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112 Cards in this Set
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Requirements of an Organism |
Water, Food, Oxygen, Heat, & Pressure |
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Homeostasis |
Body's maintenance of a stable internal environment |
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Anatomy |
Examine the structure of body parts |
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Physiology |
Considers the function of the body parts "anatomy dictates physiology |
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RBC (red blood cell) |
Carries oxygen by attaching hemoglobin, size of most capillaries, lives about 120 days |
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Reversible affinity |
Breathing: Hb-O2 Hb-CO2 |
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Irreversible Affinity |
Hb-CO decreases Hb-O2 |
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Every living cell in our bodies needs: |
Oxygen |
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Sperm |
Only example of a flagellum in the body |
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How many different types of cells in our body? |
200 |
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4 Groups of Tissue |
1. Epithelial 2. Muscles 3. Connective 4. Nervous |
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Epithelial |
Skin, lining, & glands |
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Muscles |
Cardiac, smooth, & skeletal; walls of hollow organs & blood vessels |
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Connective |
Largest group of tissue in the body |
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Smooth muscle |
Stretches |
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Skeletal muscle |
Voluntary movement; requires an outside electrical stimulus (brain to spinal cord) |
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Liver |
Heaviest internal organ |
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Characteristics of Life |
Movement, responsiveness, growth, reproduction, respiration, digestion, absorption, circulation, assimilation, & excretion |
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Hypertrophy |
Increase in size of the existing cell |
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Atrophy |
Wasting away of the muscle cell (denervation & disuse) |
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Hyperplasia |
Increase in the number of cells |
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Upper limits of a light microscope |
1,000 (10x 4, 10, 40, & 100) |
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Only thing to clean a microscope with |
Lens paper |
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Metabolism |
Sum of all the reactions in an organism that supports life |
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Ab => A+B |
Catabolic |
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A+B => AB |
Anabolic |
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Amino Acids |
Building blocks of protein (20 of them) |
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Hyper |
Higher than normal |
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Hypo |
Lower than normal |
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Pressure at sea level |
760 mmHg |
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Miles of blood vessels in the body |
60,000-80,000 miles |
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Average pH balance |
Less than 7 acidic, 7 average, above 7 is ___ |
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Negative Feedback |
Most of the control mechanisms in the body (Receptor, control center, & effectors) |
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Positive Feedback |
Accelerates the action of the body; short lived (child birth, blood clots) |
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Diaphragm |
Makes the Thoracic cavity expand |
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Serous membrane |
Produces a thin, watery fluid; found covering all organs and glands |
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Mucus membranes |
Digestive, reproductive, skin |
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Synovial joints |
Shoulder, knee, hip, Etc |
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Visceral |
Covers an organ |
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Visceral |
Covers an organ |
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Parietal |
Lines the body wall or cavity |
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Cardiac Tamponade |
The heart has stopped (tampon means to stop) |
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-itis |
Inflammation or infection |
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Peritoneum |
Largest serous membrane in the body |
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5 Folds of the Peritoneum |
Greater omentum, lesser omentum, falciform, mesentary, & mesocolon |
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Isotopes |
Have different numbers of neutrons. |
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Isotopes |
Have different numbers of neutrons. |
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Ion |
Has either a positive or negative charge with either more protons or electrons |
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Isotopes |
Have different numbers of neutrons. |
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Ion |
Has either a positive or negative charge with either more protons or electrons |
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Cation |
Positively charged ion |
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Anion |
Negatively charged ion |
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Water |
High heat capacity, polar molecule, cohesive because of hydrogen bonds, polar covalent, is a solvent, is a lubricant, and changes temp slowly |
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Water |
High heat capacity, polar molecule, cohesive because of hydrogen bonds, polar covalent, is a solvent, is a lubricant, and changes temp slowly |
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pH in our bodies is maintained by... |
A buffer system in our blood |
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Water |
High heat capacity, polar molecule, cohesive because of hydrogen bonds, polar covalent, is a solvent, is a lubricant, and changes temp slowly |
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pH in our bodies is maintained by... |
A buffer system in our blood |
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A micron is |
10 to the negative 6 |
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Diffusion |
Movement of material from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration |
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Diffusion |
Movement of material from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration |
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Cell membrane |
Selectively permeable |
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Diffusion |
Movement of material from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration |
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Cell membrane |
Selectively permeable |
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Cytokinesis |
Division of the cytoplasm |
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Diffusion |
Movement of material from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration |
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Cell membrane |
Selectively permeable |
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Cytokinesis |
Division of the cytoplasm |
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Potential energy |
Stored energy |
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Diffusion |
Movement of material from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration |
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Cell membrane |
Selectively permeable |
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Cytokinesis |
Division of the cytoplasm |
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Potential energy |
Stored energy |
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Matter |
Anything that occupies space |
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Covalent bonds |
Are the strongest bonds |
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Ionic bknds |
Involve the gaining and losing of electrons |
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Colloids |
Heterogenous mixtures that do not settle out |
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Organic componds |
Carbs & Lipids |
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Isotopes |
Same number of electrons and protons but different number of neutrons |
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Isotopes |
Same number of electrons and protons but different number of neutrons |
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Acidic pH |
Increase in H; lower than 7 |
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Isotopes |
Same number of electrons and protons but different number of neutrons |
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Acidic pH |
Increase in H; lower than 7 |
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Glycogen |
Stored in the form of glucose, stored in the liver, & stored in skeletal muscle |
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Calcium functions |
Blood clotting, muscle contractions, & strength in bones and teeth |
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Cells in the body |
75 trillion cells with 200 types |
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Cells in the body |
75 trillion cells with 200 types |
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Differentiation |
When cells specialize |
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Cells in the body |
75 trillion cells with 200 types |
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Differentiation |
When cells specialize |
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Cytosole |
Intracellular fluid; fluid between cell membrane and nucleus |
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Actin & myosin |
Contractile; overlap of them creates the striation marks in muscle |
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Actin & myosin |
Contractile; overlap of them creates the striation marks in muscle |
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Neuroglia cell |
Purple dot in the nucleus; support cells |
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Afferent (dendrites) |
Going towards |
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Afferent (dendrites) |
Going towards |
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Efferent (axon) |
Going away |
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Afferent (dendrites) |
Going towards |
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Efferent (axon) |
Going away |
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Phospholipid (bilayer) |
Heads are hydrophilic and tails are hydrophobic |
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2 types of protein |
Integral "transmembrane"
Peripheral: Receptors on target tissues; pores, channels, & carriers; enzymes; self-markers (cell-identity markers) |
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2 types of protein |
Integral "transmembrane"
Peripheral: Receptors on target tissues; pores, channels, & carriers; enzymes; self-markers (cell-identity markers) |
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TSH |
Thyroid stimulating hormone |
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2 types of protein |
Integral "transmembrane"
Peripheral: Receptors on target tissues; pores, channels, & carriers; enzymes; self-markers (cell-identity markers) |
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TSH |
Thyroid stimulating hormone |
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Catalyst |
Speeds up a reaction |
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Greater Omentum |
Fatty apron, beer belly (in front of intestines) |
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Lesser Omentum |
Suspends the stomach from the liver |
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Falciform (curved) ligament |
Suspends (attaches) the liver to the anterior abdominal wall *liver is the only organ attached to the anterior abdominal wall) |
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Mesentary |
Attached the small intestines to the posterior abdominal wall |
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Mesocolon |
Attached the large intestine to the posterior abdominal wall |
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Mediastinum |
Space between the lungs extending from the sternum to the vertebra - does not contain the lungs |
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11 Organ Systems |
Skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, digestive, respiratory, urinary, reproductive, & integumentary |