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