Quiz 1 Flashcards

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scientific investigation of the processes or functions of living things.

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Physiology

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The study of the body’s organization by areas

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Regional Anatomy

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The study of tissue

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Histology

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Uses electromagnetic radiation. Radiographs create flat, two-dimensional (2D) image.

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X-ray

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computer-analyzed x-ray images.

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Ct scan

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radioactively labeled glucose usage by a tissue is detected; provides info on metabolic state.

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Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

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Study the structural and functional changes caused by disease.

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Pathology

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group of similar cells and the materials surrounding them.

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Tissue

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two or more tissues functioning together.

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Organ

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Basic unit of life

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Cell

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Provides protection and support, allows body movements, produces blood cells, and stores minerals and fat.

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Skeletal system

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Produces body movements, maintains posture, and produces body heat

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Muscular system

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Transports nutrients, waste products, gases, and hormones throughout the body,

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Cardiovascular system

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the ability to used energy to perform vital functions

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Metabolism

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15
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changes in an organism over time.

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Development

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maintenance of relatively constant internal environment within the body

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Homeostasis

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establishes the set point and receives input from the receptor.

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Control System

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When a deviation occurs, the response is to make the deviation greater (EX: Childbirth)

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Positive feedback mechanism

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Counteracts a change in a variable by decreasing the change to help maintain homeostasis by returning to the set point.

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Negative feedback mechanism

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monitors the value of some variable by detecting a stimulus (a change in the variable)

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Receptor

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21
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lying face downward

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Prone

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22
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toward the attached end of a limb

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Proximal

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23
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Away from the midline of the body

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Lateral

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toward the back. (Posterior)

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Dorsal

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divides body into anterior and posterior sections.
Frontal
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divides body into superior and inferior sections.
Transverse
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divides body into left and right portions.
Saggital
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cavity that houses the spinal cord.
Vertebral Canal
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Cover the organs of body cavities and line the cavity.
Serous membrane
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surrounds the lungs and lines the thoracic cavity
Pleura
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the gravitational force acting on an object of a given mass
Weight
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smallest particle of an element that has chemical characteristics of that element
Atom
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positive charge subunit of atom
Proton
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electrons are transferred from one atom to another
Ionic bonding
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atoms that have gained or lost 1 or more electrons
Ions
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are positively charged ions because they lost electrons.
Cations
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covarent bond where Electrons shared equally
Non polar covalent
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two or more atoms chemically combined to form an independent unit.
Molecules
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the ions separate and each becomes surrounded by water molecules (term separation)
Dissociation
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solutions made by the dissociation of cations (+) and anions (-) in water. Have the capacity to conduct an electric current
Electrolytes
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substances that enter into a chemical reaction
Reactants
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substances that enter into a chemical reaction
Reactants
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Break down of larger molecules. Collective term for decomposition reactions
Catabolism
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synthetic reaction where water is a product
Dehydration
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Chemical reactions in which the reaction can proceed either from reactants to products or from products to reactants.
Reversible reaction
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the complete or partial loss of an electron by one atom is accompanied by the gain of that electron by another atom.
Oxidation reduction reaction
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the complete or partial loss of an electron by one atom is accompanied by the gain of that electron by another atom.
Oxidation reduction reaction
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is the capacity to do work
Energy
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energy stored in chemical bonds; energy that could do work if it were released.
Potential Energy
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energy stored in chemical bonds; energy that could do work if it were released.
Potential Energy
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energy resulting from the position or movement of objects.
Kinetic energy
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energy that flows between objects of different temperatures.
Heat energy
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energy that flows between objects of different temperatures.
Heat energy
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minimum energy reactants must have to start a chemical reaction.
Activation Energy
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substances that increase the rate of chemical reactions
Catalyst
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study of carbon-containing substances.
Organic Chemistry
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Its polar nature influences interaction with other molecules
Water
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is the attraction of one water molecule to another water molecule
Cohesion
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materials separate unless stirred.
Suspension
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measure of number of particles of solute per volume of solution.
Concentration
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pH of less than 7 with a greater concentration of hydrogen ions
Acid
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this combination resists changes in pH
Buffer
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required in the final step in the series of reactions used to extract energy from food.
Oxygen
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composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen. Main Energy sources, structure, and bulk for elimination.
Carbohydrates
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One unit/Simple sugars; major one is glucose.
Monosaccharides
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Ingested and broken down by hydrolysis. protection, insulation, physiological regulation, component of ,energy storage.
Lipids fats
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contains all single bonds in the carbon chain, which produces a more rigid structure
Saturated fatty acids
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contains all single bonds in the carbon chain, which produces a more rigid structure
Saturated fatty acids
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building blocks of protein.
Amino acids
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reaction occurs when reactants bind to active site.
Lock and key mode
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are composed of nucleotides.
Nucleic acids
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Energy currency of the body
ATP
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protein catalysts that increase the rate of chemical reactions by lowering the activation energy necessary for reaction to begin.
Enzyme
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major regulatory system that detects sensations and controls movements, physiological processes, and intellectual functions.
Nervous System
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major regulatory system that detects sensations and controls movements, physiological processes, and intellectual functions.
Nervous System
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If the valence level is full with eight electrons (called an?)
Octet