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| What 4 catagories does the structure of the body fall into? order in the least to most complex. |
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cells
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basic unit of all living things
The human body is composed of trillians of cells, which vary in size shape according to function |
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| forms the boundary of the cell |
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| gel-like fluid inside of the cell |
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| largest structure within the cell, usually sphyrical and centrally located. It contains chromosomes for cellular reproduction and is the control center of the cell |
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| located in the nucleus of the cell. There are 46 chromosomes in all normal human cells, with the exception of mature sex cells which have 23 |
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| regions within the chromosome. Each chromosome has several thousand genes that determine hereditary characteristics. |
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| comprises each gene; is a chemical that regulates the activities of the cell |
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| a group of cells that performs a specific task |
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| composed of cells that have a special ability to contract, usually producing movement |
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| found in the nerves, spinal cord, and brain. It is responsible for coordinating and controlling body activities |
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| connects, supports, penetrates, and encases various body structures. Adipose, osseous tissues, and blood are types of connective tissue |
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| the major covering of the external suface of the body. forms membranes that line body cavities and organs and is the major tissue in glands |
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| two or more kinds of tissues that together perform special body functions. For example, the skin is an organ composed of epithelial, connective, muscle, and nerve tissue |
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| group of organs that work together to perform complex body functions. For example, the cardiovascular system consists of the heart, blood vessals, and blood. Its function is to transport nutrients and oxygen to the cells and remove carbon dioxide and other waste products |
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| What are the five cavities in the body? |
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| cranial, thoracic, spinal, abdominal, pelvic |
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| space inside the skull that contains teh brain |
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| space inside the spinal column that contains the spinal chord |
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| space containing the heart, aorta, lungs, esophagus, trachea, and bronchi |
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| space containing the stomach, intestines, kidneys, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, and ureters |
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| space containing the urinary bladder, certain reproductive organs, parts of the large intestine, and the rectum |
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| contains the pelvic and abdominal cavities |
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| thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic |
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| a disease characterized by the unregulated, abnormal growth of cells |
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| physician, medicine, also means treatment |
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| below, incomplete, deficient |
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| producing, originating, causing |
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| one who studies and treats (specialist, physician) |
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| abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots) |
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| condition of formation, development, and growth |
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| growth, substance, formation |
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| cancerous tumor of glandular tissue |
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| tumor composed of glandular tissue |
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| cancerous tumor (malignant) |
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| tumor composed of epithelium |
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| tumor composed of fiber(fibrous tissue) |
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| malignant tumor composed of fiber |
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| tumor composed of smooth muscle |
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| malignant tumor composed of smooth muscle |
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| cnacerous black tumore (malignant) |
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| black tumor (primarily of skin) |
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| tumor composed of muscle (benign) |
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| new growth (of abnormal tissue or rumor) |
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| tumor composed of nerve (benign) |
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| tumor composed of striated muscle (benign) |
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| malignant tumor of striated muscle |
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| tumor of connective tissue (such as bone or cartilage) (highly malignant) |
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| increase in the number of red blood cells |
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| excessive development (number of cells) |
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| incomplete development (of an organ or tissue) |
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| increase in the number of white (blood) cells |
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| originating in the body (organic as opposed to psychologic) |
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| pertaining to a (body) system (or the body as a whole) |
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| pertaining to the internal organs |
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| substance that causes cancer |
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| abnormal condition of blue (bluish discoloratino of the skin caused by inadequate supply of oxygen in the blood) |
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| state of complete knowledge (identifying a disease) |
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| study of causes (of diseases) |
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| produced by a physician (the unexpected results from a treatment prescribed by a physician) |
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| beyound control (transfer of disease from one organ to another, as in the transfer of malignant tumors) |
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| a physicina who studies and treats tumors |
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| study of tumors (a branch of medicine concerned with the study of malignant tumors) |
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| a physician who studies diseases (examines biopsies and performs autopsies to determine the cause of disease or death) |
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| study of disease (a branch of medicine dealing with the study of the causes of disease and death) |
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| state of before knowledge (prediction of the outcome of disease) |
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| pertaining to yellow color |
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| abnormal condition of yellow (discoloration) |
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| not malignant, nonrecurrent, favorable for recovery |
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| cancer in the early stange before invading surrounding tissue |
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| treatment of cancer with drugs |
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| enclosed in a capsule, as with benign tumors |
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| increase in severity of a disease or its symptoms |
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| pertaining to disease of unknown origin |
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| response to injury or destruction of tissue characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain |
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| within a glass, observable withing a testube |
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| tending to become progressively worse and to cause death, as in cancer |
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radiation therapy (XRT)
What else is this called? |
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| treatment of cancer with a radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation (also called radiation oncology and radio therapy |
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| improvement or absence of signs of disease |
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