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What are the components of the digestive system?

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Mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, pancreas

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What are the components of the respiratory system?

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Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, lungs

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What are the components of the circulatory system?

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Heart, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels and nodes, spleen, thymus gland

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What are the components of the urinary system?

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Kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra

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What is the structural organization of the body?

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Cells > tissues > organs > systems

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What is a cell?

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Fundamental unit of all living things

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What are the types of cells?

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Muscle, neuron, fat, gut epithelial

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What is a tissue?

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A group of cells with a specific job that work together

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What are the types of tissues?

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Epithelial, muscle, connective, nerve

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What are organs?

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Different tissues combine to form an organ

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What are systems?

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Groups of organs working together to perform complex functions

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What are the components of the reproductive system in females?

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Ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, mammary glands

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What are the components of the reproductive system in males?

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Testes and associated tubes, urethra, penis, prostate gland

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What are the components of the endocrine system?

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Thyroid, pituitary gland, ovaries, testes, adrenal glands, pancreas, parathyroid glands

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What are the components of the nervous system?

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Brain, spinal cord, nerves, and collections of nerves

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What are the components of the musculoskeletal system?

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Muscles, bones, joints

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What are the components of the skin/sense organs?

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Skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, sebaceous glands, eye, ear, nose, tongue

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What are the components of the cranial cavity?

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Brain, pituitary gland

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What are the components of the thoracic cavity?

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Lungs, heart, esophagus, trachea, bronchial tubes, thymus gland, aorta

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What are the components of the abdominal cavity?

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Stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas, liver, gallbladder

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What are the components of the pelvic cavity?

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Portions of small and large intestines, rectum, bladder, urethra, ureters, uterus and vagina in females

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What is the spinal cavity?

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Spinal cord

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What are internal organs called?

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Viscera

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Where are ventral cavities located?

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In the front of the body

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Where are dorsal cavities located?
In the back of the body
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What are the two divisions of the thoracic cavity?
Pleural, mediastinum
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What is the pleural cavity?
Space between the membrane that surrounds each lung, has a double folded membrane
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What is pleurisy or pleuritis?
Inflamed pleural cavity
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What is the mediastinum?
Centrally located between two lungs
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What separates the thoracic cavity and abdominal cavity?
Muscular wall (diaphragm)
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What is the peritoneum?
Double folded membrane surrounding the abdominal cavity
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What are the components included in the peritoneum?
Stomach, small intestine, large intestine, pancreas, spleen, liver, gallbladder, and greater omentum
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Where are the kidneys located?
Retroperitoneal
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What are the abdominopelvic regions?
R hypochondriac, L hypochondriac, L lumbar, R lumbar, R inguinal, L inguinal, epigastric, umbilical, hypogastric
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What are the abdominal quadrants?
RUQ, LUQ, LLQ, RLQ
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What are the divisions of the spinal column?
Cervical (7), thoracic (12), lumbar (5), sacral (5), coccygeal (4)
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What does the root 'abomin' refer to?
Abdomen
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What does the root 'adip' refer to?
Fat
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What does the root 'anter' refer to?
Front
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What does the root 'cervic' refer to?
Neck
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What does the root 'chondr' refer to?
Cartilage
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What does the root 'coccyg' refer to?
Coccyx
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What does the root 'crani' refer to?
Skull
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What does the root 'cyt' refer to?
Cell
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What does the root 'dist' refer to?
Far/distant
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What does the root 'dors' refer to?
Back
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What does the root 'hist' refer to?
Tissue
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What does the root 'ili' refer to?
Ilium
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What does the root 'kary' refer to?
Nucleus
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What does the root 'inguin' refer to?
Groin
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What does the root 'later' refer to?
Side
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What does the root 'lumb' refer to?
Lower back
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What does the root 'medio' refer to?
Middle
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What does the root 'nucle' refer to?
Nucleus
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What does the root 'pelv' refer to?
Pelvis
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What does the root 'poster' refer to?
Back, behind
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What does the root 'proxim' refer to?
Nearest
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What does the root 'sacr' refer to?
Sacrum
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What does the root 'sarc' refer to?
Flesh
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What does the root 'spin' refer to?
Spine
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What does the root 'thel, theli' refer to?
Nipple
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What does the root 'thorac' refer to?
Chest
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What does the root 'trache' refer to?
Trachea, windpipe
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What does the root 'umbilic' refer to?
Navel, umbilicus
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What does the root 'ventr' refer to?
Belly side
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What does the root 'verteb' refer to?
Vertebrae, backbone
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What does the root 'viscer' refer to?
Internal organs
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What does the prefix 'ana' mean?
Up
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What does the prefix 'cata' mean?
Down
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What does the prefix 'epi' mean?
Above
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What does the prefix 'hypo' mean?
Below
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What does the prefix 'inter' mean?
Between
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What does the prefix 'intra' mean?
Within
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What does the prefix 'meta' mean?
Change
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What do the suffixes 'eal, iac, ior' pertain to?
Pertaining to
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What does the suffix 'ism' refer to?
Process, condition
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What does the suffix 'ose' refer to?
Pertaining to, full of
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What does the suffix 'plasm' refer to?
Formation
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What does the suffix 'somes' refer to?
Bodies
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What does the suffix 'type' refer to?
Picture, classification

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