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Name all 11 body systems:
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Integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, digestive, respiratory, urinary, and reproductive.
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What factors stimulated early interst in the human body?
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Injury and illness.
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Name the cavities of the head:
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Nasal, oral, middle ear, orbital.
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What cavities lie in the axial portion?
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The dorsal (cranial cavity/vertebral canal) and ventral (thoracic cavity/abdominopelvic cavity) cavities.
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Name the levels of organization:
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atom, molecule, macromolecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism.
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Describe the negative feedback system:
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The deviation from the set point requires the opposite form of adjustment (graphed like a wave).
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What are the five requirements of life?
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Water, oxygen, food, pressure, and heat.
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What are the characteristics of life?
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Movement, respiration, responsiveness, growth, absorption, assimilation, circulation, digestion, excretion, and reproduction.
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What languages comprise most of the medical terms?
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Greek and Latin.
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