ANAPHY FIRST LESSONS REVIEWER Flashcards

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Is the study of the structure and shape of the body and its part and their relationship to one another.

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Anatomy

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Is the study of how the body and its part work or function.

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Physiology

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Tiny building blocks of matter, combine to form molecules such as water, sugar, and proteins. Molecules, in turn, associate in specific ways to form microscopic cells.

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Atoms

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4
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Smallest units of all living things.

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Cells

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5
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Consists of groups of similar cells that have a common function.

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Tissues

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Is a structure composed of two or more tissue types that performs a specific function for the body

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organ

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7
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is a group of organs that work together to accomplish a common purpose

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organ system

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8
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represents the highest level of structural organization

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organisms

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9
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is the external covering of the body, or the skin, including the hair and fingernails. It waterproofs the body and cushions and protects the deeper tissues from injury.

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Integumentary system

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10
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Consists of bones, cartilages, and joints. it supports the body and provides framework that the skeletal muscles use to cause movement.

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Skeletal system

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It only have one function- to contract, or shorten.

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Muscular system

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is the body’s fast-acting control system. It consists of the

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Nervous system

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13
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Controls the bodies activities, but it acts much more slowly. Produces chemical molecules called hormones and release them into the blood to travel to distant target organs.

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Endocrine system

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Delivers oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and other substances to, and picks up wastes such as carbon dioxide from cells near sites of exchange

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Cardiovascular system

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15
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Is to keep the body supplied with oxygen and to remove carbon dioxide.

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Respiratory system

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16
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Is to break down food and deliver resulting nutrients to the blood for dispersal oto body cells

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Digestive system

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Removes the nitrogen-containing wastes from the blood and flushes them from the body in urine

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Urinary system

18
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Their role is to produce offspring

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Reproductive system

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Includes all the activities promoted by the muscular system, such as propelling ourselves from one place to another and manipulating the external environment with our fingers

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Movement

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Is the ability to sense changes in the environment and then to react to them

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Responsiveness or irritability

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Is the process of breaking down indigested food into dimple molecules that can then be absorbed into the blood

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Digestion

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Refers to all chemical reactions that occur within the body and all of its cell

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Metabolism

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process of removing excreta, or wastes, from the body.

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Excretion

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The production of offspring, can occur on the cellular or organismal level.

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Reproduction

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Can be an increase in cell size or an increase in body size that is usually accomplished by an increase in the number of cells

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Growth

26
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Which the body takes in through food, contain the chemicals used for energy and cell building

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Nutrients