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18 Cards in this Set
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the body cavity which contains the digestive, urinary, and internal reproductive organs; also called abdominopelvic cavity
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abdominal cavity
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the killing of an unborn child
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abortion
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the digestive tube that runs from the mouth to the anus
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alimentary canal
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the sac of fluid that surrounds and protects a human or mammal during devleopment in the womb
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amniotic sac
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the body cavity which contains the brain
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cranial cavity
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a gland that secretes hormones into the blood
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endocrine glands
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in humans and in animals which bear live young, the prenatal period of development
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gestation
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chemicals produced by living things to control or stimulate specific internal processes; chemical messengers
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hormones
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the tissues fluid that fills the spaces between cells and tissues
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interstitial fluid
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the material surrounding the cells within a tissue
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matrix
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in humans and placental mammals, the structure in the wall of the uterus by means of which the developing offspring receives nourishment and eliminates wastes
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placenta
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the body cavity which contains the spinal cord
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spinal cavity
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in humans and placental animals, the bundle of blood vessels that attaches the baby to the mother's placenta
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umbilical cord
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the body cavity which contains the heart and lungs
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thoracic cavity
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a group of similar cells which work together to accomplish the task of an organ
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tissue
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in mammals and man, the muscular organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are nourished until birth; also called the womb
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uterus
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any of the 180 or so organs once assumed by evolutionists to be useless traces of man's supposed evolutionary past
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vestigial organ
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pertaining to the soft, internal
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visceral organs
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