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LOM CH. 2
PERTAINING TO THE BODY AS A WHOLE
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04/28/2013

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ANABOLISM
Definition
PROCESS OF BUILDING UP COMPLEX MATERIAL (PROTIENS) FROM SIMPLE MATERIALS.
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CATABOLISM
Definition
PROCESS OF BREAKING DOWN COMPLEX MATERIALS (FOODS) TO FORM SIMPLER SUBSTANCES AND RELEASE ENERGY.
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CELL MEMBRANE
Definition
STUCTURE SURROUNDING AND PROTECTING THE CELL.
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CHROMOSOMES
Definition
ROD-SHAPED STURCTURES IN THE NUCLEUS THAT CONTAIN REGIONS OF DNA CALLED GENES.
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CYTOPLASM
Definition
ALL THE MATERIAL THAT IS OUTSIDE THE NUCLEUS AND YET CONTAINED WITHIN THE CELL MEMBRANE.
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ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
Definition
STRUCTURE (CANALS) WITHIN THE CYTOPLASM.
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GENES
Definition
REGIONS OF DNA WITHIN EACH CHROMOSOME.
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KARYOTYPE
Definition
PICTURE OF CHROMOSOMES IN THE NUCLEUS OF A CELL.
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METABOLISM
Definition
THE TOTAL OF THE CHEMICAL PROCESS IN A CELL.
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MITOCHONDRIA
Definition
STRUCTURES IN THE CYTOPLASM IN WHICH FOODS ARE BURNED TO RELEASE ENERGY.
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NUCLEUS
Definition
CONTROL CENTER OF THE CELL.
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ADIPOSE TISSUE
Definition
COLLECTION OF FAT CELLS.
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CARTILAGE
Definition
FLEXIBLE CONNECTIVE TISSUE ATTACHED TO BONES AT JOINTS.
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EPITHELIAL CELLS
Definition
SKIN CELLS THAT COVER THE EXTERNAL BODY SURFACE AND LINE THE INTERNAL SURFACES OF ORGANS.
Term
HISTOLOGIST
Definition
SPECIALIST IN THE STUDY OF TISSUES.
Term
LARYNX
Definition
VOICE BOX LOCATED AT THE UPPER PART OF THE TRACHEA.
Term
PHARYNX
Definition
THROAT
Term
PITUITARY GLAND
Definition
ENDOCRINE GLAND AT THE BASE OF THE BRAIN.
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THYROID GLAND
Definition
ENDOCRINE GLAND THAT SURROUNDS THE TRACHEA IN THE NECK.
Term
TRACHEA
Definition
WINDPIPE
Term
URETER
Definition
ONE OF TWO TUBES, EACH LEADING FROM A SINGLE KIDNEY TO THE URINARY BLADDER.
Term
URETHRA
Definition
TUBE FROM THE URINARY BLADDER TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY.
Term
UTERUS
Definition
THE WOMB.
Term
VISCERA
Definition
INTERNAL ORGANS.
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ABDOMINAL CAVITY
Definition
SPACE BELOW THE CHEST CONTAINING ORGANS SUCH AS THE LIVER, STOMACH, GALLBLADDER, AND INTESTINES.
Term
CRANIAL CAVITY
Definition
SPACE IN THE HEAD CONTAINING THE BRAIN AND SURROUNDED BY THE SKULL.
Term
DIAPHRAGM
Definition
MUSCLE SEPARATING THE ABDOMINAL AND THORACIC CAVITIES.
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DORSAL (POSTERIOR)
Definition
PERTAINING TO THE BACK.
Term
MEDIASTINUM
Definition
CENTRALLY LOCATED SPACE BETWEEN THE LUNGS.
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PELVC CAVITY
Definition
SPACE BELOW THE ABDOMEN CONTAINING PORTIONS OF THE INTESTINES, RECTUM, URINARY BLADDER, AND REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS.
Term
PERITONEUM
Definition
DOUBLE-LAYERED MEMBRANE SURROUNDING THE ABDOMINAL ORGANS.
Term
PLEURA
Definition
DOUBLE-LAYERED MEMBRANE SURROUNDING EACH LUNG.
Term
PLEURAL CAVITY
Definition
SPACE BETWEEN THE PLEURAL MEMBRANES.
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SPINAL CAVITY
Definition
SPACE WITHIN THE SPINAL COLUMN (BACKBONES) AND CONTAINING THE SPINAL CORD.
Term
THORACIC CAVITY
Definition
SPACE IN THE CHEST CONTAINING THE HEART, LUNGS, BRONCHIAL TUBES, TRACHEA, ESOPHAGUS, AND OTHER ORGANS.
Term
VENTRAL (ANTERIOR)
Definition
PERTAINING TO THE FRONT.
Term
DNA
Definition
CHEMICAL FOUND WITHIN EACH CHORMOSOME.
Term
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Definition
MOUTH, PHARYNX, ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, INTESTINES, LIVER, GALLBLADDER, PANCREAS.
Term
URINARY OR EXCRETORY SYSTEM
Definition
KIDNEYS, URETERS, URINARY BLADDER, URETHRA
Term
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Definition
NOSE, PHARYNX, LARYNX, TRACHEA, BRONCHIAL TUBES, LUNGS.
Term
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Definition

FEMALE: OVARIES, FALLOPISN TUBES, UTERUS, VAGINA, MAMMARY GLANDS.

 

MALES:TESTES & TUBES, URETHRA, PENIS, PROSTATE GLAND.

Term
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
Definition
THYROID GLAND, PITUITARY GLAND, SEX GLANDS, ADRENAL GLANDS, PANCREAS, PARATHYROID GLANDS.
Term
NERVOUS SYSTEM
Definition
BRAIN, SPINAL CORD, NERVES, COLLECTIONS OF NERVES.
Term
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
Definition
HEART, BLOOD VESSELS, LYMPHATIC VESSELS AND NODES, SPLEEN, THYMUS GLAND.
Term
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
Definition
MUSCLES, BONES, AND JOINTS.
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SKIN AND SENSE ORGAN SYSTEM
Definition
SKIN, HAIR, NAILS, SWEAT GLANDS, SEBACEOUS GLANDS, EYE, EAR, NOSE AND TONGUE.
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