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Cell membrane
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Allows contents in and out
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Passive transport
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No energy
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Active Transport
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Energy
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Diffusion
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Most common, high concentration to low concentration
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Facilitated diffusion
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Help moving across membrane, glucose
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Osmosis
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Low concentration to high concentration, H2O, semipermeable membrane
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Filtration
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Pressure, force, H2O
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ATP
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Active transport pump / Adenosine triphosphate
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Endocytosis
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Ingesting particle substance, to large
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Phagocytosis
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Solid material
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Pinocytosis
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Liquid material
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Exocytosis
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Transport out of cell
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Nucleus / Nucleolus
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Brain of the cell
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RNA / DNA
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Blueprint / Building blocks, RNA forms ribosomes
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Ribosomes
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Produce / Manufacture enzymes & protien, free float or attached to the endoplasmic reticulum
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Centrocomes
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New structures, cell division
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Mitochondria
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Power plant, 95% energy
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Endoplasmic reticulum
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Series of channels & folded membranes
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Golgi apparatus
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Processes & stores protein
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Lysosomes
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Clean up debris / Waste
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Cytoskeleton
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Provides shape microtubules, movement
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Flagella
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Whip shape tail, sperm
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Cilia
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Hair like projections
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Mitosis
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Cell division & reproduction
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Prophase
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Chromosomes visible, centrioles to side, spindle forms
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Metaphase
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Chromosomes in center
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Anaphase
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Chromosomes split, spindle splits
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Telophase
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Chromosomes far end, spindle disappear, nucleus reappear
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Bacteria
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Normal flora, bacteria we need / Febrile, elevated pulse, edema, discharge, treat with ABX
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Virus
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Need host cell, harder to kill, palliative, self-limiting
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Fungi
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Plant like, spores, antifungal
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Protozoa
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One celled organism, amebacide
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Epidermis
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Layer we see, contains the stratum corneum, stratified squamous epithelium
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Dermis
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2nd layer, collagen & elastic fibers, connective tissue
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Subcutaneous fascia
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3rd layer, connective tissue, skin to muscle layer
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Hypodermis
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3rd layer, connective tissue, skin to muscle layer
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Stratum corneum
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layer dead skin cells on top of epidermis
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Apocrine
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At hair follicle, active at puberty
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Eccrine
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Sweat glands all over rest of body, temperature regulation
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Tepmerature regulation
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Hot, sweat, vasodialation / Cold, vasoconstriction, shiver, goosebumps
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Melanin
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Creates skin color, activated by UV light, freckles - patches of melanin
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Vitamin D & Sunlight
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Skin exposed / sunlight, produce Vitamin D
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Sebaceous gland
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Produces sebum, lubricates hair & skin
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Nail bed
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Skin beneath hard nail body
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Cuticle
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Fold of skin that covers nailbody
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Lunula
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White half moon shape
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Types of Epithelial tissues
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Shape:
squamous-scale/plaque cuboidal-cube/square columnar-column like transitional-stretchy/stomach bladder Arrangement: squamous-simple/one layer cuboidal-stratified/several layers columnar-pseudostratified/one layer that looks like many |
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Voluntary muscles
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Skeletal, most muscles in body
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Involuntary muscles
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Cardiac, found in heart
Smooth, forms walls of hollow organs |
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Function of the skeletal system
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Structure, protects, movement, produce RBC, store minerals
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Vertebral column
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7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacrum-fused
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Floating ribs
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2 pairs, have no anterior attachment
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True ribs
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7 pairs, attach anterior to sternum, posterior to vertebra
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Bones of the arm
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Humerus, radius, ulna
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Bones of the leg
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Femur, tibia, fibula
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Bones of the feet
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Tarsels, metatarsels, phalanges, heel bone (calcaneous)
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Cranial bones
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Frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital
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Bones of the hand
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Carpals, metacarpals, phalanges
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Immovable joints
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Cranial bones, ribs, sutures
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Movable joints
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Hip, elbow, wrist, knee
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Types of bones
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Flat - scapula
Long - humerus Short - tarsals Irregular - vertebra |
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Diaphysis
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Shaft of the bone (middle)
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Epiphysis
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The ends of the bone
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Epiphysial disc
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(plate) - cartilage tissue, creates new bone cells till growth stops
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Movement terms
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Extension, flexion, supination, pronation, dorsiflexion, plantar flexion
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Tendons
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Connects muscle to bone
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Ligaments
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Connects bone to bone
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Myopia
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Nearsightedness - can see up close
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Hyperopia
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Farsightedness - can see far away
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Orbit (of the eye)
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Cone-shaped cavity that contains the eyeball
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Eye muscles
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6 short muscles that provide support and rotary movement
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Eyelids
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Moveable folds of skin containing eyelashes to protect eye
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Conjuctiva
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Protective membrane that covers the exposed surface of the eyeball
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Lacrimal apparatus
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Includes the Lacrimal gland that produces tears & the ducts or passageways to transport tears
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Eyeball
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Globe-shaped organ of vision
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Sclera
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White of the eye, outermost layer
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Choroid
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Middle layer, contains iris and pupil
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Iris
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Colored portion of the eye, functions like a shutter on a camera
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Pupil
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The opening through which light passes into the eye
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Retina
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Innermost layer, interpret the rays of light for vision
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Optic disc
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The area where the neurons of the optic nerve exit the retina
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Lens
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Located behind the pupil, thicken and thin to allow light to focus on the retinal surface
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3 layers of the eye
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Sclera
Choroid Retina |
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Auricle, or pinna
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Cartilaginous projection that collects & directs sound waves into the auditory canal
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Auditory canal, or external auditory meatus
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Canal that contains earwax, or cerumen
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Eardrum, or tympanic membrane
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Membrane that seperates the external & middle ear
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Ossicles
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3 small bones (hammer-, anvil-, and stirrup-shaped) that help amplify & transmit sound
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Eustachian tubes
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Allow for external (atmospheric) & internal (within the middle ear) pressure on the tympanic membrane
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Cochlea
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Bony, snail-shaped portion of the inner ear containing perilymph fluid, which helps to transmit sound
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Semicircular canals
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3 canals containing endolymph fluid, to help maintain balance
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Oval window
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Membrane that connects to the stirruo or stapes, begins the inner ear& carries amplified vibrations from the tympanic ossicles
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External ear
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Auricle, or pinna
Auditory canal, or external auditory meatus Eardrum, or tympanic membrane |
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Middle ear
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Ossicles
Eustachian tubes |
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Inner ear, or labyrinth
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Cochlea
Semicircular canals |
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Sense of taste
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Gustatory sense
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Sense of smell
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Olfactory region, 90% of taste
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Tactile corpuscles
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Touch receptors
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Nociceptors
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Pain receptors
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Proprioceptors
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Body orientation sense
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3 types of salivary glands
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Parotid-inferior & aterior to ears
Sublingual-under tongue Submandibular-both sides of lower jaw |
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3 sections of the small intestine
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Duodenum
Jejunum Ileum |
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Function of small intestine
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Absorb nutrients
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6 sections of large intestines
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Cecum
Ascending colon Transverse colon Descending colon Sigmoid colon Rectum |
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Function of large intestines
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Absorb water
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Function of the liver
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Detoxifies
Creates body heat Destroys old blood Forms blood plasma |
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Peristalsis
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Wave like movement of the smooth muscle of the GI tract
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Chyme
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Mixed food & digestive juices in the stomach & small intestine
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Villi
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Finger-like projections of the small intestine
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Sphincter
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Muscular ring around a tube, valve
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Rugae
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Folds of the stomach
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Mastication
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Process of chewing
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Function of the gallbladder
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Deliver and store bile from the liver
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Function of the pancreas
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Produce & secrete digestive enzymes, produce hormones that regulate blood sugars
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Appendix
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Worm-like, vermiform appendix, attached to cecum
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Central nervous system (CNS)
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Brain & spinal cord
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Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
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nerves outside brain & spinal cord
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Sensory nervous system
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Information about environment to brain
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Motor nervous system
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Information from brain to body tissue
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Sympathetic nervous system
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Fight or flight, alert system
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Parasympathetic nervous system
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Resting / Digesting, homeostasis
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Parts of the neuron
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Dendrite - receive info from environment
Axon - generates & sends signals to other cells Synapse - space between neuron & receiving cell |
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Cerebro spinal fluid (CSF)
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Fluid around brain & spinal cord, shock absorber
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Meninges
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Protective membrane around brain & spinal cord
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Sulci
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Grooves on brain
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Gyri
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Ridges on brain
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Cerebrum
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Largest part of brain, right & left hemisphere
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Ventricles
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Fluid filled cavaties of the brain
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Corpus Callosum
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Collection of white matter, connects right & left hemisphere of brain
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Brain stem
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Controls vital functions
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Occiptal lobe
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Vision
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Hypothalmus
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Part of diencephalon, controls endocrine, regulates appetite, thirs, temperature
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Thalmus
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Part of diencephalon, process info going to cerebrum
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