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14 Cards in this Set
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What is the cell?
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The basic structural unit of all living organisms.
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What are the four primary categories of cells(also tissue)?
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Muscle, nerve, epithelial, and connective
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What is tissue?
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Aggregate of a single cell type (the general cellular "fabric" of any organ or structure).
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What are the different types of muscle tissue?
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Striated and smooth
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What are the different types of epithelial tissue?
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Stratified or simple squamous epithelium, quboydal, and columnar
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Name some connective tissues?
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Skin, fat (blood vessels), tendon, and bone
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What is HC/HERDA?
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A genetically recessive disease in quarter horses that has been linked to one stallion. It is loss in collagen function where sores develope. There is a break in the skin tissue.
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What is an organ?
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Four kinds of tissues arranged in various proportions. Often organized into smaller, similar subunites called funtional units.
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What is an organ systems?
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A collection of organs that together perform an overall unified function (reproductive system).
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What is the internal environmnet?
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A conduit through which every individual cell is connected to the external environment.
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What are the body fluid compartments?
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Intracellular fluid and extracellular fluid
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What fluids are in the extracellular fluid?
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Interstitial fluid and blood plasma
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What is homeostatsis?
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Relative constancy of the internal environment where changes occur but the magnitude of changes are small
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What is homeostatic control system?
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A collection of body components that function together to keep a physical or chemical property of the internal environment relatively constant (body temperature).
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