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Chapter 6- Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Flashcards

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What does the cranial cavity of the body contain?

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Brain

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What does the spinal cavity hold?

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Spinal cord

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What does the thoracic cavity contain?

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Heart
Lungs
Esophagus 
Windpipe
Thymus gland
Aorta
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What does the abdominal cavity contain?

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Liver
Stomach
Pancreas
Spleen
Kidneys
Urinary bladder
Small intestine 
Large intestine
Gonads
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What are the reproductive cells?

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Gonads

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All soft,internal organs within the thoracic and abdominal cavities,such as heart,lungs,and intestines, are called:

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Visceral organs

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Name 5 of the 11 functioning systems of the body:

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Circulatory system       
Immune system
Respiratory system
Digestive system
Excretory system
Nervous system
Endocrine system
Integumentary system
Skeletal system
Muscular system
Reproductive system
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What is a group of structures which function together as a unit to preform a definite job for the body?

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System

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What system of the body brings food,water,and oxygen to the cells and to carry away waste products?

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Circulatory system

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What system is the body’s defense against disease-producing organisms such as bacteria and viruses?

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Immune system

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What system of the body is to supply body tissues with oxygen and to remove carbon dioxide?

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Respiratory system

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What system of the body breaks down food into a form that can be absorbed by the bloodstream?

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Digestive system

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What is the 20-foot-long tube associated with the digestive system called?

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Alimentary canal

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What system of the body provides a number of openings through which a variety of waste materials are excreted from the body?

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Excretory system

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What system of the body coordinates the activities of the body?

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Nervous system

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What system of the body makes chemical “messengers” called hormones which help to influence and regulate body activities?

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Endocrine system

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What are the chemical “messengers” which are produced by the various glands of the endocrine system?

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Hormones

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What system of the body protects the body from its surroundings,providing protection from bacteria and other microbes?

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Integumentary system

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What system of the body is made of approximately 206 bones and numerous ligaments?

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Skeletal system

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What system of the body provides movement for the body?

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Muscular system

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What system of the body is responsible for the continuation of the human race?

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Reproductive system

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Before birth, development takes place in the _______, or womb, a muscular organ in the mother’s abdomen.

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Uterus

23
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What is a group of similar cells which work together to accomplish the task of an organ?

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Tissue

24
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The area surrounding and between tissues contains:

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Interstitial fluid

25
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The body has four types of membranes:

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Serous membrane
Mucous membrane
Cutaneous membrane
Synovial membrane

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What kind of membrane consists mostly of epithelial tissues and serves as linings for enclosed body cavities that do not open to the body’s exterior?

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Serous membrane

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What kind of membrane is composed of several types of tissues which line openings to the outside ?

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Mucous membrane

28
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What kind of membrane is composed of several types of tissue?

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Cutaneous membrane

29
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What kind of membrane is the lining of the joint cavities and is composed of a type of connective tissue?

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Synovial membrane

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What are the four body cavities?

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Cranial-contains brain
Spinal-holds spinal cord
Thoracic-contains heart,lungs,esophagus,windpipe,thymus gland,aorta
Abdominal-contains liver,stomach,pancreas,spleen,kidneys,urinary bladder,small intestine,gonads

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What is the material in the body that tissues are made of and are surrounding the cells?

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Matrix

32
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At one time there were about 180 parts of the body which evolutionists classified as ________, or serving no useful purpose today?

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Vestigial

33
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Tissues are made of what two materials?

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Cells

Matrix

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What is the thirty-eight- to forty-week period development of a child before birth called?

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Gestation

35
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The child is protected during gestation by a membrane called the:

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Amniotic sac

36
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During gestation, the child is protected by an amniotic sac which is filled with:

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Amniotic fluid

37
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All the materials needed for gestation are provided from the mother by means of a sac blood vessels called the:

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Placenta

38
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The placenta attaches to the developing child by means of three vessels which make up the:

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Umbilical cord

39
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What term refers to the death of a developing child by natural or artificial means and is commonly used to describe any action taken to kill a child before birth?

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Abortion

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What are the two methods of abortion that can be used in the first three months of a child’s development?

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Suction method

Dilation and curettage (D & C)

41
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What method of abortion is it when a tube is connected to a suction device and is inserted into the mothers womb, and the force created by the device tears the child’s body apart and draws the pieces into the tube and into a container for disposal and is used during the first three months of a child’s development?

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Suction method

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What method of abortion is it that involves a loop-shaped knife called a curette to scrape the the womb, severing the child’s attachment to the mother, with the baby’s body often being cut into small pieces,and the head may be crushed to fit through the opening womb and is used during the first three months of the child’s development?

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Dilation and curettage

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What method of abortion is it when a pair of forceps is inserted into the mother’s womb, where they are used to dismember the child and drag the parts out of the womb through the birth canal, and is used between 13 and 20 weeks of the child’s development?

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Dilation and evacuation method (D & E)

44
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What three methods of abortion are used after the 20th week of a child’s development?

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Salt poisoning
Partial-birth abortion
Hysterotomy abortion

45
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What kind of abortion is it when a long needle is used to inject a salt solution into the amniotic sac; this concentrated salt solution is swallowed and inhaled by the child,causing hemorrhaging, shock, and often painful burning of the skin and is used after the twentieth week of a child’s development?

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Salt poisoning

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What kind of abortion is it when the child is delivered alive through the birth canal just as in normal live birth, except that he s delivered feet first; when all the body except the head is outside the mother, the child is then killed by puncturing the base of the skull and using a suction device to remove his brain, collapsing the skull so that the head can fit more conveniently through the opening of the birth canal and is used after the twentieth week of a child’s development?

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Partial-birth abortion

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What kind of abortion is it when a child is surgically removed from the womb but is laid aside to die from neglect and is used after the twentieth week of a child’s development?

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Hysterotomy abortion

48
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What are the four cavities of the body?

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Cranial cavity
Thoracic cavity
Spinal cavity
Abdominal cavity

49
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At how many weeks of a child’s development are all the organs formed?

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8 weeks

50
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At how many weeks of a child’s development was every detail of basic structure developed?

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Twelve weeks

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