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13 Cards in this Set
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Adaptation
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How used to they are in the environment .
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Alveoli
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This is where gas - exchange happens .Tiny air sacs in the lungs
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Amplitude
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Height of a wave from its middle rest positions to its highest point .
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Angle of Incidence
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Angle between the incident ray and the normal
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Angle of reflection
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Angle between the reflected ray and the normal .
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Aorta
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Large Arteries carrying blood from the left ventricle to the body
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Aperture
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Hole or opening in a camera that lets in light
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Aqueous solution
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solution in which water is the solvent
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Arteries
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thick - walled blood vessels that take blood away from the heart to the rest of the body
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Atherosclerosis
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Cholesterol build up on the walls of arteries
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Atria
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Upper chambers of the heart that receive blood from the body and lungs
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Autonomic nervous system
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division of the peripheral nervous system that controls automatic response in the body , such as heart rate
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Axon
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long extension of a neuron ' s cell body that transmits information to neighbouring cells
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