Module 1 & 2

Question 1

Studies the structure of body parts and their relationship to each other

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Anatomy

Question 2

Study of large body structures visible to the naked eye

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Gross Anatomy

Question 3

Studies the function of the body

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Physiology

Question 4

Body system that forms the external body covering and protects deeper tissues from injury.

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Integumentary System

Question 5

The set of metabolic pathways that breaks down molecules into smaller units

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Catabolism

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The set of metabolic pathways that construct molecules from smaller units

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Anabolism

Question 7

Dynamic state of equilibrium or balance in which internal conditions vary but always within relatively narrow limits

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Homeostasis

Question 8

Produces change in variable

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Stimulus

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Detects change

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Receptors

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Information sent along afferent pathway to control center

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Input

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Information sent along efferent pathway to effector

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Output

Question 12

Initial response enhances the original stimulus so that further responses are even greater

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Positive Feedback Mechanism

Question 13

An inability of the body to restore a functional, stable environment

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Homeostatic Imbalance

Question 14

All structures in particular region of the body

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Regional

Question 15

Vertically divides the body into left and right halves

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Sagittal Plane

Question 16

Also known as mid sagittal plane

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Median Plane

Question 17

Dividing front and back

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Coronal Plane

Question 18

A plane that is in any type of angle (preferably diagonal)

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Oblique Plane

Question 19

Also known as Cross section

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Transverse Plane

Question 20

2 main cavities in the body

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Dorsal & Ventral

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Smallest unit of life

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Cells

Question 22

Cells that connect body parts, form linings, or transport gases

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Fibroblasts, Erythrocytes, Epithelial cells

Question 23

Refers to the inner cheek

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Buccal region

Question 24

What classification of epithelial tissue are found where adsorption, secretion and filtration occurs

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Simple

Question 25

Well-vascularized tissues that are responsible for most type of body movement

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Muscle tissue

Question 26

One-celled

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Unicellular

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A generalized composite cell has:

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1. Plasma Membrane 2. Cytoplasm 3. Nucleus

Question 28

What is an extracellular fluid?

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includes interstitial fluids, blood plasma, cerebrospinal fluid

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Substances that aid in digestion (gastric fluids) or act as lubricants (saliva)

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Cellular secretions

Question 30

Make up the basic fabric of plasma membrane

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Phospholipid Bilayer

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What is hydrophilic?

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Water - loving

Question 32

What is hydrophobic?

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Water - fearing

Question 33

Includes glycoproteins and glycolipids

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Membrane Carbohydrates

Question 34

It allows neighboring cells to adhere and to communicate, inhibit or aid in allowing movement of molecules between cells

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Cell junctions

Question 35

The region of the thorax overlying the sternum

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Pre sternal region

Question 36

What is simple diffusion?

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diffuse directly through the lipid bilayer

Question 36

Have the same concentrations of nonpenetrating solutes as those found in the cells, retain shape, exhibit no net loss or gain of water

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Isotonic

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More dilute than cells, cells plump up or lyse

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Hypotonic

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Higher concentration of nonpenetrating solutes than seen in the cell, lose water, shrivel or crenate

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Hypertonic

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Refers to the ability of a solution to change the shape of cells by altering the cells; internal water volume

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Tonicity

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Form of chemical signaling where a cell targets itself

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Autocrine

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Form of chemical signaling where a cell targets a distant cell through the bloodstream

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Endocrine

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What is the acronym for GPCR?

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G-Protein-Coupled Receptors

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What is a nucleus?

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Control center and contains the instructions to build nearly all the body’s proteins

Question 44

Series of changes a cell goes through from the time it is formed until it reproduces

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Cell cycle

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Autophagy is also known as

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self-eating

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Programmed cell death

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Apoptosis

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Groups of cells that are similar in structure and perform a common or related function

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Tissues

Question 48

What is Pinocytosis?

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Cell drinking

Question 49

Non-conducting cells that support, insulate and protect delicate neurons

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Supporting cells