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09/16/2010
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TISSUES
 Definition
similar cells grouped together
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CELLS
 Definition
individual units
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ORGANS
 Definition
tissues grouped together
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SYSTEMS
 Definition
organs working together
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CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
 Definition
heart, blood, arteries, veins, and capillaries... transport blood
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LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
 Definition
lymph vessels and nodes... white blood cells... transport lymph fluid
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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
 Definition
food into body then breaks it down
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ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
 Definition
glands sends chemical messages called hormones into blood
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REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
 Definition
produces cells to form embryo
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MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
 Definition
muscles, bones, joints, and connective tissue... movement
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NERVOUS SYSTEM
 Definition
carries electrical messages to and from the brain and spinal cord
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RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
 Definition
controls breathing.. air enters and leaves body
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SKIN AND SENSE ORGAN SYSTEM
 Definition
skin eyes and ears... receive messages from environment to brain
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URINARY SYSTEM
 Definition
kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra... produce urine ad remove it from body
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CRANIAL CAVITY
 Definition
in head surrounded by skull... brain, pituitary gland, endocrine gland
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THORACIC CAVITY
 Definition
chest... surrounded by breast bone and rib cage...
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PLEURA
 Definition
double membrane
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PLEURAL CAVITY
 Definition
space between pleura and each lung
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MEDIASTINUM
 Definition
large space between lungs
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ABDOMINAL CAVITY
 Definition
below thoracic cavity
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DIAPHRAGM
 Definition
organ separates thoracic and abdominal
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PERITONEUM
 Definition
surrounds organs in the abdominal cavity
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PELVIC CAVITY
 Definition
below abdominal cavity
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PELVIS
 Definition
bones of the hip
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SPINAL CAVITY
 Definition
space surrounded by column
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SPINAL CORD
 Definition
nervous tissue within spinal cavity
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SPINAL COLUMN
 Definition
backbones, long rows of bones
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DISK
 Definition
flexible connective tissue
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VERTEBRA
 Definition
each bone in back
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CARTILAGE
 Definition
cushion between bones
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CERVICAL
 Definition
neck
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THORACIC
 Definition
chest
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LUMBAR
 Definition
loin/waist
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SACRAL
 Definition
sacrum/lower back
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COCCYGEAL
 Definition
coccyx/tailbone
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FRONTAL/CORONAL PLANE
 Definition
up/down divides front to back
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SAGITTAL/LATERAL PLANE
 Definition
up/down divides right and left
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TRANSVERSE/AXIAL PLANE
 Definition
horizontal
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ABDOMIN/O
 Definition
abdomen
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ANTER/O
 Definition
front
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BRONCH/O
 Definition
bronchial tubes
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CERVIC/O
 Definition
neck... body or cervix
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CHORNDR/O
 Definition
cartilage
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COCCYG/O
 Definition
coccyx/ tailbone
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CRANI/O
 Definition
skull
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EPITHELI/O
 Definition
skin/ surface tissue
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ESOPHAG/O
 Definition
esophagus/ tube throat to stomach
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HEPAT/O
 Definition
liver
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LAPAR/O
 Definition
abdomen
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LARYNG/O
 Definition
larynx/ voice box
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LATER/O
 Definition
side
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LUMBR/O
 Definition
loin/waist
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LYMPH/O
 Definition
lymph/ clear fluid in tissue spaces and lymph vessels
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MEDIASTIN/O
 Definition
mediastinum/ space between lungs
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PELV/O
 Definition
pelvis/ bones of the hip
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PERITONE/O
 Definition
peritoneum/ membrane surrounding the abdomen
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PHARYNG/O
 Definition
pharynx/throat
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PLEUR/O
 Definition
pleura
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POSTER/O
 Definition
back/behind
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SACR/O
 Definition
sacrum/ five fused bones in lower back
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SPIN/O
 Definition
spine
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THORAC/O
 Definition
chest
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TRACHE/O
 Definition
trachea/ windpipe
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VERTEBR/O
 Definition
vertebra/ backbone
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