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| excision, surgical removal of |
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| to cut into, make an incision into |
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| The region between the anus and external reproductive organs |
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| Middle of the thorax , anteriorly |
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| Sheet like structure composed largely of skeletal muscle and connective tissue that separates thoracic and abdominal cavities |
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| Pertaining to the contents of a body cavity |
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| Cuts the body in one half, top to bottom , horizontally |
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| Protects underlying tissues. Excretes waste. Helps regulate body temperature. Makes vitamin D |
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| Protection and support. Framework for the muscles. Bone marrow makes new blood cells. Stores minerals. |
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| Bones, joints, and cartilage belong to which organ system ? |
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| Contract to cause movement. Produces body heat |
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| Serves as the body's fast acting control system. Activates muscles and glands. |
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| The brain, spinal cord, nerves, and special sensory receptors belong to which organ system? |
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| Body's slow acting control system. Hormones are released from endocrine glands and travel through the blood stream to regulate other organs |
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| The pineal , pituary, parathyroids, pancreas, thyroid, thymus, testes, ovaries, and adrenals belong to which organ system? |
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| Carry blood throughout the body to deliver oxygen, nutrients , and hormones and carry away waste products |
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| The heart and the blood vessels belong to which organ system ? |
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| Returns fluid that has leaked from blood vessels back to the blood stream. Immunity. |
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| The lymph vessels, lymph nodes, spleen, and tonsils belong to which organ system ? |
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| Supplies the body with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide. |
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| The nasal cavities , lungs, and trachea belong to which organ system? |
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| Breaks down food and delivers the nutrients to the bloodstream. Eliminates indigestible foodstuff as feces. |
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| The oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, and pancreas belong to which organ system? |
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| Removes nitrogen containing wastes from the blood and flushes them from the body in urine |
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| something that produces a change in the variable and causes it to move away from its normal range |
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| Receptor; Control Center; Effector |
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| alerts the control center when it detects changes in the variable |
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| carries out the control center's response |
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| all movement, including the movement of substances through the body |
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| reacting to changes in the environment |
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| breaking down food into molecules the body can absorb |
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| movement of molecules across a membrane or blood vessel wall and into a cell on the blood stream |
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| absorbed molecules are used by the body to make energy or new tissue |
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| Obtaining oxygen; using oxygen to release energy from food; removing the resultant gaseous wastes |
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| moving substances through the body in the blood or body fluids |
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| the process of removing waste products that are created by the body's activities |
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| an increase in size that happens when there are more new cells being made more than old cells are worn out |
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| the process of making a new individual- this can also happen on the cellular level (mitosis), usually to repair damaged tissue |
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| most abundant chemical substance in the body; fluid base for body secretion |
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| contain the chemicals used for energy and cell building |
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| Required to drive the chemical reactions that release energy from food |
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| too little and metabolic reactions slow and then stop; too much and body proteins begin to break down |
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| breathing and the exchange of O2 and CO2 depend on the appropriate atmospheric boundaries |
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