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Chapter 4 Body Structure Flashcards

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Five levels of organization in the body

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Cells, Tissues, Organs, Organ Systems, Organisms

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Cell

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Smallest unit in animals and plants, sustain life

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Cell Membrane

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Surrounds, protects, regulates what’s passing through cell

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Cytoplasm

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Jelly substance in cell with nutrients, proteins, salts, water, dissolved gas. Stays outside of nucleus

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Nucleus

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Determines structure and function of cell

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Nucleus dictates…

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Metabolism, growth, and reproduction

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What does the DNA in nuclei form

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Chromosomes

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of chromosomes in human body

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23 pairs

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10
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of chromosomes in sex cells

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23 unpaired

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Tissues

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Groups of similar cells that perform a specific function

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Hits/o

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Tissue

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Epithelial Tissue

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Outer layer of skin, covers the surface of organs, lines cavities and canals, forms tubes and ducts, makes secreting portions of glands

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Connective tissue

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Supports and connects other body tissues

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Muscle tissue

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Tissue that can contract and creates movement

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Nervous Tissue

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Transmits and relays electrical signals throughout the body

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Four types of tissues

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Epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous

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Organs

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Two or more tissues working to perform a specific function

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Viscer/o

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Internal organs

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Body systems

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Groups of organs working to perform a complex function

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Organism

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Multiple organ systems working to perform complex functions

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Coronal/ frontal plane

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Divides into anterior and posterior

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Sagittal Plane

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Divides into left and right

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Transverse Plane

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Divides body into superior and inferior

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Medial

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Middle of structure

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Lateral

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Side of structure

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Anterior

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Front of the body

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Posterior

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Back of the body

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Superior

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Above another structure

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Inferior

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Below another structure

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Proximal

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Near the point of attachment

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Distal

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Far from the point of attachment

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Supine

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Lying on the back

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Prone

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Lying on the stomach

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Deep

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Away from the surface

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Superficial

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Close to the surface

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Abduction

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Moving away from the midline of structure

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Adduction

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Movement towards the midline of structure

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Inversion

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Turning inward

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Eversion

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Turning outward

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Palmar

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Pertaining to palm of hand

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Plantar

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Pertaining to sole of feet

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Visceral

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Pertaining to viscera or internal organs

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Parietal

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Pertaining to the outer wall of a body cavity

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Body cavities

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Spaces within the body that hold, protect, separate and support internal organs

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Two main body cavities

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Dorsal cavity, Ventral, cavity

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Abdomin/o

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Pelvic/o

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Four quadrants in Abdominopelvic region

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Right upper, right lower, left lower, right lower

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RUQ

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Right upper quadrant

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RLQ

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Right lower quadrant

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LUQ

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Left upper quadrant

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LLQ

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Left lower quadrant

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Regions (9) of abdominopelvic area

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Right hypochondriac, epigastric, left hypochondriac, right lumbar, umbilical, left lumbar, right inguinal (iliac), hypo gastric, left inguinal (iliac)

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Regions of the Spine

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Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal

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Crevice/o

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Thorac/o

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Lumb/o

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Sacr/o

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Coccyg/o

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Adhesion

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Abnormal fibrous band that holds or binds together tissues that are normally separated

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Edema

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Abnormal accumulation of fluid writhing tissue spaces as a result of systematic disease or failure of the lymphatic system to drain tissue fluid from the cite

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Febrile

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Having or showing symptoms of a fever

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Inflammation

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Body’s defense against injury, infection, or allergy marked by redness, swelling, heat and pain, sometimes with loss of function

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Auscultation

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Listening to the heart, bowel, lungs with or without a stethoscope to assess the presence and quality of sounds

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Palpation

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Gentle application of the hands to a specific structure or body area to determine size, consistency, texture, symmetry, and tenderness of underlying structures

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Percussion

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Tapping a body structure with the hand or fingers to assess consistency and the presence or absence of fluids within the underlying structure

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Tom/o

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Chromatin

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Structural component of the nucleus, composed of nucleic acids and proteins

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Chromosome

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Threadlike structures within the nucleus composed of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that carries hereditary information encoded in genes

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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

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Molecule that holds genetic information capable of replicating and producing an exact copy whenever the cell divides

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Metabolism

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Sum of all physical and chemical changes that take place in a cell or an organism

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Organelle

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Cellular structure that provides a specialized function, such as the nucleus (reproduction), ribosomes (protein synthesis), Golgi apparatus (removal of material from the cell), and lysosomes (digestion)

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