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101 Final Flashcards

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Action potential

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Transient polarization event that includes polarity reversal of sarcolemma (nerve cell membrane)

The start of an electrical current

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Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen

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Elements the human body makes up 96%

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Anterior chamber of eye

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Between cornea and iris

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Blind spot of eye

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Region where the retina connects to optic nerve whee there are no rods or cones to receive images–optic disk

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Connective tissue

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Blood is the tissue

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Cartilage tissue

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Tough elastic material found between bones of spine and ends of long bones

Shock absorber and allows for flexibility

Found in nose, ear, larynx

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Causes of conduction deafness

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Ear infection
Allergies
Hole in eardrum
Earwax
Swimmers ear
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Characteristics of irregular bone

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Complicated shapes for protection

Vertebrae protects spine

Hip bones protect internal organs

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Characteristics of neuron

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Body (soma), axon, dendrites

Long lived, amniotic, high metabolic rate

Use highest amount of energy in the body

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Characteristics of plasma membrane PPLC

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Fine layers of phospholipids

Protein, lipids, carbohydrates

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Characteristics of reticular fibers

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Branched collagenous fibers that form delicate networks

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Characteristics of spongy bone

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Honeycomb of trabeculae filled with yellow bone marrow

Yellow marrow is made of adipose tissue and is in long bones

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Characteristics of trabecular bone

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Filled with yellow marrow

Same as spongy bone

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Glycogen

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CHO stores in liver in this form

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Circumvallate papillae

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Any of usual 8-12 large papillae near back of the tongue

Provide a final safe guard against something harmful or unhealthy

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Conjunctivitis

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Pink eye

Contagious inflammation of conjunctiva and is usually caused by bacteria or virus

Redness, swelling, pain, pus

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Sarcomere

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Contractile unit of skeletal muscles

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Cornea

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Circular and transparent in front of cornea

Allows light rays into the eye

First place where light is bent and refracted

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Astrocytes

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Most abundant glial cell

Cling to neurons and their synaptic endings

Cover capillaries

Support neurons, anchor them

Control chemical environment

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Bursae

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Flattened shapes

Sacs lines with synovial membranes and containing synovial fluid

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Ependymal cells

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Thin membrane of glial cells lining the ventricles of brain and central canal of spinal cord

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Fontanelle

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Soft spot, allow cranium to expand

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Foramina

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Round opening in bone

Passageway for blood vessels, nerves, and other things

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Ganglia

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Parasympathetic cell bodies

Surround cell bodies

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Ligaments

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Connective tissue band

Help hold long bones together at a joint

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Menisci

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Crescent shaped fibrocartilage acting as a cushion

All synovial joints

Part of knee

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Mitosis

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Split cell and make another

Cell division

Division of nucleus

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Monosaccharides

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Simple sugar

Carbohydrate that cannot be decomposed by hydrolysis

Two main types are aldosesand and ketoses

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What does it mean to be simple cuboidal

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Cube-shaped single layer

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Simple squamous

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Single layer, flat irregular

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Simple columnar

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One layer, column shaped

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Where do you find simple cuboidal tissue/cells

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Digestive system and duct system

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Where do you find simple squamous

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Lines capillaries, serous membranes, blood vessels

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What is the function of collagen

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Tensile strength

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What’s the function of elastic tissue

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Stretch

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What is the function of reticular tissue

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Gives support

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What is the function of muscular tissue

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Movement

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What makes up/components of connective tissue

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Fibers, cells, ground substance

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How do you know that tissue is damaged

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Inflammation

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Three types of skeletal cartilage

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Hyaline (most abundant), fibrocartilage, elastic cartilage

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What is the structural unit of a compact bone

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Haversian system or osteon

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If you had to pick a bone tissue to withstand tension, what bone tissue would you pick?

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Compact

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Rheumatoid arthritis (what’s different from other arthritis)

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Caused by genetics, autoimmune disease (body cannot protect itself)

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Osteoarthritis

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General wear and tear of a joint

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Gouty arthritis

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Uric acid build up

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Where do cranial bones develop from

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Within fibrous connective tissue membranes

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Differentiate between epiphyseal line and epiphyseal plate

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The line forms after the plate closes

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Which hormone influences bone development

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Growth hormone

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48
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Thyroid hormone controls what

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BMI

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What parts do you find in the synovial joints

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Articular cartilage, articular capsules, synovial membrane, synovial fluid

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Where is the bursa found

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Between joints, acts as a cushion

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Where do you find the tendon sheath

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Around the tendon, outside the joint, reduce friction

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What is the function in the joint of synovial fluid

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Lubricates the joint

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What is the function of articular cartilage

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Prevents friction

54
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Wheee is articular cartilage found

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End of bones

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What are the functions of the skeletal system

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Protect, support, mineral storage, blood cell production,

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Where are osteocytes found

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What are osteocytes

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Mature bone cells

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What are osteoblasts

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Make up bone matrix

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Osteoclasts

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Tears down bone matrix

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What are chondrocytes

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Produce cartilage

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What is the bursa

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Sac-like structure

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What is a meniscus

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Fibrocartilage disk

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What is a ligament

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Made out of fibrous tissue, connects bone to bone or bone to muscle

Main component is collagen

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What are tendons

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Connects muscle to muscle, muscle to bone

Function is to provide strength and tension to the joint

Strong fibrous connective tissue

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What is a flagellum

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Propels like a flipper, whip like motion

66
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Tiniest cell in human body

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Flagellum is found

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Only on the sperm

68
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What do you find in the thoracic cavity

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Heart, lungs, pleura membrane, great vessels, diaphragm

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What do find in cranial cavity

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What do you find in the dorsal cavity

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Brain and spinal cord

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What is found in the ventral cavity

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Thoracic, abdominal, pelvic

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What is negative feedback

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Tries to return to homeostasis, different from positive because it stops and shuts down

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What is positive feedback

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Fills it up, responds and returns, gets bigger and bigger

Contractions, blood clot

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How to define survival needs

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Goal of life is to survive

75
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What does it mean by imbalance in homeostasis

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Human body from simplest to complex

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organelles, cells, tissue, organ, organ system, organisms

77
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Strongest bonds in human body

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What are the weakest bonds

79
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What does it mean to synthesize

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Production or making of something

80
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What is the longest chain of simple sugar

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Polysaccharides

81
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What is the most common element

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Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen (make up 96%)

82
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What is the most abundant substance in the body

83
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What is another name for table sugar

84
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Sucrose

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Disaccharide

85
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What is an ionic compound

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One is positive, one is negative, form electrolytes, held together by an electrical current

86
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What is the pH scale

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Measures acidity, pH of 9 you are basic, pH of 3 you are acidic

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What is an ion

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Positive or negatively charged substances

88
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What is the most common positive ion outside the cell

89
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Solution

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Mixture dissolved

90
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Suspension

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Heavier substance sinks

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What is a colloidal solution

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Like opaque, think you can see through it

Example is plasma

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What is an example of a suspension in the body

93
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What is cytosol

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Fluid found in cells

94
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What kind of solution is cytosol

95
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What is diffusion

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Movement across the membrane, goes from natural gradient from high to low

No energy (capillaries)

96
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What is osmosis

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Diffusion of water (kidney)

97
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What is active transport

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Energy needed, have to have a carrier

98
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What is phagocytosis

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The cell engulfs particles that are bad (white blood cells)

99
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Three types of cell junctions

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Tight junctions (keep everything in and out)

Desmosomes (anchor)

Communication junction (gap junctions)

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Meiosis

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Division of DNA matter to half

101
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Mitosis

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Copies everything to get two identical daughter cells

102
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Make up of the plasma membranes

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Two layers, proteins and lipids, little carbohydrates

Sign is phospholipids

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What is a fixator

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Stabilizer while one part of the body moves

104
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Synergistic

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Worlds together with another muscle

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Antogonist

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Works against muscles

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Agonist muscle

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Works to produce a specific movement

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Perimysium

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Connective tissue surrounding a fascicle

108
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What is endomysium

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Covers each muscle fiber

109
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Membrane of each muscle fiber

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Sarcolemma

110
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What is a myofibril

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Made up of myofilaments (actin and myosin)

111
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What is the functional unit of a skeletal muscle

112
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What are the thin filaments in a muscle

113
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What are the thick filaments

114
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What is the most common waste product found in the skeletal muscles

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Lactic acid

115
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What happens if you stretch a muscle where thick and thin are not overlapping

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Lose all tension, none generated

116
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Role of acetylcholine

117
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Rule of nines

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Measurement of how burnt a patient is

118
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Divisions of ANS

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Sympathetic and parasympathetic

119
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Function of primary somatosensory cortex

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Exhibits spacial discrimination

120
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Function of somatosensory association cortex

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Integrates sensory information, forms comprehensive understanding of a stimulus

Determines size, texture

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Function of prefrontal cortex

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Intellect, cognition, recall, personality

122
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Location of gustatory

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Somatosensory association cortex

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Function of thalamus

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Relay center, motor activities, memory, learning

124
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Function of hypothalamus

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Regulates blood pressure, heart rate

125
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Pyruvic acid is converted to

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