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the animal body
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
12/12/2008

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what are the 5 things common to all organisms?
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1) Hereditary affects them 2)CELLULAR ORGANIZATION - composed of at least one cell 3)All organisms GROW AND REPRODUCE 4) All organisms maintain HOMEOSTASIS 5) All organisms use METABOLISM
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ecology
Definition
study of organisms' interactions with each other and with their environment
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physiology
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study of living cells' interactions with each other and their physical environment
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what 5 general themes UNIFY and explain biology?
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1)HOMEOSTASIS 2)Structure determines FUNCTION 3)COOPERATION 4)FLOW of energy from photosynthesis on 5)EVOLUTION, as a result of natural and artificial selection
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what 4 key innovations have led to the evolution of animals' bodies?
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body segmentation, body cavity, body symmetry/cephalization, duertostomes embryo
Term
human coelom is divided into what 2 cavities?
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thoracic and abdominal
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cellular differentiation comes from the regulation of what?
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gene expression
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what 3 layers of cells are there? (as in embryonic dev)
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ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm
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what are the 4 general classes of adult human tissues?
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epithelial, connective, nervous, muscle
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the ____ of each type of epithelium fits its _____
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structure, function
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once nutrients are inside cells, what happens to them?
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they are oxidized for energy by CELLULAR METABOLISM
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