRETE HORMONES FOR REGULATION OF MANY OF THE BODY'S ACIVITIES. |
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| COVERS THE EYES AND EARS AND THOSE PARTS OF OTHER SYSTEMS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE REACTIONS OF THE FIVE SENSES. |
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| TWO MAIN CAVITIES OF THE BODY |
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| BACK SIDE OF THE BODY DIVIDED INTO CRANIAL CAVITY AND SPINAL CAVITY |
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| CONTAINS THORACIC CAVITY, ABDOMINAL CAVITY (DIVIDED BY THE DIAPHRAGM MUSCLES)AND THE PELVIC CAVITY |
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| HOLDS THE HEART, LUNGS AND MAJOR BLOOD VESSELS |
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| HOLDS THE ORGANS OF THE DIGESTIVE AND URINARY SYSTEMS |
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| CONTAINS THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS |
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| AT OR TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE BODY |
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| IMAGINARY LINE THAT DIVIDES THE BODY INTO ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR POSITIONS |
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| IMAGINARY LINE THAT INTERSECTS THE BODY HORIZONTALLY |
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| AWAY FROM THE SURFACE (OF THE BODY) |
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| AWAY FROM THE POINT OF ATACHMENT TO THE TRUNK |
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| AT OR TOWARD THE BACK OF THE BODY |
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| AREA OF THE BODY IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE STOMACH |
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| IMAGINARY LINE THAT DIVIDES THE BODY INTO ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR POSITIONS |
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| LEFT AND RIGHT REGIONS OF THE BODY JUST BELOW THE CARTILAGE OF THE RIBS AND IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE ABDOMEN |
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| AREA OF THE BODY JUST BELOW THE UMBILICAL REGION |
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| LEFT AND RIGHT REGIONS OF THE BODY NEAR THE UPPER PORTION OF THE HIP BONE. |
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| BELOW ANOTHER BODY STRUCTURE |
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| LEFT AND RIGHT REGIONS OF THE BODY NEAR THE UPPER PORTION OF THE HIP BONE |
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| IMAGINARY LINE THAT DIVIDES THE BODY PERPENDICULARLY TO THE MEDIAL PLANE |
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| LEFT LOWER QUADRANT (LLQ) |
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| QUANDRANT ON THE LOWER LEFT ANTERIOR SIDE OF THE PATIENT'S BODY. |
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| LEFT UPPER QUADRANT (LUQ) |
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| QUADRANT ON THE UPPER LEFT ANTERIOR SIDE OF THE PATIENT'S BODY |
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| LEFT AND RIGHT REGIONS OF THE BODY NEAR THE ABDOMEN |
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| AT OR NEAR THE MIDDLE (OF THE BODY) |
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| IMAGINARY LINE THAT DIVIDES THE BODY INTO EQUAL LEFT AND RIGHT HALVES. |
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| AT OR TOWARD THE BACK SIDE (OF THE BODY) |
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| LYING ON THE STOMACH WITH THE FACE DOWN. |
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| AT OR NEAR THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT TO THE TRUNK |
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| RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT (RLQ) |
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| QUADRANT ON THE LWER RIGHT ANTERIOR SIDE OF THE PATIENT'S BODY |
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| RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT (RUQ) |
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| QUADRANT ON THE UPPER RIGHT ANTERIOR SIDE OF THE PATIENT'S BODY |
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| IMAGINARY LINE THAT DIVIDES THE BODY INTO RIGHT AND LEFT PORTIONS |
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| AT OR NEAR THE SURFACE (OF THE BODY) |
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| ABOVE ANOTHER BODY STRUCTURE |
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| LYING ON THE SPINE FACING UPWARD |
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| IMAGINARY LINE THAT INTERSECTS THE BODY HORIZONTALLY |
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| AREA OF THE BODY SURROUNDING THE UMBILICUS. |
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| AT OR TOWARD THE FRONT (OF THE BODY) |
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