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Mod a week 3 vocab
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Medical
Post-Graduate
05/08/2018

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Anatomical position
Definition
body is standing upright and facing forward and your arms are at your sides with the palm of your hands facing forward
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Anatomy
Definition
- the study of blood structure
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Chromosome
Definition
- threadlike structures made up of DNA
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Cytokinesis
Definition
the splitting of cytoplasm
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Electrolytes
Definition
when put into water some substances release ions which are either positively or negatively charged particles.
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Gene
Definition
a segment of DNA that determines a body trait.
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Metabolism
Definition
the overall chemical functioning of the body .
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Mitosis
Definition
a process that involves splitting the nucleus
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Organ system
Definition
two or more tissue type combine to form organs and organs arrange to form this.
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Physiology
Definition
the term for the study of the function of the body’s organs .
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Apocrine gland
Definition
- produce a thicker layer type of sweat that contains more proteins than the type of sweat produced by eccrine sweat glands .
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Arrector pili
Definition
muscles are attached to most hair follicles, these muscles pull on hair follicles and cause hairs to stand erect .
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Dermis
Definition
lies below the epidermis and is the most complex skin layer.
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Epidermis
Definition
the skin is a complex organ that consists of three layers, the epidermis is the top Layer.
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Follicle
Definition
tube like depressions in the skin dermis
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Keratinocyte
Definition
the most common cell type in the epidermis
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Sebaceous
Definition
the skins accessory organs include hair follicles, sebaceous (oil) glands.
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Subcutaneous
Definition
- largely made of adipose and loose connective tissue.
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Sudoriferous
Definition
are the most numerous sweat glands. They produce a watery type of sweat and are activated primarily by heat.
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