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ANAPHY - Module 1 - 2 Flashcards

1
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Studies the structure of body parts and their relationships to one another

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Anatomy

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2
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Tiny building blocks of matter, combine to form molecules

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Atoms

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3
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Is the external covering of the body, or the skin, including the hair and fingernails

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Integumentary System

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4
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Includes all the activities promoted by the muscular system, such as propelling ourselves from one place to another (by walking,
or swimming)

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Movement

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5
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Is the set of metabolic pathways that construct molecules from smaller units, these reactions figure energy, known also as an endergonic process.

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Anabolism

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6
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Determines the level (set point) at which a variable is to be maintained.

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Control Center

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7
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Is a type of sensor that monitors and responds to changes in the environment.

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Receptor

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8
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Farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk

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Distal

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9
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Plane that can be any angle other than horizontal or vertical.

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Oblique Plane

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10
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Allow medical personnel and anatomists to explain exactly where one body structure is in relation to another

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Directional terms

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11
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Systems act to increase the initial stimulus

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Positive feedback

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12
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Directional term meaning between a more medial and a more lateral structure.
Ex. The collarbone is ________ between the breastbone and the shoulder

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Intermediate

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13
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When the section is made through the body wall or through an organ, it is made along an imaginary line called a

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Plane

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14
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Is a cut along a horizontal plane, dividing the body or organ into superior and inferior parts. It is also called a cross section

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Transverse Section

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15
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The superior thoracic cavity is separated from the rest of the ventral cavity by a dome-shaped muscle, called

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diaphragm

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16
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It extends from the cranial cavity to the end of the spinal cord.

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Spinal Cavity

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17
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A central region called _________ separates the lungs into right and left cavities in the thoracic cavity.

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Mediastinum

18
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Area between hips at base of spine

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Sacral

19
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Lateral part of leg

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Fibular

20
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Anatomical term of anterior knee

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Patellar

21
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Eleven organ systems

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integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system, nervous system, endocrine system, cardiovascular system, lymphatic system, respiratory system, digestive system, urinary system, and reproductive system

22
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3 parts of a generalized, composite cells

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plasma membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus

23
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Substances contributing to body mass that are found outside of the cells

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ECF (extracellular fluid), Cellular secretions, Extracellular matrix (ECM)

24
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  1. One of the Functions of the Plasma Membrane that determines which substances enters or exit the cell
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Selective Permeability

25
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A passive membrane transport that either through a) binding to carrier proteins or through water filled channel proteins.

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Facilitated Diffusion

26
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More dilute than cells, cells plump up or lyse.

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Hypotonic

27
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In which cells come together, touch and recognize one another. Useful in development and immunity

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Contact Signaling

28
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Spherical membranous organelles containing activated hydrolytic enzymes and digests all kinds of biological molecules including invading bacteria and cell debris

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Lysosomes

29
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Tiny, finger-like extensions of the plasma membrane that project from an exposed cell surface. It increase the cell surface and and most often found in absorptive cells in the intestine and kidney

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Microvilli

30
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Projections formed by centrioles but longer. The only flagellated cell is a sperm which has one propulsive flagellum. It propels the cell itself.

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Flagella

31
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Series of changes a cell goes through from the time it is formed until it reproduces

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Cell Cycle

32
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Period from cell formation to cell division

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Interphase

33
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DNA is replicated, ensuring 2 future cells will receive identical copies of the genetic material

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S subphase

34
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Enzymes and other proteins are synthesized, centriole replication is complete

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G2 subphase (Gap 2)

35
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Division of the nucleus, is the series of events that parcels out the replicated DNA of the parent cell to two daughter cells

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Mitosis

36
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2 units form functional ribosomes which are sites of protein synthesis

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Ribosomal RNA

37
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Programmed cell death, rids the body of cells that are programmed to have a limited life span

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Apoptosis

38
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Sheet of cells that covers a body surface or lines a body cavity, a boundary-forming tissue

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Epithelial Tissue

39
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Non-cellular, adhesive sheet consisting of glycoproteins that acts as a selective filter that determines which molecules are allowed to enter the epithelium

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Basal Lamina

40
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Product hormones that enter the blood or lymphatic fluid to specific target organs

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Endocrine

41
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Well-vascularized tissues that are responsible for most type of body movement

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Muscle Tissue

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