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| external covering of the body |
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| consists of bones, cartilages, ligaments, and joints |
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| fast acting control system |
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| slow acting control system |
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| complementary to that of cardiovascular system |
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| lungs, nasal passages, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi |
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| removes nirogen containgin wastes from the blood |
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| includes all the activities promoted by the muscular system |
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| responsiveness, or irritablility |
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| ability to sense changes (stimuli) in the environment and then to react to them |
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| the process of breaking down ingested food into simple molecules that can then be absorbed into the blood for delivery to all body cells |
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| broad term that refers to all chemical reactions that occur within body cells |
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| the process of removing wastes from the body |
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| the production of offspring |
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| What are the survival needs of life? |
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| nutrients, oxygen, water, body temperature, atmospheric pressure |
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| taken in via the diet contain the chemicals used for energy and cell building |
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| chemical reactions that release energy from foods require this |
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| accounts for 60 to 80 percent of body weight |
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| must be maintained at around 37 degrees celcius or 98 degrees fereinheight |
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| breathing and the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs depend on appropriate ?? |
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| the body's ability to maintain relatively stable internal conditions even though the outside world is continuously changing |
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| sensor that monitors and responds to changes in the environment |
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| determines the level (set point) at which a variable is to be maintained, analyzes the information it receives and then determines the appropriate response or course of action |
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| provides the means for the control center's response (output) to the stimulus |
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| negative feedback mechanisms |
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| net effect of the response to the stimulus is to shut off the original stimulus or reduce its intensity |
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| postive feedback mechanisms |
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| increase the original disturbance (stimulus) and to push the variable farther from its original value |
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| anterior body trunk inferior to ribs |
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| anterior surface of elbow |
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| lateral part of leg, outside |
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| area where thigh meets body trunk, groin |
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| area overlying the pelvis anteriorly |
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| curve of shoulder formed by large muscle |
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| area of back between ribs and hips |
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| posterior surface of head |
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| posterior surface of elbow |
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| area between hips, back side |
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| the posterior surface of lower leg, the calf |
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| cut made along the lengthwise, or logitudinal plane of the body dividing the body into right and left parts |
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| midsagittal or median section |
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| dut is made down the middle of the body and the right and left parts are equal |
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| divides into anterior and posterior parts |
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| divides into anterior and posterior parts |
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| cut made along the horizontal plane dividing into superior and inferior parts |
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| cut made along the horizontal plane dividing into superior and inferior parts |
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| cranial cavity and spinal cavity |
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| extends from the cranial cavity nearly to the end of the vertebral column |
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| space inside the bony skull |
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| superior, cephalad, cranial |
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| toward the head or upper part of a structure or the body, above |
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| away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure or the body, below |
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| toward or at the front of the body, in front of |
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| toward or at the backside of the body, behind |
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| toward or at the midline of the body, on the inner side of |
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| away from the midline of the body, on the outer side of |
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| between a more medial and a more lateral structure |
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| close to the origin of the body part of the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk |
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| farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk |
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| toward or at the body surface |
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| away from the body surface, more internal |
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| contains all the structures within the chest and abdomen |
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| dome shaped muscle separates thoracic cavity from abdomino-pelvic cavity |
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| everything inferior to the diaphragm |
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| stomach, liver, intestines and other organs |
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| reproductive organs, bladder, and rectum |
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| centermost region deep to and surrounding the navel |
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| located superior to the umbilical region |
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| hypgastric (pubic) region |
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| inferior to the umbilical region |
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| lateral to the hypogastric region |
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| lie lateral to the umbilical region |
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| flank the epigastric region and contain the lower ribs |
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