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What is the fluid connective tissue? |
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What does blood transport? |
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What are the two components of blood? |
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the fluid component of blood, similar to interstitial fluid and lymph |
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Where do blood cells come form? |
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come form a common stem cell in bone marrow |
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What types of blood cells are there? |
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What is another term for red blood cells? |
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What is the most common cell in blood? |
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What shape are red blood cells? |
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Do red blood cells have nucleus? Can they reproduce? |
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no, they cannot reproduce |
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What do red blood cells contain? What does it do? |
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hemoglobin, binds and transports oxygen and carbon dioxide |
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What is the lifespan of red blood cells? |
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What is another name for platelets? |
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What shape are platelets? |
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Do plateles have a nucleus? What are they formed from? |
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no, formed from fragments of a megakartocyte |
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What is the main function of platelets? |
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What is the lifespan of platelets? |
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What is another name for white blood cells? |
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What do white blood cells form from? |
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Where do white blood cells mature? |
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in the bone marrow or lymphatic tissue |
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What makes up white blood cells? Are they capable of movement? |
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have a nucleus and cytoplasm, are capable of movement |
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Which type of blood cells are involved in defense mechanisms? |
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What are the 5 types of leukocytes? |
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1.Neutrophil or polymorphonuclear Leukocyte(PMN) 2.Lymphocytes 3.Monocyte/Macrophage 4.Eosinophil 5.Basophils and mast cells |
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What is the most common type of white blood cell? |
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Neutrophil or polymorphonuclear Leukocyte(PMN) (60-70%) |
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What is the first white blood cell to the site after an injury? |
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Neutrophil or polymorphonuclear Leukocyte(PMN) |
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How long do Neutrophil or polymorphonuclear Leukocyte(PMN)live? |
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What is the second most common white blood cell? How much does this account for? |
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Which type of white blood cell is involved in immune response? |
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How much percentage of WBC are monocytes/macrophages? |
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Do monocytes/macrophages have a longer or shorter lifespane than PMN? |
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What is eosinophil involved in? |
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What are basophils and mast cells involved in? |
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What is muscle tissue derived from? |
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What are muscle tissues specialized in? |
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contraction, causing movement |
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How are muscle tissues classified? |
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according to structure and function |
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What are the two variants in functionally? |
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What are the two variants in structurally? |
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What are the three types of muscles? |
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skeletal, smooth, cardiac |
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Is skeletal muscle voluntary or involuntary? Straited or smooth? |
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What are skeletale muscles comprised of? |
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numerous muscle bundles, made up of thousands of individual muscle cells called myofibers |
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How long is each myofiber? What are they composed of? |
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extend the entire length of the muscle, composed of myofilaments |
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How many nuclei is slepetal muscle composed of? |
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What is smooth muscle like? |
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What is cardiac muscle like? |
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How is cardiac muscle different from skeletal muscle? |
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have only 1 or 2 nuclei per cell |
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What are intercalated discs? |
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branched cells specalized intracellular connections called intercalated disc |
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What are the special cells that help regulate heart beat? |
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What is the function of nerve tissues? |
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function to carry messages |
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What controls your perceptions of sesations? |
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What do nerves do to muslces? |
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What do nerves do to glands? |
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stimulate them to secrete |
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What body systems do nerves regulate? |
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cardiovascular, endocrine, etc |
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cellular component of the nervous system |
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What are the three portions of neurons? |
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1.cell body 2.axon 3.dendrite |
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What is the function of the cell body? |
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provides metabolic support |
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What is the function of the axon? |
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conducts impulses away from cell body |
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What is the function of the dendrite? |
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receives impulses and conducts them toward the cell body |
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a bundle of neural processes outside of the CNS |
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junction between 2 neurons or between a neuron and a gland or muscle |
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What are the two types of nerves? |
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1.Afferent(sensory) 2.Efferent(motor) |
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What do afferent(sensory) nerves do? |
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nerves carries impulses from the body to brain |
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What do efferent(motor) nerves do? |
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nerves carries information from the brain to the body |
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