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Cancer

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Disease of cell cycle (uncontrollable)

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Causes of cancer

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Carcinogens, lifestyle makes up 90%, drinking and smoking

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Death in cancer

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50-70% are caused by human behavior, 30% from smoking

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Carcinogens

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Substance radiation: 90% of cancers are related to exposure of carcinogens. Some promote genetic changes in somatic cells

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DNA alteration leads to

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effects of gene expression and affects cell division

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DNA mutations

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Frequently occur during DNA replication, can either have a neutral effect (does nothing), a beneficial (evolution), or harmful (cell division)

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DNA mechanisms of repair

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DNA repair Enzyme, are natural killer cells and virus infected cell

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Why Cancer develops

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Mutated or damaged genes, proto-oncogenes, oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes

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Oncogenes

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Mutated or damages proto-oncogenes

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Proto-oncogenes

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Normal regulatory genes

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Tumor Suppressor genes

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Regulatory genes repress cell growth, division, differentiation, adhesion that may be turned off or damaged in cancers

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Cancer: Stage 0

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in situ tumor. Cells in the tumor are abnormal, but they are only found in the tumor

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Cancer: stage I-III

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Defined for each type of cancer, based on size, degree of spread, lymph node involvement

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Cancer: stage IV

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Cancer has metastasized to distant sites and organs

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Cancer Development

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  1. cells must divide uncontrollably, 2. cell must undergo physical changes and break away from surrounding cells
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Benign Tumor

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non harmful and remain in one location, Is a single well defined mass that may be surrounded by connective tissue

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Malignant Tumor development

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Epithelial cell, Hyperplasia, Dysplasia, In situ Cancer

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Cancer Tumor

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Abnormal cell structure, may appear undifferentiated, may spread, and edge of the tumor is not clearly defined

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Hyperplasia

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Cells divide more rapidly than normal

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Dysplasia

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Cells change form

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Lung cancer

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nearly 90% caused by smoking, no simple screening test, early symptoms are nonspecific, treatment is surgery, chemo, and radiation

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Colon and Rectal cancers

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Tests can detect them early, blood in stool and rectal bleeding are symptoms, lifestyle and genetics are risk factors, treatment is polyp removal and tumor removal

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Breast Cancer

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Early detection is crucial for survival, risk factors are genetics and age

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Pancreatic cancer

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No obvious early signs, 2nd highest death rate, risk factors: smoking and genetics

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Prostate cancer

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Most common after age of 50, can be diagnosed by digital rectal exam, treatment is surgery and radiation therapy

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Leukemia

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cancer of immature white blood cells in bone marrow, risk factors: down syndrome and exposure to ionizing radiation, Treatment: chemotherapy is most effective

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Lymphoma

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Cancers of lymphoid tissue, risk factors is altered immune function, treatment radiation and chemo

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Esophageal Cancer

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92 deaths for every 100 cases, rarely diagnosed at early stage, treatment is esophagectomy or placement of a stent (small tube)

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Conventional Cancer treatments

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Surgery, radiation: damages DNA and interrupts cell division, and chemotherapy: usage of drugs that disrupt cell division

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Advanced diagnoses

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Tumor Imaging: MRI, x-rays, Genetic testing: Identify mutated genes, Enzyme tests: screening large numbers of people

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Immunotherapy

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protects the immune response

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The Immune systems role

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Natural killer cells detect and destroy cancers, disease that suppresses the immune systems makes an individual more susceptible to cancer

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Starving Cancers

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Inhibits angiogenesis (youth of new blood vessels)

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Molecular treatment

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Triggers immune system/creates molecules that target oncogenes

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Ways to prevent cancer

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Know your family history, regular medical screenings, self-examination techniques, avoid direct sunlight 10am-4pm, watch diet & weight, don’t smoke, drink only in moderation, exercise regularly

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4 primary tissues

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Epithelial, Connective tissues, muscle, nervous

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Epithelial tissues

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Cover body cavities and surfaces, protects underlying tissues, reduction of friction, transportation + absorption of materials, secretion of waste

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Tissues

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Group (2+) of cells with a common function (specialize in structure) and have similar organelles

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Glandular Epithelia

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A tissue whose main job is secretion, Epithelia cells adapted to make up glands

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Exocrine glands

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Secretion into hollow organs and/or ducts to exterior of body (ex: Salivating)

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Endocrine Glands

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Secretion into blood to carry chemical messages throughout body (ex: thyroids)

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Epithelial Tissues: Shape

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  • Squamous: Flattened cells, Body surface (skin)
  • Cuboidal: Cube shaped, urinary system, glandular tissue
  • Columnar: Column shaped, digestive and reproductive tracts
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Simple/Single Layer

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Shape doesn’t simply determine function, we can guess based of numbers of layers: Simple/single layered adapted for diffusion across cell barriers

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Stratified / Multiple layers

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protection, skin surfaces

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Basement membrane

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Structural support, attaches epithelial layer to underlying tissues

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Tight Junctions

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Nothing passes (ex: digestive tract) unless it has the specific protein channel. prevents things that don’t have proteins from getting into our blood

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Junctions

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hold epithelial cells together

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Adhesion Junctions

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=Spot desmosomes, some movement between cells (ex: skin, being able to feel pinching of cheeks)

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Gap Junctions

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protein channels that allow movement of ions and water (ex: liver)

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Connective tissue

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Bones / Skeletal system, support softer organs, connects body parts, stores fat and produced blood cells

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Connective tissue characteristics

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few living cells, most of the structure made of matrix, no cell-cell junction

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Matrix

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Nonliving extracellular material, provides strength to connective tissue (not the few living cells)

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Adipose Tissue

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Stores energy in the form of fat (glucose turns into energy + heat)

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Muscle tissue

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shortens and contracts for movement, composed of cells specialized to contract or shorten

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Muscle fibers

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tightly packed cells that are in muscle tissue, they are long, thin and parallel to each other

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3 types of muscle tissue

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Smooth, Skeletal, cardiac

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Actin and Myosin

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Contracted cells that can be found in muscles

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Skeletal muscles

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moves body parts, connected to tendons attached to bone, voluntary muscles

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Cardiac muscles

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Shorter than skeletal muscle fiber, involuntary muscles

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Cardiac muscle components

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One nucleus, parallel to each other, gap Junctions for contraction at ends of adjoining cells

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Smooth muscle Structure

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Around organs, thin, tapered, surrounds hollow structures, single cell nucleus, gap junctions

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Nervous tissue

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Transmits impulses, located in brain, spinal cord, and nerves

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Nervous tissue cells

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Neurons, which generate and transmit electrical impulses, and Glial cells, which provide protection and support to neurons

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Nervous tissue structure

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Cell body, dendrites, axon

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Microglia

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picks up debris and supports cells to neurons

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Organs

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structure composed of 2 or more tissue types joined together to perform specific functions

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Organ systems

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Groups of organs that perform common functions

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components of Digestive system

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Mouth, throat, stomach, intestines, liver

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Lymphatic system

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Lymph nodes, tonsils, spleen

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Integumentary system

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(the simplest) skin, synthesizes vitamin D, protects from injury, infection and dehydration, receives stimuli externally

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Skeletal system (overview)

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Protects internal organs, provides structural framework, provides blood cells and stores minerals

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Muscular system (overview)

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Produces or resists movement, generates heat

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Nervous system (overview)

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Detects internal and external stimuli, controls and coordinates rapid responses to stimuli, interrogates the activities of other organ systems

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Endocrine system

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Produces body regulating hormones, helps the nervous system with interrogative functions

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Digestive system (overview)

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Provides the body with water and nutrients, (the liver) synthesizes proteins and lipids, and inactivates many chemicals

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Circulatory system

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Transport materials to and from cells, maintenance of body temp, participated in mechanisms of defense against injury

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Lymphatic systems

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Homeostasis, part of immune system, returns excess tissue fluid to circulatory system, participates in mechanisms of defense against disease and injury

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Respiratory systems

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Exchanges gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) between air and blood, production of sound (voice)

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Reproductive system (female)

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produces eggs, nurtures the fertilized egg, developing embryo and fetus until birth

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Reproductive systems (Male)

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produces sperm, participates in delivery of sperm

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Urinary system

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controls contents of blood, maintains the volume and composition of body fluids, excretes some waste products

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Tissue Membrane

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Line body cavities, consists of a layer of epithelial tissue and a layer of connective tissues lining in each body cavity

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Serous membranes

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1/4 major types of tissue membranes, reduces friction between organs

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Mucous membrane

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2/4 of main tissue membranes, lubricates surface, captures debris (mucus and hair)

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Synovial membrane

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3/4 main tissue membrane, line spaces in movable joints, friction

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Cutaneous membrane

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4/4 main tissue membrane, skin

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Smooth muscle

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Triggers hair standing, attached to hair follicle and raises hair to upright position

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Skin structure

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2 major layers: Epidermis, below skin, and Dermis. + Hypodermis, not part of skin, cushioning and insulation

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Epidermis structure

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outer layer, stratified squamous epithelial cells, no blood vessels, specialized keratinocytes (keratin) and Melanocytes (melanin)

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layers of epidermis

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  1. Dead cells of epidermis (that get replaced)
  2. Living cells of epidermis
    -Keratinocytes, waterproof protein
    - creates and contains Melanocytes
  3. Dermis with blood vessel
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Dermis cells

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Abundant in fibroblasts, white blood cells, Fat cells (adipocytes)

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Dermis

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deepest layer, dense connective tissue, lies underneath epidermis, supports tissues, provides collagen

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Dermis accessory structures

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smooth muscles, oil glands/sebaceous glands, sweat glands, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings

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Oil glands/sebaceous glands

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Secretion moistens and softens skin

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Sensory nerve endings

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for heat, cold, touch, deep pressure, vibration

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Homeostasis

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Characteristics of life, the ability or tendency of an organism or cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological process

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Negative feedback

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homeostasis mechanism: maintains homeostasis, deviations from normal detected and counteracted. Controllable variable - sensor - control center effector

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Positive feedback

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Homeostasis mechanism: amplifies original change, rarely found in organisms (ex: child delivery)

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Skeletal system: composition and functions

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made of bones, ligaments (connects bone to bone), cartilage. Supports, protects and for movement

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Bones

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Hard elements of the skeleton, mainly composed of calcium minerals, contains nerve, blood vessels, and living cells

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Osteoblasts

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Young bone cells

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Osteocytes

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Mature bone cells

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Osteoclasts

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Reabsorbs bones, gently breaks down pieces of bone (increases calcium and helps cleanly heal fractures)

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5 important functions of bones

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Support, movement (interact with muscles), formation of blood cells (site of blood production), Protection, mineral storage

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Cartilage

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supports, there’s: Fibrocartilage (intervertebral disks, structures in the knee joints), Hyaline (where bone starts), Elastic cartilage (outer ear)

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Ligaments

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(ex: knee) dense fibrous connective tissue, attaches bone to bone

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Bone formation

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Begins with fetal development between 2-9 months and continues through childhood

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Ossification (fetus >3 months)

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Cartilage model forms, chondroblasts (shape of the bone)

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Ossification (2-3 month fetus)

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Blood vessel, compact bone develops, starting at primary ossification, osteoblasts (matrix)

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Ossification (childhood)

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Cavity, spongy bone develops, 2nd ossification site (osteocytes)

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Chondroblasts

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cartilage forming cells (hyaline) that build a model of the future bone

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Bone development process

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Controlled by growth hormones in adolescents or sex hormones during puberty that stimulate growth plate

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mature bone repair process

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Hematoma, then fibroblasts, chondroblasts, osteoclasts, osteoblasts, osteoid matrix to bones

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Mature bone remodeling

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Changes in shape size, strength, regulates by hormones Parathyroid (PTH) which removes calcium and Calcitonin which adds calcium

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bones: types and amount

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Long, short, flat, and irregular, there are a total of 206 bones in the human skeleton

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Axial skeleton: The skull

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flat bones, sinuses/air spaces (lighter skull), lined with tissue that secretes mucus

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Axial skeleton: Vertebral column

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Main axis of body, supports head, protects spinal cord, consists of 33 irregular bones (vertebrae)

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5 regions of vertebral column

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Cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, sacrum, coccyx + Intervertebral disks: cushion, assist in movement, flexibility

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Axial skeleton: Ribs and sternum

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protects heart, lungs and other organs, helps in breathing. Ribs: twelve pairs in humans, bottom 2 pair floating. Sternum: Breastbone (3 bones fused)

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Appendicular skeleton

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arms, legs and attachment to trunk. 30 different bones in our arm and hand

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Arm and hand bones

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Humerus, ulna, radius, 8 carpals, 5 metacarpals, 14 phalanges/finger bones

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Leg bones

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Femur/thighbone, tibia, fibula, 7 tarsal bones, 5 metatarsals, 14 phalanges/toe bones

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Fibrous joints

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Immoveable

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Synovial joint

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Freely moveable

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Cartilaginous joint

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Slightly moveable, cartilage connection

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Tendinitis

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Inflammation of tendons following an injury

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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autoimmune disease that causes joint inflammation

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Osteoarthritis

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Degenerative condition affecting 20 million Americans 45+. cartilage covering bone wears out

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Osteoporosis

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Disease condition where bones lose mass and become porous due to imbalance of osteoclasts and osteoblasts

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