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Cell
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Smallest Unit of Life
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Tissue
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Two or more of the same cells
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Organ
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Two or more tissue types
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Organ system
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Two or more organs with the same function
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Organism
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All organ systems put together
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Populations
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Two or more organisms of species in the same area
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Communities
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All life form populations in specified areas
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Ecosystems
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All life form communities and non living components
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Biosphere
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Entire Planet Earth
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Physis
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Nature
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Logos
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Greek: Reason
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Atomic
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1 Element
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Molecular
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2 or more atoms
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Compound
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A molecule that contains at least two different elements
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Homeostasis: Property of___, especially _, and does _, in order to_, by means of -, controlled by_.
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open systems, living organisms, regulates its internal environment, maintain a stable relatively constant condition, multiple dynamic equilibrium adjustments, interrelated regulation mechanisms.
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Head
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Cephalic
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Brain
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Cranial
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Face
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Facial
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Forehead
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Frontal
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Ear
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Otic/Auricular
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Eye Cavity
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Optic/ocular/orbital
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Nose
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Nasal
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Mouth
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Oral
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Cheek
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Buccal
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Neck
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Cervical
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Chest
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Thoracic
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Lower Back
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Lumbar
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Between Hips
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Sacral
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Hip
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Coccygeal/ Coxal
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Breastbone
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Sternal
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Butt
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Gluteal
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Back of the Knee
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Popliteal
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Leg
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Crural
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Heel
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Calcaneal
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Sole of Foot
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Plantar
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Foot
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Pedal
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Chin
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Mental
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Elbow
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Cubital/Olecranal
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Opposite side Elbow
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Antecubital
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Clavicle
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Clavicular
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Chest
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Pectoral
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Breast
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Mammary
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Abdomen
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Abdominal
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Navel
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Umbilical
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Pelvis
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Pelvic
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Groin
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Inguinal
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Region between anus and genetalia
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Perineal
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Thigh
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Femoral
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Front of Knee
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Patellar
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Instep
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Tarsal
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Underarm
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Axillary
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Arm (shoulder to elbow)
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Brachial
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Upper Limb (between arm and hand)
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Antebrachial
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Back of Hand
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Carpal
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Palm of Hand
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Palmar
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Wrist
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Manual
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Finger Bones
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Phalangeal/digital
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Cranial Cavity
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Brain
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Mediastimium
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Heart, aorta, thymus gland, trachea, esophagus, lymph nodes
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Thoracic Cavity
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Lungs, Heart, Aorta, Pulmonary artery, Superior and Inferior Vena Cavae, Thyroid, trach, esophagus
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Abdominal Cavity
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Stomach, Liver, Gallbladder, Spleen, Pancreas, small intestine, kidneys, large intestine
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Pelvic Cavity
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Reproductive Organs, Bladder, Rectum, Colon, (prostate, ovaries, uterus, cervix, testes ect..)
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Spinal Cavity
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Vertabrae, spinal cord, brain stem
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Pericardial Cavity
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Heart, L/R Pulmonary arteries, L/R Pulmonary Veins, Superior Vena Cava, Thymus Gland
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What divides the thoracic cavity
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Mediastinum
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Three Divisions of the Thoracic Cavity
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Pleural Cavity, Mediastinium, Pericardial Cavity
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What cavity surrounds the lungs
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Pleural
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What cavity is located between the lungs
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Mediastinium
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What cavity surrounds the heart and lies within the Mediastinium
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Pericardial
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Location of the Abdominal Cavity
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Between the ribs and pelvis
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Location of the Pelvic Cavity
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Within the Pelvis
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The Ventral Cavity is composed of these three cavities
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Thoracic, Abdominal, Pelvic
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The Dorsal Cavity is composed of these two cavities
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Cranial and Spinal
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Where is the cranial cavity located
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Within the skull
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The body has two main cavities know as
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Doral and Ventral Cavities
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Structures closer to the midline
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Medial
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Structures farther away from the midline, towards the sides
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Lateral
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Sagittal Plane
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Divides the body into left and right parts
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Midsagittal Plane
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Saggital Section running through the midline of the body
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Parasagittal Sections
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Offcentered Sagital Plane
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Midline
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Splits body into left and right sides
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Transverse Plane
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Divides the body into upper and lower parts
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Coronal Planes
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Cut perpendicular to the sagittal planes
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Superior
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Above
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Inferior
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Below
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Anterior
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Front
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Posterior
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Back
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Dorsal
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Back
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Ventral
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Front
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Proximal
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A structure is close to the point of attachment
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Distal
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Structure is further from the point of attachment
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Superficial
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Structure that is nearer the surface of the organ or body
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Deep
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Structure that is further away from the surface of the body or organ
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Cell
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Basic Unit of Life
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How are cells designed
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To be self sufficient and can function with or without other cells
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What is the cell composed of
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Outer membrane, intracellular fluid, organelles
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Organelles
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Cell organs
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Plasma membrane
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Semipermeable membrane that forms the outer boundry of the cell
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What is the plasma membrane composed of
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phospholipids and proteins arranged in a random mosaic pattern
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Cytoplasm
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Intracellular Fluid
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The brain of the cell
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Nucleus
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What does the nucleus contain
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DNA, helps the cell perform all of its functions
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An actively dividing nucleus forms
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46 strands of DNA called chromosomes
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A non active nucleus contains what kind of DNA
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Spread out chromatin
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What type of membrane does the nuclear envelope have
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Slectively permeable
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What is the nuclear envelope composed of
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Phospholipids
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What does the nuclear envelope not allow out
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DNA
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What cell structure indicates the cell is creating ribosomes
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Nucleolus
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What are ribosomes involved with?
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Synthesis of proteins
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What structure plays a key role in metabolism
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Mitochondria
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Metabolism
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ATP formation
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What kind of membrane do mirtochondria have
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Double (outer smooth and inner folded)
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What is the only organelle that is self replicating?
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Mitochondria
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How much ATP does the mitochondria produce
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Only a very small amount - 1 mole, 2 ATP
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Series of pouch like, interconnected membranes
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Endoplasmic Reticulum
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Smooth ER
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Most common type, stores materials, intracelluar transport of materials, and produces lipids.
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Rough ER
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Has ribosomes associated with its membrane. Makes proteins.
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Ribosomes
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Two part structures that are composed of RNA
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Ribosome sub structures a ___ when making protein and ___ when not.
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Join, seperate
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Proteins made from ribosomes of the ER go where
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outside the cell
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Polysomes
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Ribosomes not associated with rough ER
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Polysomes
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Free ribosomes that make protein for use in the cell
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Golgi Body
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Packages materials produced by the cell and wraps it in a phospholipid covering, folded membranes
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Cytoskeleton
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series of microtubules and microfilaments that form a supportive framework for the cell
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What are centrioles composed of
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Bundles of microtubules
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In the non dividing cell where are centrioles found
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Centrosome
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What helps move divinding chromosomes
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Centioles
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Are centrioles capable of cellular division
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No
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Where are the centrioles absent?
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RBC,most muscle cells, neurons
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Membrane bound storage bubbles
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Vacuoles and pinocytotic
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Materials stored in the vaculoes originated where
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From within the cell
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Materials stored in the pinocytotic vesicles originated from
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Outside the cell (bacteria, viruses)
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How are pinocytotic vesicles moved into the cell
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Pinocytosis
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What membrane bound unit has protein digesting enzymes (proteolytic)
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Lysosomes
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What do lysosomes do?
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Release enzymes to help destroy a damaged cell or materials brought in by phagocytosis
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Flagellum
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Whip like structure aides in the movement of the cell
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What has flagellum
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sperm and pathogenic organisms
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Cilia
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Small hair like extensions of the plasma membrane composed of microtubules.
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What is the function of cilia
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Moves some organisms but in the human body it moves things over the cell surface
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Microvilli
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Tiny folds in the plasma membrane that increase the surface area of the cell
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DNA forms what in the nucleus of the cell
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Chromatin and chromosomes
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What does DNA do
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forms genetic materials to tell the cell how to perform its functions by coding for the pattern used to create proteins
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RNA role
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major riles in the synthesis of proteins
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What is DNA and RNA composed of
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Nucleotides
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What are nucleotides composed of
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sugar and phosphat groups
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DNA sugar
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Deoxyribose
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RNA sugar
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Ribose
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How are two stands of DNA held together
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Weak hydrogen bond
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How are strands of RNA held together
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Single strand of sugar/phosphate units
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DNA nitrogenous bases
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Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine
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RNA nitogenous bases
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Adenine, Uracil, Guanine, Cytosine
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mRNA (messenger)
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Copies info from DNA then serves as pattern for putting protein together
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tRNA (transfer)
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brings amino acids to the site of protein synthesis (amino acids form protein strand)
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rRNA (ribosomal)
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Forms small subunits of ribosomes which is the synthesis site for making proteins
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