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Anatomy & Physiology Flashcards

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What is a cell?

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The basic unit of all living things

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What is the cell membrane?

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Cell walls. encloses everything into the cell, and provides a protective covering for the cell that allows food and nutrients to stay inside the cell, while keeping toxins and water out.

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What is mitosis?

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Cell division. The process of cell division resulting the daughter cells being produced identical to the original.

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What is anabolism?

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Constructive metabolism. Build up of cells, allowing the body to store food, energy, and oxygen to be used for growth and repair.

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What is connective tissue?

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Supports, binds, and protects all other tissue

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What is muscular tissue?

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Contracts to produce movement

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What do the kidneys do?

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excretes urine and waste matter

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What do the lungs do?

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supplies oxygen to the blood

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What does the liver do?

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removes waste created by digestion

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What does the stomach/intestines do?

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digest food

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What is the skin?

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external protective covering on the outer surface of the body

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12
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How many bones are in the body?

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206

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13
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What are joints?

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connection point between 2 or more bones

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What is the insertion point of a muscle?

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moveable attachment. ex: mandible

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15
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What part of the nervous system is responsible for adrenaline / fight or flight?

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Sympathetic Nervous System

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16
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What are duct glands called?

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Exocrine

17
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What are ductless glands called?

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Endocrine

18
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What does the digestive system do?

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Changes food into nutrients or waste

19
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What does the excretory system do?

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Purifies the body by eliminating waste matter

20
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What does the respiratory system do?

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Helps to take in oxygen

21
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What is the integumentary system?

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System of the skin, oil, and sweat glands

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What does the lymphatic (immune) system do?

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Carries waste and impurities away from the cell body

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