Chapter 7 (Pct)

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Active transport

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Chemical activity that allows the cell to admit larger molecules than would otherwise be possible.

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Adoptive family

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A family unit with adopted children

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Ageism

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A form of discrimination and prejudice against the older adult

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Blended family

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When adults remarry and bring together children from previous marriages

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Blood pressure

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The pressure of blood in the circulatory system

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Calcium pump

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Active calcium carriers in the membranes of muscle cells that allow the cells to force nearly all of the intracellular calcium ions into special compartments or out of the cell entirely

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Cell

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The smallest living unit of structure and function in our body

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Cephalocaudal

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Growth and development that proceeds from the head toward the feet

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Chromosomes

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Spindle shaped rods in a cell that carry genetic information in the form of genes

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Cohabitation

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Living together without being married

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Conception

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The union of sperm with an ovum

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Cytoplasm

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A sticky, gel-like substance that contains 70% water, as well as nutrients, minerals, enzymes, and other specialized materials

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Depression

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A mood disturbance categorized by feelings of sadness, Despair, and hopelessness

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Development

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A lifelong process that begins at conception, the beginning of pregnancy, and ends with death

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Diffusion

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A process in which solid particles in a fluid move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration, resulting in an even distribution of the particles in the fluid

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Dorsal

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Towards the back

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Extended family

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Consists of the nuclear or traditional family and additional family such as Grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, and uncles who live in the same household

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Filtration

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The movement of water and particles through a membrane by force from either pressure or gravity

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Foster family

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A family formed when the biological parents are unable or unwilling to provide adequate, safe care for their children

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Grandfamilies

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Families with children under the age of 18 years old who live with or in the custody of grandparents

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Growth

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An increase in size and may involve the entire being or parks within

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Homeostasis

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The state of achieving a balance or equilibrium within the body

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Homosexual family

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A family compromised of a same-sex couple

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Infant mortality rate

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The number of childhood deaths that occur before one year

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Kyphosis

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An exaggeration of the thoracic curvature

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Life expectancy

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The number of years an individual will probably live, based on the average for others with similar characteristics

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Membrane

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Permits certain substances to enter and leave while not allowing other substances to cross

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Mitosis

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A type of cell division

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Nuclear family

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A family unit that consists of parents and their biological Offspring, or children

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Nucleus

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The largest organelle within the cell responsible for cell reproduction and control of the other organelles

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Organ

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A group of several different kinds of tissues arranged to perform a special function

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Osmosis

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The passage of water across a selectively permeable membrane, with the water molecules going from the less concentrated solution to the more concentrated solution

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Phagocytosis

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The process that permits a cell to engulf any for material and to digest it

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Physiology

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The processes and functions of the various structures and how they interrelate

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Passive transport

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The movement of small molecules across the membrane of a cell by diffusion

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Pinocytosis

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The process by which extracellular fluid is taken into the cell

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Presbycusis

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A normal Progressive, age-associated loss of hearing Acuity, speech intelligibility, auditory threshold, and pitch

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Presbyopia

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A defect in vision in advancing age that involve the loss of accommodation or the recession of the near point caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens and the ensuing change in close vision

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Proximodistal

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Growth and development that originates in the center of the body and moves toward the outside

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Quarks

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The building blocks of protons and neutrons that compromised the atom

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Respiratory

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Relating to the respiration, or the act of breathing

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School violence

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Anything that physically or psychologically injures school children or damages school property

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Single parent family

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The type of family where there is one parent with at least one child

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Social contract family

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See cohabitation

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Sodium potassium pump

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The process of actively transporting sodium ions out of cells and potassium ions into cells

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System

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An organization of varying numbers and kinds of organs arranged to perform complex functions of the body

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Teratogen

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A substance, agent, or process that interferes with normal prenatal development, causing the formation of one or more developmental abnormalities in the fetus

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Tissue

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An organization of many similar cells that act together to perform a common function

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Ventral

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To Face Forward ; the front of the body

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Widow

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The remaining spouse when one has died

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Zygote

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The developing ovum from the time it is fertilized until, as a blastocyst, it is implanted in the uterus

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Cranial

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Toward the head

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Caudal

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Toward the distal end of the body

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Superior

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Toward the head, or above

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Inferior

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Lower, toward the feet, or below another

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Medial

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Toward the midline

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Lateral

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Toward the side

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Proximal

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Nearest the origin of the structure; nearest the trunk

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Distal

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Farthest from the origin of the structure; farthest from the trunk

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Superficial

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Nearer the surface

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Deep

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Further away from the body surface

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Prophase

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In the nucleus the chromosomes form two strands called chromatids