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54 Cards in this Set
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What is the study of the regulation of change within organisms?
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Physiology
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All Physiological change is mediated by?
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Proteins
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The ability to markedly increase the rate of a chemical reaction without altering the equilibrium is ?
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Catalysis
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When two reactions are joined together with the transfer of energy it is called?
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Reaction Coupling
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Proteins provide a pathway for the transport of most molecules and all ions into and out of the cell is termed?
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Transport
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Proteins that form filaments and that glue cells to each other and their environment are termed?
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Structure Proteins
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Any Difference that regulates something is?
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Information
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What is the physical and chemical events or reactions?
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Metabolism
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What is the maintenance of a stable internal environment?
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Homeostasis
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Groups of cells form?
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Tissues
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Groups of Tissues form?
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Organs with specialized functions
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What do a group of organs that function closely together comprise?
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Organ Systems
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Organ systems make up an ?
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Organism
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Name the 3 major cavities of the body?
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Cranial, Thoracic,and Abdominal viscera
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Refers to the membrane attached to the wall of a cavity?
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Parietal
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A membrane that lines the walls of the right and left thoracic compartments (contains the lungs)
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Parietal Pleura
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The membrane attached or covering an organ?
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Visceral
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Membrane that covers the lungs?
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Visceral Pleura
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Membrane that surrounds the heart?
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Pericardial Membrane
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What is the potential space between the Pleura Parietal and Visceral membranes called?
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Pleural Cavity
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What is the outermost visceral pericardium that covers the hearts surface?
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Epicardium
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What is the potential space between the epicardium and the pericardium termed?
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Pericardial Cavity
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The lining of membranes of the abdominopelvic cavity
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Peritoneal membranes
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Membrane that lines the walls of the abdominopelvic region
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Parietal Peritoneum
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Membrane that covers each organ in the abdominal cavity
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Visceral Peritoneum
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What is the potential space between the parietal peritoneum and the visceral peritoneum called?
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Peritoneal Cavity
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The system that includes all glands that secrete chemical messengers.
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Endocrine System
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Molecules that act as catalysts in living systems. They speed up specific chemical reactions w/out being consumed in the process.
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Enzymes
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The ability to increase the rate of a chemical reaction w/out altering the equilibrium of the reaction is ?
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Catalysis
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When two reactions are joined together w/ the transfer of energy.
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Reaction Coupling
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Proteins that provide a pathway for molecules to get into and out of a cell are termed?
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Transport Proteins
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What is the process by which molecules move from regions where they are in higher concentrations to lower concentrations called?
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Diffusion
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Process by which water molecules diffuse from higher water concentration to an area of lower water concentration is called?
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Osmosis
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Process that forces molecules through membranes is termed?
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Filtration
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When particles move from a lower concentration to a higher concentration?
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Active Transport
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Taking small molecules and making more complex molecules is called?
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Anabolism
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Process that breaks larger molecules into smaller molecules is ?
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Catabolism
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What do cells of similar type make up?
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Tissue
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Epithelium that lines the pleural, pericardial, and abdominal cavities?
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Mesothelium
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Epithelium that lines the blood and lymphatic system?
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Endothelium
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A cell or a group of cells that have the ability to manufacture and discharge a secretion is a ?
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Gland
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Gland without ducts that secrete hormones into the bloodstream or the lymphatic system where they are carried to to regions of the body are called?
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Endocrine Glands
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These glands have ducts and are more common. They discharge secretions directly into local areas. Secretion do not normally enter circulation they are called what?
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Exocrine Glands
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An increase in the size of a cell or organ beyond normal is?
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Hypertrophy
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An increase in the size of a structure because of an increase in the # of cells is called?
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Hyperplasia
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A decrease in size from the norm. is?
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Atrophy
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The failure of a tissue or organ to develop is?
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Aplasia
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An incomplete dev. or defective dev. of a tissue or organ.
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Hypoplasia
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The process of taking dissolved materials into the substance of the cell is?
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Absorption.
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When material is engulfed by the cell. Eating cells called?
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Phagocytosis
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Process by which cells can take in fluid. "Drinking by the Cell" is called?
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Pinocytosis
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Refers to the utilization of nutrients by the cell is called?
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Metabolism
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Three classifications of Epithelium?
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1. # of cells
2. Shape of cells 3. Presence of specializations |
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Connective Tissue is composed of 3 components what are they?
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1. Extracellular fibers
2. ground substance: liquid,gel,solid 3. cells: fixed/wandering |