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11 Cards in this Set
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Abductors |
Muscles that draw a body part, such as a finger, arm or toe away from midline of the body. |
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Absorption |
Transport of fully digested food into the circulatory system to feed tissues and cells. |
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Adductors |
Muscles that draw a body part, inward toward the median axis of the body. |
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Adipose tissue |
Specialized connective tissue considered fat, which gives smoothness and contour to body and cushions and insulates body. |
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Adrenal Glands |
Glands that secrete about 30 steroid hormones and control metabolic processes of the body. |
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Anabolism |
Constructive metabolism; process of building up larger molecules from smaller ones. |
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Anatomy |
Study of human body structure that can be seen with naked eye. How body parts are organized and the science of structure of organisms or their parts. |
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Angular artery |
Supplies blood to the side of nose. |
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Anterior Auricular Artery |
Supplies blood to the front part of ear. |
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Aorta |
Body's largest artery. The trunk that carries blood from heart to be distributed through the body. |
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Arteries |
Thick-walled muscular flexible tubes that carry oxygenated blood from heart to capillaries |
