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What is dysplasia?
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Abnormal growth or development.
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What is anaplasia?
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Change in the structure of cells and their orientation.
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What is aplasia?
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Lack of development of a organ, tissue, or cell.
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What is hypoplasia?
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Incomplete or less than normal development of an organ, tissue, or cell.
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What is hyperplasia?
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Abnormal increase in the number of normal cells.
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What is neoplasia?
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any abnormal new organ, tissue, or cellular growth.
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Histology is the study of?
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Tissue composition, structure, and function.
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What are the four types of tissue?
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Epitheial, connective, muscle, and nervous.
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What type of tissue contains specialized cells with the ability to contract and relax?
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Muscle tissue.
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What type of tissue contains specialized cells with the ability to react to stimuli and conduct eletrical impulses?
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Nervous tissue.
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What type of tissue holds organs in place and binds body parts together?
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Connective tissue.
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What type of tissue covers the external and internal body surfaces in tightly packed cells in various arrangements.
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Epitheial tissue.
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What is cytology?
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The study of cells.
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What is anatomy?
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The study of the body's structure.
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What is physiology?
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The study of the body's function.
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What is pathology?
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The study of the body's cause, nature, and development of abnormal conditions.
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What is pathophysiology?
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The study of the body's change in function caused by disease.
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What is retroperitoneal?
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Area that is superficial to the peritoneum.
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What is the mesentery?
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The layer of the peritoneum that suspends parts of the intestine in the abdominal cavity.
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What is the visceral?
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The inner layer of the peritoneum that surrounds the abdominal organs.
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