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Organisation of the Human Body Flashcards

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What are the six levels?

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Chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, system, organismal

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What is chemical organisation?

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The building blocks of the body

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What is cellular organisation?

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The basic structural and functional units of the body

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What is tissue organisation?

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Tissues are groups of cells that work together to perform a particular function

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What are the four classes of tissue?

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Epithelial, connective, muscle, and nerve

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What is organ organisation?

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Organs are structures with specific functions composed of two or more types of tissue

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What is system organisation?

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A system consists of related organs with a common function

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What is organismal organisation?

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When all the parts of the body function together to constitute a living organism.

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What is an example of chemical organisation?

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Atoms and these joint to form molecules

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What is an example of cellular organisation?

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Cardiac muscle cells

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What is an example of tissue organisation?

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Cardiac muscle

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What is an example of organ organisation?

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Heart

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What is an example of system organisation?

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Cardiovascular

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What is an example of organismal organisation?

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The individual

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What does integumentary system do?

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Skin

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What are the three layers the integumentary system?

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Epidermis (upper layer), dermis (middle layer), and hypodermis (bottom layer)

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What does the dermis do?

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Feeds the epidermis, lubricates hair shafts and controls sensation

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What does hypodermis do?

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Attaches skin to deeper layers

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What does the muscular system do?

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Provide skeletal movements, provide heat, protect skeleton and protect soft tissue

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What do axial muscles do?

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Provide support and positioning of the axial skeleton

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What do appendicular muscles do?

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Support and move brace limbs

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What do tendons and aponeuroses do?

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Translate contractile forces into motion

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What is a tendon

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Rope like connection between muscle and bone

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What is an aponeuroses?

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A sheet like connection most often muscle to muscle

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What does the skeletal system compose of?

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Bones, cartilage and joints

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What does the axial skeleton do?

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Protects brain and spinal chord, sense organs, and soft tissues. It also supports body weight over lower limbs

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What does appendicular skeleton do?

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Provide internal support and positioning of external limbs

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What is a ligament?

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Bone to bone connection

29
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Where are minerals stored?

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Bones

30
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What is red bone marrow responsible for and where is it found?

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Red blood cell production, flat bones.

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What is yellow bone marrow responsible for and where is it found?

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Fat cells, gain with aging and converts from yellow to red after bleeding

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What does the central nervous system do?

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Acts as short term control over other systems

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What does the brain complex do?

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Integrate activities and control voluntary and involuntary activity

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What does the spinal chord do?

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Relays information to and from the brain and performs less complex integrative activities

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What do special senses do?

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Act as a sensory input to the brain relating to sight, hearing, smell, taste and equilibrium

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What does the peripheral nervous system do?

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Links central nervous system with other systems and sensory organs

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What does the pineal gland do?

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Controls day/night rhythmes.

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What does the hypothalamus do?

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Control many other endocrine glands, regulates growth, and balances fluid

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What does the thyroid gland do?

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Control metabolic rate and calcium levels

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What does the parathyroid gland do?

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Controls calcium glands

41
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What does the thymus do?

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Maturation of lympocytes

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What do adrenal glands do?

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Control water and mineral balance, tissue metabolism, cardio and respiratory function

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What do the kidneys do?

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Control the hormone producing cells controlling red blood cell production, controls blood pressure and calcium levels

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What do the pancreas do?

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Control glucose levels

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What do gonads do?

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Control sexual characteristics and reproduction?

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What does the heart do?

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Propels blood and maintains blood pressure

47
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What does the naval cavity do?

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Filters warms air and detects smells

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What does the pharynx do?

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Conducts air to larynx

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What does the larynx do?

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Protects opening to trachea and contains vocal chords for vocalisation

50
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What does the trachea do?

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Conducts air and cartilage keeps it open

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What does oral cavity do?

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Breaks up food

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What do salivary glands do?

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Buffer and lubricate enzymes that begin digestion

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What does the oesophagus do?

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Deliver goods to stomach`

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What does the stomach do?

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Secretes acid, enzymes, and hormones

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What does the small intestine do?

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Contain digestive enzymes, buffers, hormones, and absorbs nutrients

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What does the liver do?

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Excretes bile and regulates nutrients in blood

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What does the pancreas contain?

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Digestive enzymes, buffers, and endocrine cells

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What does the large intestine do?

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Controls water removal and waste storage and removal

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What do the kidneys do?

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Forms and concentrates urine, regules pH and ions, blood volume and blood pressure

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What does the ureters do?

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Conduct urine to bladder

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What does urethra do?

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Conduct urine to exterior

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What do accessory organs do?

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Control sperm maturation

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What do lymphatic vessels do?

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Carry lymph fluid and lymphocytes from peripheral tissues to veins of CV system

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What is lymphatic fluid?

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Fluid from tissues

65
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What cells carry out immune responses?

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B and T cells

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