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| The structure and form of an animal's body and parts. |
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| The function of the animal's body and parts. |
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| What are the levels of organization, in order? |
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| Cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems. |
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| Cranial (four legged animals) |
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| Caudal (four legged animal) |
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| Ventral (standing animal) |
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| Away from the median plane |
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| Towards the center of the body |
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| (Only on extremities) Proximal |
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| "Back" of the forelimb distal to the carpus |
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| "back" of hindlimb distal to the tarsus |
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| The left and right side of an animals body are mirror images of each other |
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| Name the directional terms of the body |
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| Cranial,caudal, rostral, dorsal, ventral, medial, lateral, internal/deep, superficial/external, proximal, distal, carpus, tarsus, paimar, plantar |
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| Name the two main body cavities |
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| What does the dorsal cavity contain? |
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| The brain and spinal cord or central nervous system. |
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| How many parts are in the dorsal cavity? |
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| Name both parts of the dorsal cavity. |
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| The cranium and the spinal canal |
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| How many parts are in the ventral cavity? |
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| How are these parts divided? |
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| Name the parts of the ventral cavities. |
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| What important organs does the thoracic cavity contain? |
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| The heart, lungs, esophagus, and many of the major blood vessels going to and from the heart |
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| What important organ systems does the abdominal cavity contain? |
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| digestive, urinary, and reproductive organs |
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| There is a thin membrane that covers all the organs and the walls of thoracic cavity. What is it called? |
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| Pluera. Specifically called the parietal layer. |
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| What is the pleural layer referred to in the ventral cavity? |
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| Define transcription on a cellular level. |
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| The transcribed DNA message, or RNA transcript, is used to produce proteins. |
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| 95% of the cells in the epidermis are keratinocytes. These cells are found in the basal layer of the stratified epithelium that comprises the epidermis, and are sometimes referred to as basal cells, or basal keratinocytes. |
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| What are the anatomical planes of reference? |
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| sagittal plane, median plane, transverse plane, dorsalplane |
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| Runs the length of the body and divides it into the left and right parts |
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| Sagittal or median planes |
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| a plane that divides the body into the cranial (head) and caudal (butt) parts. |
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| divides the body into the dorsal and ventral parts. |
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| Name the parts of the cell. |
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| Cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, golgi apparatus, lysosomes, peroxisomes |
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| Name the types of proteins. |
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| antibody, enzyme, messenger, structural component, transport/storage |
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| bind to specific foreign particles, such as viruses and bacteria, to help protect the body. |
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| carry out almost all of the thousands of chemical reactions that take place in cells. They also assist with the formation of new molecules by reading the genetic information stored in DNA. |
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| transmit signals to coordinate biological processes between different cells, tissues, and organs. |
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| These proteins provide structure and support for cells. On a larger scale, they also allow the body to move. |
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| Transport/storage proteins |
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| These proteins bind and carry atoms and small molecules within cells and throughout the body. |
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| Name the two types of Endoplasmic reticulums and the differences between them. |
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Smooth ER: lacks ribosomes on the surface, active in the synthesis and storage of lipids.
Rough ER: has ribosomes on the surface, is involved in the production of proteins |
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| Known as the powerhouse of the cell because it produces 95% of the energy that fuels the cell. |
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| What is the purpose of the arrector pili muscles? |
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| They make the hair stand on end. |
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| What is the order of scientific names for animals? |
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| The first name is the genus, the second is the species. |
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| Describe the prophase of mitosis. |
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| Chromosomes become visible, the nucleolus disappears, the mitotic spindle forms, and the nuclear envelope disappears. Chromosomes become more coiled and can be viewed under a light microscope. |
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| Define the planum nasale. |
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The top of the nose is referred to as the planum nasale;
it’s thick and usually pigmented. The epidermal surface
contains deep grooves. In some species, the planum nasale contains glands. The stratum lucidum and stratum granulosum are missing. |
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| What organs and other cavities does the abdominal cavity contain? |
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The abdominal cavity contains the greater part of the digestive tract, the liver and pancreas, the spleen, the kidneys, and the adrenal glands located above the kidneys.
The abdominal cavity is lined by the peritoneum, a membrane that covers not only the inside wall of the cavity (parietal peritoneum) but also every organ or structure contained in it (visceral peritoneum). |
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| Where are eccrine sweat glands located in cats? |
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| eccrine glands only in foot pads and snout |
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