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| Maintenance of a steady internal environment |
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Change in the environment causes the responses
The return of the system to its original condition
Up and down arrows |
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Change produces a response that intensifies the initial change
Arrows go the same way |
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| Part of the brain that controls many homeostatic responses |
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| Composed of similar cells that perform a specific function |
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| Structures that perform complex functions and include two or more interacting tissue types |
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| Consists of 2 or more interacting organs functioning in coordinated way |
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| Study of Cells and tissue |
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| Cells or groups of cells specialized to secrete substances outside of cell |
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| sheets of cells firmly attached to one another by connections such as desmosomes and tight junctions |
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| Glands secrete substances onto the surface of the body through a duct |
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| Glands lack ducts, release hormones into the extracellular fluid into the body |
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| One cell thick, lines most or all of the respiratory, urinary, reproductive, and circulatory systems |
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Found in the skin, inside the body
several cells thick
Cells are continuously lost and replaced |
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| fibrous proteins(keratin) that adhere cells together |
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| flexible tissue connects, supports and surrounds other tissue types |
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| packed with collagen fibers that provides flexibility and strength |
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| connects bones to muscles |
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| widely spaced cells, nonliving matrix composed of collagen secreted by cartilage cells |
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| its matrix is hardened by deposits of calcium phosphate |
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made up of fat cells modified for long term energy storage
serve as insulation
cushioning |
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red blood cells
transport oxygen |
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white blood cells
fight infection |
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| fluid leaked out of blood capillaries |
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appears striated(striped)
stimulated by the nervous system
under voluntary(conscious) control |
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located in the heart
spontaneously active
striated |
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not striated
embedded on the walls of the digestive, respitory tracts, uterus, bladder, larger blood vessels
produces slow
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nerve cells
generate electrical signals |
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surround, support,insulate, protect neurons
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sweat glands
oil glands
contains numerous blood vessels
layer of loose connective tissue |
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