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1
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Anatomical position

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Body erect, feet slightly apart, palms facing forward, thumbs pointing away from body

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Frontal plane

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Front from back

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Median plane

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Side from side

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Transverse plane

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Top from bottom

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Cranial cavity

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Brain

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Vertebral cavity

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Spinal chord

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Dorsal body cavity

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Cranial and vertebral cavity

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Thoracic cavity

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Heart and lungs

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Abdominal cavity

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Contains digestive viscera

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Pelvic cavity

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Bladder, reproductive organs, rectum

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Ventral body cavity

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Abdominal, pelvic and thoracic cavity

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Pleural cavity

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Lungs

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Pericardium cavity

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Heart

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14
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Visceral

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Attached to organ

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Parietal

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Attached to cavity

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16
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Peritoneum

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Abdominal stuff

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17
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RUQ

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Liver, gallbladder

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18
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LUQ

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Stomach, spleen

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RLQ

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Cecum, appendix, R ureter, R ovary, R spermatic chord

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LLQ

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L ureter, L ovary, L spermatic chord

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21
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9 abdominal regions

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R L hypochondriac, Epigastric
R L lumbar, umbilical
R L Iliac, Hypogastric

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22
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Epigastric

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L liver lobe

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R hypochondriac

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R liver lobe

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L hypochondriac

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Spleen

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25
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Umbilical

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Small intestine, transverse colon

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26
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R lumbar

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Ascending colon

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27
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L lumbar

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Descending colon

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Hypogastric

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Bladder, appendix

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R iliac

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Cecum, appendix

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30
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L iliac

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Sigmoid colon

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31
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Other cavities

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Nasal, oral, middle ear, orbital, synovial

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32
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Integumentary

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Skin hair nails - external body covering, synthesizes vitamin D, regulates temp, excretes salt and urea

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33
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Skeletal

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Bones and joints - protects and supports body, bones are the site for blood cell formation

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34
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Muscular system

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Skeletal muscles - allows locomotion, facial expression, produces heat

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35
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Nervous

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Spinal chord, nerves, brain, sensory receptors - body control system

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36
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Endocrine

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Adrenal, thyroid, pineal and pituitary glands and pancreas, thymus, ovary, testies - secretes hormones

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37
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Cardiovascular

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Heart and blood vessels - transports and pumps blood

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38
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Lymphatic

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Spleen, lymph nodes, thymus, red bone marrow - keeps body healthy and houses white blood cells

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Respiratory

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Nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, lungs - keeps body supplies with oxygen and maintains acid base balance

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40
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Digestive

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Oral cavity, esophagus, liver, stomach, intestines, rectus - breaks food down for nutrients, removes undigestible materials in form of feces

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Urinary

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Kidney, ureter, bladder, urethra - eliminates nitrogenous waste from body

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42
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Nucleus

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Control center

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43
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Ribosome

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Protein factories

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44
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ER

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Tubes and sacs continuous with nuclear envelope

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45
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Golgi apparatus

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Modifies, packages and emits protiens

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46
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Lysosomes

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Suicide sac

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47
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Peroxisome

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Detox sac

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48
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Mitochondria

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Powerhouse, energized atp

49
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Centrioles

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Direct mitotic spindles

50
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Cytoskeleton elements

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Internal scaffolding

51
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Inclusions

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Substance not part of metabolic machinery

52
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Passive transport

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High to low, no energy required

53
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Active transports

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Low to high, energy required

54
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Diffusion

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All cells, due to random movement of partials, concentration gradient

55
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Filtration

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only across capillary walls, pressure gradient

56
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Osmosis

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Movement of h2o, h2o follows solute

57
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Cell cycle

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Interphase (g1, s, g2) to prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

58
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Endocytosis

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Pinocytosis - drinking, phagocytosis - eating, receptor mediated endocytosis - selective for cholesterol and iron

59
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Functions of the skin

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Protection, temp regulation, sensation, metabolic functions, blood reservoir, excretion

60
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Keratinocytes

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Most abundant and produce keratin

61
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Melanocytes

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Produces melanin

62
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Langerhans cells

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Epidermal dendritic cells

63
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Merkel cells

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Touch receptors

64
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Skin cells

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Keratinocytes, melanocytes, langerhans cells, merkel cells

65
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Accessory skin organs

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Hair, nails, cutaneous gland

66
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Sweat glands

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Eccrine and apocrine

67
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Sebaceous glands

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Produce sebum, which moisturizers hair

68
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Compact

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Smooth throughout aka lamellar bone

69
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Spongy bone

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Small trabeculae with lots of open space

70
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Tuberosity

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Large rounded projection

71
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Trochanter

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Large, blunt, irregularly shaped process

72
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Tubercle

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Small rounded projection

73
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Spine

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Sharp, slender, pointed projection

74
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Process

A

Any bony prominence

75
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Facet

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Smooth, flat articular surface

76
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Condyle

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Rounded articular projection

77
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Fossa

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Shallow depression in bone

78
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Foramen

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Round or oval opening through bone

79
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Osteoclasts

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Bone absorbing

80
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Osteoblast

A

Bone secreting

81
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Cervical column

82
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Thoracic column

83
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Lumbar column

84
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Scoliosis

A

Lateral curve

85
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Kyphosis

A

Excess thoracic curve

86
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Lordosis

A

Excess lumbar curve

87
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Fibrosis

A

Suture (skull), syndesmosis (tibia + fibula), gomphosis (teeth)
United by collagenic fibers

88
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Cartilaginous

A

Synchodrosis (first rib + sternum), symphesis (vertebrae)

United by cartilage

89
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Synovial

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Plane (tarsal bones), condyle (radius + carpal bones), ball and socket (hip), pivot (c1+c2), hinge (elbow), saddle (carpal + 1st metacarpal bone)
Covered with articular cartilage

90
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Joint movements

A

Flexion, extension, hypertension, hyperflexion, abduction, adduction, circumduction, lateral and medial rotation, inversion, eversion, supination, pronation

91
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Sprain v strain

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Sprain - excess stretch or tear of ligament

Strain - muscle problem

92
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Recruitment

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Increase in number of sacromeres firing that produces an increase in muscle force

93
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Isometric

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Fixed length contraction, regardless of the amount of force generatesd

94
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Isotonic

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Changing length contraction with the same amount of force applied

95
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Astrocytes

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Most abundant, skeleton, connect to nutrient supply, control chem environment, help development and synapse formation

96
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Microglial cell

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Checks health and turns into phagocytes

97
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Ependymal cell

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Permable membrane between cerebrospinal fluid and CNS extracellular fluid

98
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Oligodendrocyte

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Provides myelin sheaths in CNS

99
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Schwann cells

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Form myelin sheath

100
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Grey matter of CNS

101
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Grey matter in PNS

102
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Axons in CNS

103
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Axons in PNS

104
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Neurons receiving information from sensory organs and transmitting it to CNS

105
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Neurons sending impulses from CNS to PNS

106
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Lumbar puncture

107
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Paraplegia

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Thoracic or below

108
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Quadriplegia

109
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Phrenic nerve plexus

110
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Axillary, musculocutaneous, radial, medial, ulnar plexus

111
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Obturator, femoral, saphenous plexus

112
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Common fibulae, tibial, sciatic, sural plexus

113
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Paraplegia

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Thoracic or below

114
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Quadriplegia

115
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Phrenic nerve plexus

116
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Axillary, musculocutaneous, radial, medial, ulnar plexus

117
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Obturator, femoral, saphenous plexus

118
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Common fibulae, tibial, sciatic, sural plexus

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