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1
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Supports and protects softer organs of the body

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Connective tissue

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2
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Sheets of cells that line or cover body cavities

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Epithelial tissue

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3
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Contracts to produce movements

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Muscle tissue

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Generates and transmits impulses
(Specialized ___ system cells)

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Nervous tissue

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5
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One or more layers of flattened cells

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Squamous

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Cube shaped cells

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Cuboidal

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7
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Tall, thin, and rectangular

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Columnar

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An individuals particular set of genes

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Genotype

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The observable physical and functional traits of an organism

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Phenotype

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10
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The diploid chromosomal complement in any species

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Karyotype

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11
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Having different alleles at the same location

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Heterozygous

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12
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Having identical alleles at the same location

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Homozygous

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Genes coding for the same trait and found at the same locus on homologous chromosomes

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Allele

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Chromosomes 1 to 22. Applies to all chromosomes except the sex chromosomes

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Autosomes

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15
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Increase in the rate of cell division

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Hyperplasia

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16
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Rapidly dividing cells that develop into a mass

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Tumor (neoplasm)

17
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Abnormal structural change which may or may not lead to cancer

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Dysplasia

18
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The spread of cancer to another organ or region of the body

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Metastasis

19
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Regulatory genes that are the check and balances to cell growth and division. Inhibits cell activity

-Genes that normally slow down cell divison

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Tumor suppressor gene

20
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Mutated proto-oncogene

Disrupt normal controls for cell divison

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Oncogene

21
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Normal genes involved in controlling cell divison and tissue growth

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Proto-oncogenes

22
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Proteins in our body from bacteria, viruses, and fungi

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“Non-Self” proteins

23
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The events of the cell mitotic cycle which result in cell division or death

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Cell cycle kinetics

24
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proposes a model for the effect of cytotoxic chemotherapy on tumor size

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Log-kill

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