Chapter One Vocab
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Integumentary System
Skin, Hair, Nail
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Skeletal System
Bones, cartilage, ligaments
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Muscular System
Skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles
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Nervous System
Brain, spinal cord, periperal nerves
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Endocrine system
Glands (pancreas, adrenals, pituitary)
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Cardiovascular System
Heart, blood vessels
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Respiratory System
Lungs, Trachea, Pharynx
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Lymphatic
Lymph Nodes, thymus, spleen
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Digestive
Stomach, Intestines, esophagus
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Urinary
Kidneys and Bladder
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Reproductive
Testes or ovaries
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Anterior (Ventral)
Toward the front/ belly
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Posterior (Dorsal)
Toward the back
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Cranial
Toward the head
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Caudal
Toward the tail
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Medial
Toward the midline
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Lateral
toward the sides
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Superficial
Near the surface of the body or organ
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Deep
Toward the center of the body/organ
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Superior
Above some other body part
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Inferior
Below some other body part
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Supine
Face Up
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Prone
Face Down
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Cubit
Elbow, Forearm
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Carp
Wrist
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Pect
Chest, Breast
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Cervic
Neck, Cervix
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Cephal(o/a)
Head
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Ante
Before
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Bucc(o/a)
Cheek
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Cox(o/a)
Hip
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Glut(e/eo)
Buttocks
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Axill(o/a)
Armpit
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Abdominopelvic Cavity
The abdominal pelvic cavity
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Metabolism
The sum of total chemical reactions in the body that break substances down and build them up.
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Anatomy
The branch of science dealing w/ body parts
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Physiology
Functions of body parts.
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Organelle
Contained in all living cells of humans that carry out a specific activity
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Organism
Living things
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Reproduction
Production of new organisms and cells
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Respiration
Obtaining oxygen, removing CO2, releasing energy from food. (Some organisms don’t use oxygen.)
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Digestion
Breakdown of food substances into simpler forms that can be absorbed and used.
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Absorption
Passage of substances through membranes and into bodily fluids.
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Circulation
Movement of substances in bodily fluids.
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Assimilation
Changing absorbed substances into chemically different forms
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Excretion
Removal of waste products by metabolic reactions.
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Homeostasis
Maintaining a stable internal environment
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Negative feedback
deviation from homeostasis is corrected
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Axial
portions in which the human body can be divided
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Appendicular
Axial including upper and lower limbs
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Parietal
The membrane attached to the cavity
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Thoracic cavity
above the diaphragm in the chest.
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Peritoneal Cavity
the space between visceral and parietal peritoneal membranes
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Pericardium
Serous membrane surrounding the heart.
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Viscera
organs within thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity.
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