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| What is the thoracic cavity? |
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| What is the outer layer of the skin? |
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| What makes up the epidermis specifically? |
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| stratified squamous epithelium |
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| Who discovered DNA in what year? |
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| What is the structure of DNA called? |
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| What does the DNA in the nucleus contain the code for building? |
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| What can't mature red blood cells, typical neurons, cardiac muscle cells, and skeletal muscles do because they don't have centrioles? |
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| What membrane directly covers the the lungs? |
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| What is the outer membrane of the lungs called? |
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| tube from the throat to stomach (food tube) |
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| What are separated by the mediastinum? |
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| What four organs does the mediastinum contain? |
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| heart, trachea, thymus, esophagus |
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| What is the major structural protein? |
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| What do enzymes that are proteins act as to speed up reactions in the body? |
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| What makes up the central nervous system? |
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| What nervous system links the nervous system with other systems and the sense rogans? |
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| What are the smalls blood vessels that permit diffusion between blood and interstitial fluid? |
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| What carries blood to the heart? |
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| What carries blood away from the heart? |
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| Bone marrow is the primary site of what kind of production? |
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| What does bone marrow store? |
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| What are white blood cells? |
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| What are red blood cells? |
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| anatomical term for a part above another part |
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| anatomical term for part below another part |
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| anatomical term for dorsal or toward the back |
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| anatomical term for ventral or toward the front |
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| anatomical term for near the surface |
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| anatomical term for lying down, face down |
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| anatomical term for lying down, face up |
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| area that specifies front of the elbow |
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| process where cells become specialized |
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| What are the double-ringed nitrogen bases (adenine and guanine)? |
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| What are the single-ringed nitrogen bases (cytosine, thymine, uracil)? |
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| What do goblet cells secrete? |
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| What do mast cells secrete that cause inflammatory reactions due to injury or infection? |
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| formula for the hydroxyl group |
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| formula for the carboxyl group |
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| formula for the amino group |
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| genetically controlled cell death |
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| division of the nuclear material of body cells where two daughter cells are formed that have the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell |
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| division of sex cells where the number of chromosomes is halved and four sex cells are produced |
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| tumor that generally remains in one place and is not life threatening |
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| tumor that will spread, forming cancer |
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| these connect muscle to bone |
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| these connect bone to bone |
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| process where the cell takes in solid particles |
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| process where a cell undergoes endocytosis of liquids |
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| blood filled or containing blood vessels |
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| buildup of uric acid in joints |
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| bluish coloration of skin due to reduced oxygen levels |
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| scientific name for a bruise |
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| scientific name for a bed sore |
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| localized shedding of the epithelium |
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| when the immune system malfunctions and antibodies attack normal melanocytes |
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| reduction in muscle size, tone, and power when skeletal muscles are not regular stimulated by a motor neuron |
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| scientific name for skin cancer |
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| leading case of death in burn victims |
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| a widespread bacterial infection |
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| What is called when the liver cannot excrete bile, a fellow to orange pigment builds up in body fluids? |
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| loss of bone mass and strength |
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| develops when an organ protrudes through an abdominal opening |
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| abnormal bone development due to lack of sun and or lack of vitamin D |
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| place where two bones interconnect |
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| scientific name for a joint |
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| most common type of cartilage and is found between bones and forms most bones of skeleton |
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| cells that break down bone, remove, and recycle bone for use in the body |
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| large blood clot that forms from the fracture o fhb bone, closes off the injured vessel and may kill osteocytes |
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| cell death and destruction due to inadequate blood flow |
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| site where the movable end of a muscle attaches to another structure |
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| site where the fixed end of a muscle attaches to a bone, cartilage, or connective tissue |
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| type of fluid found in freely movable joints that is secreted by fibroblasts and does not exceed three mL in volume |
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| What kind of fluid does synovial fluid resemble? |
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| interstitial fluid (tissue fluid) |
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| pad of fibrocartilage situated between opposing bones with a synovial joint to subdivide the cavity and channel flow of fluid, or allow for shape changes in articular surfaces (very common in knee) |
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| red pigment in muscle fibers that binds to and carries oxygen |
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| red blood cells that transports oxygen and carbon dioxide |
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| what does oxygen bind to in hemoglobin? |
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| tough, fibrous protein in skin, hair, and nails |
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| dark brown to black pigment in skin, hair, and eyes that serves to absorb harmful UV radiation |
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| What is the function of the septum? |
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| functional unit of heredity |
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| process in the cell cycle that occurs before meiosis or mitosis that allows the cell two growth periods and a time for DNA replication |
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| strands of DNA called chromatin that coil around histone proteins |
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| When are chromosomes formed? |
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| the organelle that may be covered with ribosomes are free of ribosomes (transport system of the cell) |
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| organelles wehre proteins are produced |
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| What takes place in the mitochondria? |
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| aerobic respiration and electron transport chain and the majority of ATP is produced here |
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| organelles that contain digestive enzymes to break down particles (garbage disposal) |
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| packaging center of the cell |
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| What functions to produce ribosomes inside the nucleus? |
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