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the study of body structures and the
relation of one part to another |
Anatomy
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the study of the processes and
functions of the body tissue and organs. Physiology is the study of how the body works and how the various parts function individually and in relation to each other. |
Physiology
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the study of the development of
the body from a fertilized egg, or ovum. |
Embryology
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toward the front, or ventral
(pertaining to the belly; abdomen), side of the body. |
Anterior or ventral
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toward the back, or rear,
side of the body. |
Posterior or dorsal
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near or toward the midline of the body.
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Medial
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farther away from the midline of the
body. |
Lateral
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toward the lower end of the body.
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Caudal
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normal standing position of the body.
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erect
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lying position of the body, face down.
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prone
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the outward part or surface of a
structure. |
Peripheral
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a gelatinous substance
surrounding the nucleus and is contained by the plasma membrane. |
cytoplasm
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a unicellular organism is called what?
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amoeba
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What are the four main groups of tissues?
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epithelial, connective, muscular, and
nervous. |
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The lining tissues of the body are called what?
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epithelium
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What is the name of single layered epithelial tissue? What about Mutiple layers?
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simple, stratified
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What are the three categories of the epithelial tissue?
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columnar, squamous, and cuboidal
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In the
digestive system, the chief function of ____________ is the secretion of digestive fluids and the absorption of nutrients from digested foods. |
Columnar Epithelial Tissue
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What is cilia?
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crown of microscopic hairlike processes
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is
the main protective tissue of the body. |
Squamous tissue
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is composed of thin
platelike or scalelike cells forming a mosaic pattern |
Squamous epithelial tissue
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cubical in shape
and are found in the more highly specialized organs of the body, such as the ovary and the kidney |
cuboidal tissue
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In
the kidneys functions in the secretion and absorption of fluids. |
cuboidal tissue
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has many variations and is the
most widespread tissue of the body |
connective tissue
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highly vascular, surrounds other cells, encases
internal organs, sheathes muscles, wraps bones, encloses joints, and provides the supporting framework of the body |
connective tisssue
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