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S Flashcards

1
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Somatic Cell

A

The cell of a living organism. Body Cells.

23 pairs of chromosomes
ie: 46 Chromosomes

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2
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Serous

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Watery secretion.

Serous membranes line body cavities

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Stoma

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Mouth

Angular Stomatis - inflamed corner of the mouth

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4
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Sclerosis

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Hardening

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Stenos

Stenosis

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Stenos - narrowing

Stenosis is calcification and fibrosis

Valve stenosis - when scars get hard, thickened and stiff

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Sub

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Below

Think submarine

Submucosa layer of the GIT tissue is below the mucosa layer

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7
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Sphincter

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Ring of muscle that normally maintains constriction of a body passage

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8
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Sacharide

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Sugar

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9
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Synovial fluid

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A lubricating fluid found in many joint

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10
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Spondylo

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Spine

Ankylosing Spondylitis - fusion of the spine

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Stratum

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Layer

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Stratum

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Layer

Stratum corneum

Stratum lucidum

Stratum granulosum

Stratum spinosum

Strata Basale

Strata

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13
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Sarco

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Flesh/muscle

Sarcomere is a muscle part

Sarcolemma
The sarcolemma ( sarco (from sarx) from Greek; flesh, and lemma from Greek; sheath) also called the myolemma, is the cell membrane

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14
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Stasis

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Still

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15
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Stitial

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Positioned

Interstitial – between position

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16
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Soma

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Body

Somatic cells are body cells

17
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Synthesis

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Production

18
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Septum

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Enclosure

In the brain the septum is a kind of membrane separating areas

19
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Serum

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Plasma with the clotting factors removed

20
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Symbiotic

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Organisms that live together

21
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Septic

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Bacterial infection

22
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Sinus

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Cavity

Lactiferous sinuses is where we store milk in the breast

23
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Somatic

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Body

24
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Synapse

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To join/clasp

25
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Saltatory

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Leaping/to jump

Saltatory conduction in an action potential is when the charger piece to leap from node of Ranvier to node of Ranvier

26
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Substantia

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Substance

Substantia nigra – black substance

27
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Strabismus

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One eye crossed

28
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Supine

A

Lie on back

29
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Solute

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Substance dissolved in a liquid

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