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| Refers to the surface landmakrs of the body. |
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| Fundamental, structural, and functional unit of living organism. |
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| Cell nucleus. A spheroid body within a cell, consisting of a thin nuclear membrane and genes or chromosomes/ |
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| Thread-like structures in the cell nucleus that control growth, repair, and reproduction in the body. |
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| The protoplasm of a cell exclusive of that of the nucleus (nucleoplasm). |
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| A thin layer of tissue, servicing as the wall of a cell. Selectively allows substances to pass in and out of the cell. |
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| A group of similarly specialized cells that together perform certain special functions. |
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| The skin and lining surfaces that protect, absorb, and excrete. |
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| The fibrous tissues of the body. Bones, tendons, etc. |
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| Tissue that contracts. Strated, cardiac, and smooth muscle. |
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| A collection of nerve fibers that conduct impulses that control and coordinate body activities. |
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| Tissues arranged together to perform a specific function. |
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| A set of body organs that work together for a common purpose. |
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| Skin serves as the external covering of the body. |
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Skeleton and muscles.
Include the 206 bones, joints, cartilage, ligaments, and all of the muscle of the body. |
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Heart and blood vessels.
Blood pumped and circulated through the body. |
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A long tube commonly called the GI tract.
Mouth, esophagus, stomach ad intestines.
Accessory organs include pancrease, liver gallbladder and salivary glands. |
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| Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs. |
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Reproductive and urinary organs. Also called GU or UG.
Urinary = kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra.
Reproductive organs = gonads and various external genitalia and internal organs. |
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| Glands and other structures that make hormones and release them directly into the circulatory system. |
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Brain and spinal cord = CNS
12 pairs of cranial nerves and 31 pairs of spinal nerves = ANS/PNS |
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| Pulsate, quiver, throb, trmble |
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Bladder of sac.
Urinary bladder. |
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9 quadrants of the abdomen
(Starting from top anatomical right, list the regions from top to to bottom, and right to left). |
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-right hypochondriac
-right lumbar
-right inguinal
-Epigastric
-umbilical
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-left hypochondriac
-left lumbar
-left inguinal |
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| Hallow spaces containing body organs. |
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The cavity beneath the thoracic cavity, which is separated from that cavity by the diphragm.
Contains liver, gallbladder, spleen, stomach, pancreas, intestines, and kidneys. |
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The lower front cavity of the body located beneath the abdominal cavity.
Contains the urinary bladder and reproductive organs. |
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| The thoracic cavity containing the lungs, trachea, esophagus, and thymus glands. |
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| The chest cavity, which contains the lungs, heart, aorta, esophagus, and trachea. |
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| The mass of tissues and organs separating the sternum in front and the vertebral column behind, containing the heart and its large vessels. |
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| The space containing the stomach, intestiness, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, reproductive organs, and urinary bladder. |
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| Thoracic cavity, abdominal cavity, pelvic cavity. |
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| Cranial cavity, spinal cavity, vertebral column. |
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| Space enclosed by skull bones, containing the brain. |
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| Cavity containing the spinal cord. |
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| Dome-shaped muscle separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities. |
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Imaginary flat surfaces that divide.
Frontal plane, sagittal plane, transverse plane. |
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| A sagittal plane divides the body into right and left portions. |
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| A plane that vertically divides the body, or some part of it, into equal RIGHT and LEFT portions (medial) |
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| Also called the frontal plane. A plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior sections (front and back). |
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| Also called coronal plane. Divides body into anterior and posterior sections. |
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| A plane that divides the body into superior and inferior sections (top and bottom). |
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| Sum of thebody's physical and chemical processes that convert food into elements for body growth, energy, building body parts (anabolism), and degrading body substances for recycling and excretion (catabolism). |
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| The building of body parts. Part of metabolism |
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| The degrading of body substances for recycling or excretion. Related to metabolism. |
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A steady state.
The tendency of stability in the normal physiologic systems of the organism to maintain a balance optimal for survival.
Example: body temperature, normal cell division rate. |
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| Structure that surrounds the nail, Refers to the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail., |
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| Infection of the nail. Inflammation of the epidermis bordering a fingernail or toenail. |
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