Anatomy & Medical Terminology

Question 1

The study of human body structures

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Anatomy

Question 2

Nature

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Physiology

Question 3

The smallest unit of living structure capable of independent existence

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Cells

Question 4

Groups of similar cells and the intercellular substances that surround them

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Tissues

Question 5

A consistent and complex whole made up of correlated and semi independent parts

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Body systems

Question 6

White blood cell, granular with pale-staining nucleus; hormone producing cell

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Basophil

Question 7

White blood cell, coarse, granular of uniform size; part of the immune system process

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Eosinophil

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Red blood cell, contains hemoglobin, carries oxygen; one of the most common types of blood cells

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Erythrocyte

Question 9

White blood cell which contains B & T cells; important in the immune system; produces antibody

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Lymphocyte

Question 10

Single nucleus white blood cell; helps other white blood cells remove dead or dangerous tissues

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Monocyte

Question 11

Extracellular white blood cell; fights infection

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Neutrophil

Question 12

Irregular shaped, colorless body in blood which is formed in the bone marrow and play a key role in blood clotting

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Platelet/ thrombocyte