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1
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What is the study of the structure and shape of the body and its parts?

A

Anatomy

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2
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What does -ana mean?

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Apart

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3
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What does -tomy mean?

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To cut

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What is the study of the body and how its parts work and function?

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Physiology

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5
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What are four of the eight life functions?

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Maintaining boundaries, movement, responsiveness, digestion, metabolism, excretion, growth, or reproduction

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6
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What maintains boundaries internally?

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Membranes

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7
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What maintains boundaries externally?

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Skin

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8
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What system carries out movements?

A

Muscular system

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9
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What does responsiveness help the body do?

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Sense changes and react to them

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10
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What system is associated with responsiveness?

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Nervous system

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11
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What is digestion?

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The process of breaking down ingested food into simple molecules

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What is metabolism?

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All chemical reactions that happen within the cells

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13
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What system regulates metabloism?

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Endocrine system

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14
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What is excretion?

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The removal of waste

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15
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Which three systems deal with the excretion?

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Digestive, excretory, and integumentary

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What is reproduction?

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Production of offspring

17
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Which two systems deal with reproduction?

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Endocrine and reproductive

18
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What is growth?

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Increase in size, usually due to an increase in number of cells

19
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What system is associated with growth?

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Endocrine system

20
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What are four survival needs?

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Nutrients, oxygen, water, and normal body temperature

21
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What is homeostasis?

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Maintaining balance

22
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What system controls homeostasis?

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Endocrine system

23
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What is a hypothesis?

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A testable statement usually in an “If… then” format

24
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What is a controlled experiment?

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It compares an experimental group with a control

25
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What is the independent variable?

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The variable you change

26
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What is a clinical trial?

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Testing drugs and medical treatments

27
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Why are clinical trials important for the medical field?

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Figuring out what works and testing the safety of the treatments

28
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What is the FDA?

A

Food and Drug Administration

29
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What are case studies?

A

Using a particular instance or story to illustrate a concept of principle

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