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23 Cards in this Set
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Anatomy
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deals with structure
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Physiology
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deals with function
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Metabolism
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sum total of reactions occurring within organism
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movement
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change in position of organism or body part; motion of internal organ
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responsiveness
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reaction to change taking place inside or outside the body
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growth
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increase in body size w/o change in shape
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respiration
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obtaining oxygen and using it to release energy from foods; removal of carbon
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digesion
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breakdown of food substances into simpler forms that can be absorbed and used
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absorption
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passage of substances through membranes into body fluids
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circulation
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movement of substances from place to place in body fluids
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assimilation
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changing of absorbed susbstances into chemically different forms
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excretion
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removal of wastes produced by metabolic reactions
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homeostasis
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maintenance of relatively stable internal environment
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homeostatic mechanisms
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self-regulating activities that maintain environment within narrow ranges
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axial body cavity
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head, neck, trunk
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appendicular
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limbs
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dorsal cavity
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subdivided into cranial cavity (contains brain) and vertbral cavity (contains spinal cord)
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ventral cavity
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subdivided into thoracic cavity (contains heart, lungs) and abdominopelvic cavity (contains stomach, intestines, liver, urinary bladder, etc.)
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viscera
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contents of body cavities
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parietal membrane
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attached to the wall of cavity
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visceral membrane
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attached to organ w/in cavity
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pleura membrane
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assoc. w/ the lungs
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pericardium membrane
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assoc. w/ the adbdominopelvic cavity
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