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55 Cards in this Set
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Body Region containing the head, neck, & trunk.
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AXIAL REGION
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Body Cavity containing the soft internal organs called viscera.
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VENTRAL CAVITY
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Body Region containing the limbs or extremities.
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APPENDICULAR REGION
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Body Cavity containing the skull, brain, & spinal column.
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DORSAL CAVITY
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Cut that divides the body into anterior & posterior halves.
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FRONTAL PLANE
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Nearer to the midline.
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MEDIAL
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Toward or on the surface.
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Superficial
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Between 2 structures.
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Intermediate
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On the same side as.
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IPSILATERAL
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On the opposite side from.
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CONTRALATERAL
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Cut down the midline that divides the body into equal right & left halves.
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MIDSAGITTAL
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Cut that divides the body into superior & inferior halves.
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TRANSVERSE
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Cuts to the right or left of the midline, creating unequal portions.
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PARASAGITTAL
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Farther from the midline
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LATERAL
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Nearer to attachment of extremity or point of origin.
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PROXIMAL
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Outer boundary of the cell, made of a bilayer of phospholipids.
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PLASMA MEMBRANE
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Membrane proteins that have strands of sugar molecules attached.
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GLYCOPROTEINS
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Membrane proteins that come from the outside of the cell, can be removed by chemical treatments.
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EXTRINSIC
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Membrane proteins that come from inside the cell membrane, often span from one side to another.
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INTRINSIC
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Double bilayer membrane containing the DNA of the cell.
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NUCLEUS
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Part of the cell responsible for energy production.
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MITOCHONDRIA
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Part of the cell containing proteins & RNA.
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RIBOSOMES
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Internal membrane system of the cell, contains proteins & lipids.
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ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
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Serves as sorting station for synthesized proteins.
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GOLGI APPARATUS
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Scaffold of filaments w/in the cytoplasm that allow the cell to maintain & move.
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CYTOSKELETON
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Sheets of cells that form a barrier between the interior & external environment; covers body's surface & lines hollow internal organs.
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EPITHELIAL TISSUE
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Secrete chemical messengers called hormones into the blood; formed by epithelials
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ENDOCRINE GLANDS
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Secrete substances by way of ducts to the exterior, EX: sweat glands
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EXOCRINE GLANDS
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Epithelia that is one cell layer thick.
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SIMPLE EPITHELIA
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Epithelia composed of multiple cell layers.
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STRATIFIED EPITHELIA
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Epithelia found in the urinary bladder, "squamous" but can stretch.
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TRANSITIONAL
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Epithelia consisting of one cell layer, but some cells aren't tall enough to reach from one side to another.
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PSUEDOSTRATIFIED
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Tissue that holds body parts together, gives structural integrity to other tissue types.
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CONNECTIVE TISSUE
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Tough & flexible material, major component of cartilage.
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CHONDROITIN
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Cells that secrete intercellular materials.
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FIBROBLASTS
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Material that forms a gel, cements cell together, acts as a cushion.
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HYALURONIC ACID
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Connective tissue that connects skeletal muscles w/ the bony skeleton.
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TENDONS
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Tissue that holds joints together, mainly of collagen & elastin fibers.
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LIGAMENTS
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Strong, flexible, smooth material composed of collagen & chondroitin.
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CARTILAGE
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Hard, rigid, material that makes up the bulk of the adult skeleton.
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BONE
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BONE CELLS?
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OSTEOCYTES
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Bone cells that synthesize bone.
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OSTEOBLASTS
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Bone cells that break it down.
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OSTEOCLASTS
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Small channels that allow nutrients & oxygen to reach osteocytes.
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CANALICULI
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Connective tissue that transports O2 & nutrients to tissues, carry away carbon dioxide & other products for disposal.
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BLOOD
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White Blood Cells
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LEUKOCYTES
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Red Blood Cells
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ERYTHROCYTES
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Platelets
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THROMBOCYTES
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Connective tissue specialized for storage of fat.
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ADIPOSE TISSUE
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Tissue specialized for contraction & generation of force.
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MUSCLE TISSUE
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Muscle tissue that surrounds hollow internal organs.
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SMOOTH MUSCLE
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Muscle tissue in the walls of the heart, circulates blood to all body parts.
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CARDIAC MUSCLE
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Muscle tissue attached to bony skeleton & moves body parts relative to one another.
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SKELETAL MUSCLE
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Tissue specialized for processing information & regulating the function of many body systems.
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NERVOUS TISSUE
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Structure composed of 2 or more tissues & carries out multiple functions.
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ORGAN
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