Levels of Organization/Anatomy Flashcards

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1
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What is level One

A

Cells

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2
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What does it mean that cells have a division of labor?

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work of keeping the organism alive is divided among the different parts of the body, each part has a specific job

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3
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What is level 2?

A

Tissue

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4
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What is tissue?

A

Cells that are similar in structure and function joined together

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5
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What is level 3

A

Organs

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6
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What are organs?

A

Tissues that are grouped together and work together

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7
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What kind of tissue makes up the heart

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muscle, blood and nerve

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8
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What is level 4

A

Organ systems

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9
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What is an organ system

A

Organs that cooperate with one another to perform a specific function

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10
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What is level 5?

A

Organisms

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What is an organism

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an entire living thing that carries out all the basic life functions

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12
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Is there a smaller unit of organization than cells?

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Yes, because there are things inside cells

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13
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Why is the cell considered the first level of organization?

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1) because cells are the smallest out of the five levels (2) you can only see it under a microscope and (3) cells help work the other levels of organization

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14
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what type of cells join together to form tissues?

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bone and blood

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15
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List all of the organs you are familiar with in the body

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heart, stomach, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, appendix, liver, pancreas

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16
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what is the order of levels of organization within humans?

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cells-tissues-organs-organ system-organism

17
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what are the 4 types of tissues?

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muscle, nerve, connective, and epithelial

18
Q

Define muscle tissue

A

it is formed of muscles and can contract or shorten causing your body to move,

19
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3 kinds of muscle tissue

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cardiac, smooth, skeletal

20
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define nerve tissue

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carries messages back and forth between the brain and every other part of your body. In brain cells and tissue

21
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What is connective tissue

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provides support for your body and connects all of its parts, ex. tendons, ligaments and cartilage

22
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what is epithelial tissue

A

it covers the surfaces of the body both inside an out (skin, lining of digestive system, inside of cheeks

23
Q

what is the special way we remember the 11 organ systems?

A

DR. I.E. MCSNIRE

24
Q

Which body system is responsible for helping organisms make copies of themselves

A

reproductive

25
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lungs, mouth, throat, and nose are all part of what system

A

respiratory

26
Q

which body system protects from disease

A

immune

27
Q

which body system protects the body and helps keep water inside/regulate temperature?

A

integumentary (skin)

28
Q

which two body systems work together to bring oxygen to the cells?

A

circulatory (blood) and respiratory (breathing)

29
Q

what system is responsible for keeping the heart beating

A

muscular

30
Q

system helps take food in and break it down

A

digestive

31
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system that removes waste

A

excretory

32
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system that supports the body, protects it and works with muscles to move

A

skeletal

33
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what system controls the body processes with chemicals/hormones such as the intake of sugar by cells?

A

endocrine

34
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What does DR. I.E. MCSNIRE stand for

A

digestive respiratory integumentary endocrine muscular circulatory skeletal nervous immune reproductive excretory