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Question 1

CANALICULI

Answer 1

microscopic canals in ossified bone

Question 2

CAPILLARIES

Answer 2

small vessels that connect smaller arteries, called arterioles, to smaller veins, called venules, and carry out gas exchange

Question 3

CARBOHYDRATES

Answer 3

sugars and starches, which body breaks down into glucose

Question 4

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Answer 4

system comprised of the heart and blood vessels

Question 5

CARTILAGE

Answer 5

primary structural protein of connective tissue

Question 6

CATALYST

Answer 6

a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without undergoing permanent chemical change

Question 7

CATION

Answer 7

positively charged ion

Question 8

CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY

Answer 8

type of adaptive immunity in which T-lymphocytes attack parasitic worms, cancer cells, transplanted tissues, or cells that contain pathogens

Question 9

CELLS

Answer 9

the basic structural unit of an organism from which living things are created

Question 10

CELLULAR FUNCTIONS

Answer 10

processes that include growth, metabolism, replication, protein synthesis, and movement

Question 11

CERUMINOUS GLANDS

Answer 11

accessory structures that produce ear wax. found only in dermis of the ear canal

Question 12

CERVIX

Answer 12

passage that forms lower part of uterus

Question 13

CHROMATID

Answer 13

one of the two duplicates of a chromosome formed during the cell cycle

Question 14

CHROMOSOME

Answer 14

structure made of protein and one molecule of DNA

Question 15

CHYME

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semifluid mass of partly digested food that moves from the stomach to small intestines

Question 16

CODONS

Answer 16

triples of nucleotides that code for amino acids

Question 17

COLLAGEN

Answer 17

tough, flexible connective tissue found in parts of the body such as the ear

Question 18

COMMENSAL MICROORGANISMS

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microorganisms that live in or on the human body without causing it harm

Question 19

COMPACT (DENSE) BONES

Answer 19

bone containing densely packed osteons that make up the peripheral layer of bone

Question 20

COMPLEMENTARY STRAND

Answer 20

molecule of RNA (strand of dna) synthesized from a face complementary template strand

Question 21

COMPOUND

Answer 21

a substance made of two or more elements

Question 22

CONTRACTION

Answer 22

process leading to shortening and/or development of tension in a muscle

Question 23

CUTANEOUS VASOCONSTRICTION

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decrease in the diameter of blood vessels in the dermis that reduces blood flow though the skin

Question 24

CUTANEOUS VASODILATION

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increase in diameter of blood vessels in the dermis that allows more blood flow near the surface of skin to release heat

Question 25

CYSTIC FIBROSIS

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genetic disorder that affects the lungs and other organs, characterized by difficulty breathing , coughing up sputum, and lung infections

Question 26

CYTOKINES

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cell signaling molecules released primarily by helper T-cells and macrophages. Certain CYTOKINES activate cytotoxic T-cells or tell other cells the location of pathogens

Question 27

CYTOTOXIC T-CELLS

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category of lymhpocyte that attacks foreign cells

Question 28

DEHYDRATION REACTION

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chemical reaction between two molecules in which a water molecule is released and a covalent bond forms; often requires an input of energy; polymers are built as a result of this rxn

Question 29

DENDRITE

Answer 29

nerve fiber that carries a nerve impulse TOWARDS the neuron cell body

Question 30

DENDRITIC CELLS

Answer 30

antigen-presenting cells that process antigen material and present it to T-cells

Question 31

DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID

Answer 31

DNA

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DEOXYRIBOSE SUGAR

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sugar portion of DNA

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DERMIS

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middle layer of skin

Question 34

DIABETES

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pathologically high blood sugar levels

Question 35

DIASTOLE

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portion of the cardiac cycle in which the heart refills with blood

Question 36

DIHYBRID CROSS

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cross between parents heterozygous at two specific genes

Question 37

DIRECTIONAL TEMINOLOGY

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words used to explain relationships of locations of anatomical elements (distal, posterior, medial, etc)

Question 38

DIURETIC

Answer 38

any substance that causes water to be lost from the body through urination

Question 39

DOMINANT

Answer 39

refers to the most powerful trait or the allele for that trait