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1
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Anatomy

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Form of body. How it’s built

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Physiology

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Functions. How they work

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Physiology depends on

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Structure

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What do anatomists do?

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See how the body is built.
Observation and dissection

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Physiologists

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See how they work through experiments

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More common to find _____ discoveries

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Physiological discoveries

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Organelles

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Aggregates of macromolecules.
Organs of cells.
Do something

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Cells

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Basic units of structure and function for living things

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Tissues

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Group of cells that work together

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Organs

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Group of tissues that do something

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Organ systems

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Groups of organs that do things together. Digestive is an example

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Organism

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Group of organ systems that work together

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10 Characteristics of life

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Movement
Responsiveness
Growth
Reproduction
Respiration
Digestion
Absorption
Circulation
Assimilation
Excretion

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Movement

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Change a position in body

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Responsiveness

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Reacts to changes

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Growth

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Increase in size WITHOUT CHANGING SHAPE

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REPRODUCTION

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Make new organisms or cells

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Respiration

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Use O2
Remove CO2

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Digestion

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Break food in simpler forms

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20
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Characteristics of life are shared by ___ organisms

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All

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21
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Metabolism made by

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10 Characteristics of life together

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Metabolism

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Physics and chem of Getting
Releasing
Using
Energy

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Absorbtion

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Substances move in and out of membranes and into fluids

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Circulation

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Movement within body fluids

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Assimilation

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Changing nutrients into chemically different forms

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Excretion

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Removal of metabolic wastes

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27
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How do you maintain life?

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Water
Food
Oxygen
Heat
Pressure

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What does water do?

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-most abundant
-used in metabolic processes
-environment for metabolic processes
-transportation medium
-regulates body temp
-makes intracellular and extracellular fluid compartments

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29
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Food

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Nutrients
Energy
Raw materials
For growing and repairing
Regulating chemical reactions

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Oxygen

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Releases energy from food
Important to mitochondria

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Heat

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Product of metabolic reactions that *controls reaction rate *

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Temperature

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Degree of heat

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Pressure

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Force applied to something

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34
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Atmospheric

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Breathing

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35
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Hydrostatic pressure

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Moves blood through blood vessels

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36
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The ____ and ____ of the charactisrics of life are important

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Amount & quality
How much and how good they are

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37
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Homeostasis

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Balance
Stable internal environment

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38
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How is homeostasis regulated?

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Control systems:
Receptors
Set point
Effectors

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Receptors

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Identify changes
Many types

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40
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Set point

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Normal value

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Effectors

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Respond to change. Muscle glands
Fix problem
Make environment stable again

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42
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The body is constantly trying to maintain

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Homeostasis

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43
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Homeostatic mechanisms control temperature similar to

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AC systems

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44
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Examples of homeostatic mechanisms

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Body temperature & BP

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45
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Can body levels differ from

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Person to person

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46
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Baroreceptors regulate

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BP

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47
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Negative feedback mechanisms

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-moves in opposite direction from the change

Reduces the amount of change from set point
Includes most control mechanisms in body

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Most common type of control mechanism

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Negative feedback mechanisms

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49
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How do negative feedback mechanisms move?

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Opposite direction from the change

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50
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What do negative feedback mechanisms do?

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Reduce the amount of change from set point. Closer to set point

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51
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Normal body temperature

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98.6 F
37C

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52
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Control system of temperature regulatory mechanisms

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Brain

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53
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Effectors of body temp

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Blood vessels dilating
Increasing skin blood flow. Reduces friction

Sweat glands

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54
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Receptors in body temperature mechanism

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Thermoreceptors

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55
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What do blood vessels do when you get cold?

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They constrict make you shiver

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56
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Positive feedback mechanisms

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Getting away from set point

Change from set point gets bigger

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57
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What kind of conditions do positive feedback mechanisms produce in the body?

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Unstable

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58
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Examples of positive feedback mechanisms

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Blood clotting and birth
Only main 2 areas it’s associated with

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59
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How is the body organized?

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  1. Body cavities
  2. Thoracic and abdominopelvic membranes
  3. Organ systems
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Axial portion of body

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(head, neck, trunk)

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Appendicular

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Upper and lower limbs

62
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Axial portion contains

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Cranial cavity
Vertebral cavity
Thoracic cavity

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Cranial cavity

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Vertebral cavity

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Spinal cord

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Thoracic cavity

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Heart, lungs, mediastinum

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Mediastinum

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Space in chest that holds heart

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Abdominopelvic cavity

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Abdominal cavity
Pelvic cavity
Diaphragm

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Abdominal cavity

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Víscera of digestion (guts)
Spleen

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Pelvic cavity

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Large intestine, bladder internal reproductive organs

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Diaphragm

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Broad, thin muscle that separates thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities

Separates chest cavity from abdominopelvic cavity

71
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Smaller cavities within head

A

Oral cavity
Nasal cavity
Orbital cavities
Middle ear cavities

72
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Orbital cavities

73
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Which membranes are double layered?

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The thoracic and abdominopelvic membranes

74
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Parietal portion attaches to

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Wall cavity

75
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Visceral portion covers the

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Internal organ

76
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Parietal

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Relating to the walls of a part or cavity. Outer surface of body part

77
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Visceral

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Large organs

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Pleural membranes

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Thin membranes related to lungs

79
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Parietal pleura

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Thin membrane that covers walls

80
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Visceral pleura

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Covers lungs

81
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Serous fluid

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Fluids that look like serum. Pale and yellow, usually harmless. Watery part of liquids in body

82
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What surrounds the heart?

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Pericardial membranes

83
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Pericardial

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Related to membrane that surrounds heart

84
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What separated pleural membranes?

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Serous fluid

85
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Parietal pericardium

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Membrane that surrounds outside or heart area

86
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Visceral pericardium

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Membrane that surrounds heart. Covers heart

87
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What separates pericardial membranes?

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Serous fluid

88
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Peritoneal membranes

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Line the abdominopelvic cavity

89
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Parietal peritoneum

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Lines wall of abdominopelvic cavity

90
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Visceral peritoneum

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Covers organs

91
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Which organ system covers your body?

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Integumentary system

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Integumentary system

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Skin
Hair
Nails
Glands.

Covers body

93
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What does integumentary system do?

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Protects inside tissues
Regulates body temp
Senses changes
Synthesizes certain products

94
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What does the integumentary system synthesize?

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Sweat
Sebum (oil)

95
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Which systems help you move?

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Skeletal and muscular

96
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What is the skeletal system made of?

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Bones and ligaments

97
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What does the skeletal system do?

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Supports body
Protects
Provides frameworks
Stores inorganic salts
Houses blood forming tissues

98
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Muscular system

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Muscles that provide body movement, posture and body heat

99
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What does it mean to provide framework

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Give shape and structure to body

100
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Which organ systems give integration and coordination?

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Nervous system
Endocrine system

101
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Nervous system

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Brain
Spinal cord
Nerves
Sense organs

Integrates incoming info and tells body what to do .

Sends impulses to muscles and glands

102
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Endocrine system

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Integrates metabolic functions

103
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Parts of endocrine system

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Hypothalamus
Pituitary,
Thyroid
Parathyroid
Pineal
Thymus gland
pancreas
Ovaries
Testes
(Other organs that secrete hormones)

104
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Which systems are transport systems?

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Cardiovascular
Lymphatic

105
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Cardiovascular system parts

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Heart
Blood vessels

106
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What does the cardiovascular system do?

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Distributes:
-Oxygen
-Nutrients
-Hormones

Removes wastes

107
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Lymphatic system

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Lymphatic vessels
Lymph nodes
Thymus
Spleen

108
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What does the lymphatic system do?

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Drains excess tissue fluid
Includes cells of immunity

109
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Which organ systems are responsible for absorbtion and excretion?

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Digestive system
Respiratory system
Urinary system

110
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Digestive system

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Mouth
Esophagus
Stomach
Intestines
Accessory organs

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Accessory organs

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teeth, tongue, and glandular organs such as salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.

112
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Function of digestive system

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Receive
Break down and absorb nutrients

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Respiratory system function

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Exchanges O2 and CO2 between blood and air

114
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Respiratory system parts

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Lungs and passageways

115
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Urinary system parts

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Kidneys,
Ureters,
Bladder,
Urethra

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Urinary system function

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Removes wastes from blood
Helps maintain water and electrolyte balance

117
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Reproductive system function

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Make new organisms

118
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Male reproductive system parts

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Testes
Accessory organs
Vessels that produce and conduct sperm to the female reproductive tract

119
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Female reproductive system

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Ovaries
Uterine tubes
Uterus
Vagina
External genitalia
Produces eggs and houses offspring

120
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Anatomical position

A

Body erect
Face forward
Upper limbs at sides with palms facing forward

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Terms of relative position

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Location of body part with respect to another

122
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Superior

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Above another part

123
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Inferior

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Below another part

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Anterior (ventral)

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Towards front

125
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Posterior (dorsal)

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Towards back

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Median

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Closer to midline

127
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Lateral

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Towards side

128
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Bilateral

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Paired structures with one on each side
(Kidneys)

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Ipsilateral

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On same side
Right arm right leg

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Contralateral

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On opposite sides right leg, left arm

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Proximal

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Closer to the midline or trunk than another structure in the body

Closer to point of origin

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Distal

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Further away from the trunk or referenced body part

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Superficial

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Near surface

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Peripheral

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Outward or near the surface

135
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Deep

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More internal

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Sagittal section

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Divides body into right and left portions.

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Median or midsagittal section

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Passes through midline and body is divided in equal parts

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Section lateral to midline

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Parasagittal

139
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Transverse section (horizontal)

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Divides body into superior and inferior portions

140
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Frontal (coronal)

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Divides body into anterior and posterior sections

141
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Parasagittal planes divides ____ into right and left sectiona

142
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Body regions of abdominal area

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Epigastric,
Right&left hypochondriac
Umbilical
Left lateral &right lateral (lumbar)
Pubic
Left inguinal and right inguinal (iliac)

143
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Quadrants of abdominal area

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Right, left upper
Right, left lower

144
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Slow acting control system. Acts by means of hormones

145
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Hormones circulate in the body to reach

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Target cells

146
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Endocrine system influences

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Growth, development, reproduction, metabolism

147
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What does the lymphatic system do?

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Cleanse blood
House immunity cells

148
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Nerve impulses

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Electrical Signals sent by nervous system. Coordinate actions of target organs

149
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Which body cavity contains mediastinum

150
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Subdivisions of dorsal body cavity

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Cranial and spinal

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