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Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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Rigor Mortis

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Stiffening of muscles that occurs shortly after death (2-6 hours)

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2
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Lividity

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Pooling of blood

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3
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Algor mortis

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The cooling of the body

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4
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Ambient temperature

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Room temperature

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5
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Blood spatter analysis

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Forensic science which you analyze bloodstain patterns

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6
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Deoxyribose nucleic acid

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Hereditary material in all living organisms

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7
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Nucleotide

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Basic structural unit of DNA

Deoxyribose = sugar molecule
A phosphate group
Nitrogenous base

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8
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DNA is a polymer

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A large molecule made of repeating units called nucleotides

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9
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What are Purines

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Pure as gold
Adenine
Guanine

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10
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Pyramidines

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Cytosine

Thymine

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11
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Genes

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Parts of DNA that code for traits

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12
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Chromosomes

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The condensed and organized form of DNA

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13
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Restriction enzymes

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Molecular scissors that cut DNA in a specific location

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14
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Gel electrophoresis

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A process in which DNA can be separated and compared based on fragment length

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15
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RFLPS

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A set of DNA puzzle pieces

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16
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PCR Polymerase chain reaction

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A process used to produce copies of specific DNA sequences from a small amount of DNA

17
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Autopsy

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Performed to determine the manner and cause of death

18
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Systems

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Groups that work together to perform a specific function’s

19
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Respiratory system

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Function: assist with gas exchange with the extra no environment keeps blood supplied with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide

Key structures
Lungs nasal cavity trachea and bronchus

20
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Lymphatic system

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Filters fluid in the body mounts the attack against foreign substances in the body

Lymph nodes spleen thymus bone marrow

21
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Integumentary system

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Forms the bodies external covering protect a deeper tissue from injury helps regulate body temperature

Skin hair nails

22
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Urinary system

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Eliminates waste from the body regulates water balance of the blood

Kidney Blatter ureter urethra

23
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Cardiovascular system

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Pumps blood around the body transports oxygen carbon dioxide nutrients and waste

Heart blood vessels veins arteries and capillaries

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Digestive system

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Breaks down food into its nutrients molecules absorbs nutrients rid of the body of waste

Oral cavity esophagus stomach small intestine and large intestine and liver

25
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Skeletal system

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Protects and supports the body organs provides a framework the muscles can use to cause movement stores minerals

Bones and joints

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Muscular system

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Move the body and move substances around the body maintains posture and produces heat

Skeletal muscle cardiac muscle smooth muscle

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Endocrine system

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Secretes hormones that regulate processes such as growth reproduction and metabolism by body cells

Adrenal gland pituitary gland ovaries testes

28
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Nervous system

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Response to internal and extra no changes by activating an appropriate response processes information

Brain spinal cord sensory receptors nerves

29
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Cause of death

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Reason why one dies

30
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Manners of death

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Natural disasters accident homicide suicide and undetermined

SHAUN

31
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HIPAA

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A comprehensive set of standards and practices designed to give patient specific rights regarding their personal health information

For example doctors may not use names in public spaces or outside the hospital if 18 or older must give consent to talk to parents or anyone non-related

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