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AMC TO OSO
-Atoms
-Molecules
-Cells
-Tissues
-Organs
-Organ System
-Organism |
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-External body covering
-Protects from injury
-Sythesizes vitamin D, houses pain/pressure receptors, weat and oil glands |
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-Protects and supports body organs
-Provide framework for muscles
-Blood cells formed within bones
-Bones store minerals |
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-Manipuation of environment, locomotion and facial expression
-Posture & produces heat |
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-Fast acting control system
-Responds to internal and external changes |
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| Glands secrete hormones that regulate growth, reproduction and metabolism |
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-Blood vessels transport blood which carries oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, wastes
- Heart pumps blood |
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Lymphatic System/Immunity
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-Picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels & returns it to blood
-Disposes of debris in lymphatic stream.
-Attack against foreign substances |
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-Keeps blood supplied with oxygen
-Removes carbon dioxide
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-Breaks down food, absorbs into blood and distribute to cells
-Eliminated through feces |
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-Eliminates waste
-Regulates water, electrolyte & acid base balance of blood
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| Toward or at the front of the body[image] |
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| [image]toward or at the back of the body |
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closer to origin of body part or point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
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| [image]Further from theorigin of body part orpoint of attachment of a limb to the body trunk |
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| Divides body vertically- left & right |
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| Midsagittal (median) plane |
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| Divides body vertically- front and back[image] |
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| Transverse (horizontal) plane |
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| Divides body horizontally- top and bottom (super and inferior)[image] |
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| Dorsal cavity (cranial & vertebral) |
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protects nervous system
[image] |
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-Houses internal organs
-Thoracic & abdominopelvic cavity [image] |
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| Thoracic cavity subdivisions |
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[image]
-Two pleural cavities: each houses a lung
-Mediastinum: pericardial cavity, surrounds thoracic organs
-Pericardial cavity: encloses heart |
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| Contains stomach, intestines, spleen, liver |
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| contains urinary bladder, reproductive organs and rectum |
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Liver & Gallbaldder
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Cecum and appendix
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| urinary bladder & reproductive organs[image] |
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