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Key Terms Flashcards

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Cytology

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Study of cells

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Histology

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Study of tissues

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Anatomy

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Study of the structures that form the body

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Physiology

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How/process of the parts of the body work

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Pathology

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Study of abnormalities/diseases

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Metabolism

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Sum of all the chemical processes in the body

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Reproduction

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Formation of new cells

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Differentiation

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Development from undifferentiated to specialised state

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Intracellular fluid

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Inside cells

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Extracellular fluid

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Outside cells

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Interstitial fluid

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Within/between cells/tissue

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Free radicals

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Unstable oxygen molecules that can cause oxidative damage

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Cytosol

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Basic watery fluid inside a cell

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Organelles

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Small specialised structures within a cell

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Cytoplasm

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Cell content excluding the nucleus, found between the cell membrane and nucleus

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Phospholipid bilayer

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Fatty & phosphanous double layered membrane that makes up the composition of a cell membrane

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Hydrophobic lipids

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Water hating lipid tails

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Hydrophilic

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Water loving phosphate heads

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Somatic cells

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Body cells

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Gametes

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Sex cells

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Phagocytes

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White blood cells specialised for eating cells

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Fibroblasts

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Large & most numerous cells that secrete protein fibres to make collagen & elastic fibres which are active in repair & healing

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Adipocytes

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Adipo=fat

Cells that store triglycerides (fatty acids)

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Leukocytes

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White blood cells

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What are body membranes

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In the body combination of epithelial & connective tissue

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Goblet cells

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Found in the epithelial tissue layer that produce & secrete mucous which protects & traps

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Erythrocytes

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Red blood cells

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Thrombocytes

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Platelets - clotting cells

29
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What is Conjugation

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The Binding of a chemical group onto something to make it easier to get rid of

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