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73 Cards in this Set
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Any condition that disrupts homeostasis?
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Stressors
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Which body system deals with VO2max?
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Respiratory
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What are the 5 environmental factors necessary for survival?
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Water, Oxygen, Nutrients, Heat, Pressure
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What is the "breaking down" part of metabolism?
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Catabolism
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Which of the following means closer to a point of attachment or origin?
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Proximal
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What is the plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts?
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Frontal
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Which systems components are the mouth, esophagus, and stomach?
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Digestive
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The region that is the midline, superior to the umbilical region, is the...
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Epigsatric
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Which systems function is to produce movement, maintain posture, and provide heat?
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Muscular
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The dorsal body cavity contains...
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Spinal and Cranial Cavities
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Which 2 systems defend against diseases?
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Cardiovascular and Lymphatic
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Which systems function to excrete metabolic waste, regulate fluid balance and acid-base balance?
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Urinary
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All chemical reactions occur in the body?
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Metabolism
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What systems function is to provide a storage place for calcium?
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Skeletal
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What four elements make up 95% of the human body by weight?
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Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen
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What is the smallest particle of an element?
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Atom
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The number of protons in the nucleus is called the ____?
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Atomic number
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Together, protons and neutrons account for the ___ of an atom.
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Mass
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Electrons are located in the ___ of an atom.
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Nucleus
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What element's importance is necessary to maintain blood chemistry?
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Copper
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What elements importance is to aid in the development of teeth and bones?
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Fluorine
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What element's importance is to aid in carbohydrate metabolism?
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Chromium
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What element's importance is a component of thyroid hormones?
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Iodine
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Atoms of a given element that have different numbers of neutrons that protons are called ____.
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Isotopes
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Unstable isotopes are also known as____.
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Radioactive Isotopes
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What bond is formed when two atoms share a pair of electrons?
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Covalent
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Which bond is an intermolecular bond?
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Hydrogen
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What ions are important in acid-base balance?
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Hydrogen, Hydroxide
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A combination of two or more substances is called a ____.
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Mixture
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What special type of diffusion uses a carrier molecule?
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Facilitated
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What is the control center that directs the metabolic activities of the cell?
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Nucleus
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What cellular component is considered the "packing and shipping plant" of the cell?
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Golgi Apparatus
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What is pinocytosis also referred as?
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Cell Drinking
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What is the first stage of Mitosis?
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Prophase
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What is the process where genetic information is transferred from DNA to mRNA?
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Transcription
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What are the two main structural components of the plasma membrane?
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Phospholipids and Protein
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What part of the mitochondria is the location for enzymes that are necessary for the production of ATP?
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Cristae
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What is known as the "little nucleus"?
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Nucleolus
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What is a solution that has a higher solute concentration?
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Hypertonic
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What cellular component's function is protein synthesis?
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Ribosome's
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What is it called when a cell ruptures?
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Lysis
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What is phagocytosis also referred to as?
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Cell eating
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In what phase of mitosis does the chromosomes align along the center of the cell?
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Anaphase
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What process moves molecules and ions "uphill" against a concentration gradient?
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Active Transport
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What type of fivers are strong, flexible, slightly elastic and found in tendons and ligaments?
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Collagenous
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What is another name for smooth muscle tissue'?
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Visceral Tissue
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What type of epithelium appears to have multiple layers but really the cells are not the same height?
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Pseudo stratified Columnar
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What is the most common type of cartilage?
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Hyamine
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What type of membrane lines the cavities of the freely movable joints?
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Synorial
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What is the only connective tissue with a liquid matrix?
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blood
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What type of gland empties hormones directly into blood?
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Endocrine
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What type of muscle tissue is found in the wall of the heart?
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Serous
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What is the defense mechanism to contain tissue injury and prepare for healing?
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Inflammation
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What type of serous membrane line that intestines?
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Pentoreum
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What is the body's energy storage (fat)?
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Adipose tissue
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What type of fiber is found in vocal cords?
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Elastic
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What are leukocygtes and what do they do?
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White Blood Cells that fight disease
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What is meant when a gland only consists of one cell?
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Unicellular
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Of the 3 layers of skin, which is anchored to underlying organs?
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Epidermis
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What is the "base" layer of the epidermis?
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Stratum basale
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What is the study of tissues?
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Histology
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OF the 3 pigments which is responsible for the yellow to orange pigment?
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Carotene
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What gland is found in the external ear canal and produces ear wax?
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Ceremonious
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The arrector pill muscle is associated with what?
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Goose Bumps
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At what degree burn can you heal withing 2-3 days?
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First
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What percentage of the body's blood does the skin store?
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5%
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What for forms distinct patterns that provide friction for grasping objects (fingerprints)?
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Papillae
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Each person has the same number of melanocytes but melanocytes produce different amounts of melanin depending on...?
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Genetics and Environment
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Bronzing is a sign of what disease?
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Addison's
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What gland is found on all parts of the body except palms and soles of feet and secretes oil?
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Sebaceous
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Of the 4 parts of the intergumentary system, which guard head from physical trauma, heat loss, and sun lights?
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Skin
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What is the portion of the nail body over the matrix that appears as a whitish, crescent-shaped area?
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Lunula
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One of the functions of skin is to sun thesis what Vitamin?
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Vitamin D
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