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ANATOMICAL POSITION

STANDING, FACE AND PALMS FORWARD, FEET SLIGHTLY APART

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SAGITTAL PLANE

DIVIDES LEFT AND RIGHT

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CORONAL PLANE

DIVIDES FRONT AND BACK (POSTERIOR AND ANTERIOR)

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MIDSAGITTAL PLANE

DIVIDES RIGHT AND LEFT HALVES

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TRANSVERSE PLANE

DIVIDES UPPER (SUPERIOR) AND LOWER (INFERIOR)

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MEDIAL

MIDLINE

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LATERAL

AWAY FROM MIDLINE, SIDE

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DISTAL

FURTHER FROM POINT OF ORIGIN

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PROXIMAL

CLOSE TO POINT OF ORIGIN

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SUPERFICIAL

SURFACE OF BODY/ OUITSIDE

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DEEP

FURTHER INTO THE BODY (INSIDE)

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MAJOR CAVITIES OF THE BODY

DORSAL (CRANIAL AND SPINAL CAVITIES) + VENTRAL (THORACIC AND ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITIES)

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CYTOLOGY

STUDY OF CELLS

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CELL

BUILDING BLOCK OF TISSUE AND ORGANS

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MAJOR PARTS OF A CELL

PLASMA MEMBRANE, CYTOPLASM, NUCLEUS, AND ORGANELLES

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CILLIA

EXTENSIONS THAT MOVE SUBSTANCES ACROSS SURFACE OF CELL

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HISTOLOGY

STUDY OF TISSUES

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TISSUE DEFINE

GROUP OF CELLS ACTING TOGETHER TO PERFORM FUNCTIONS

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TYPES OF TISSUE

CONNECTIVE, EPITHELIAL, MUSCLE, AND NERVOUS

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EPITHELIAL TISSUE

LINES, COVERS, AND PROTECTS INTERNAL ORGANS

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GRANDULAR EPITHELIAL

REEASES MUCUS, ENZYMES, AND HORMONES

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CONNECTIVE TISSUE

MOST ABUNDANT, FORMS FRAMEWORK, PROVIDES STRUCTURE + SUPPORT

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FIBROUS CONNECTIVE

ADIPOSE, AREOLAR, RETICULAR, AND DENSE

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TYPES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE

FIBROUS, BLOOD, CARTILAGE, BONE

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NEUROGLIA

CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS THAT SUPPORT NEURONS

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NERVOUS TISSUE

COMPOSED OF NEURONS THAT CONDUCT NERVE IMPULSES

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MUSCLE TISSUE

CONTRACT, SHORTEN, AND LENGTHENING ABILITIES THAT ARE VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY.

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VOLUNTARY MUSCLE TISSUE

SKELETAL

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INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE TISSUE

SMOOTH AND CARDIAC

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INTEGUMENATARY SYSTEM

SKIN, HAIR, NAILS, AND SENSORY RECEPTORS

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LARGEST ORGAN IN AND OUT

LIVER AND SKIN

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LAYERS OF THE SKIN

EPIDERMIS AND DERMIS

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EPIDERMIS

OUTERMOST ANF PROTECTIVE LAYER, COMPOSED OF DEAD KERATINIZED CELLS

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DERMIS

UNDELRYING TISSUE ON TOP OF HYPODERMIS

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LAYERS OF EPIDERMIS FROM SUPERFICIAL TO DEEP

STRATUM CORNEUM, LUCIDUM, GRANULOSUM, SPINOSOUM, BASALE/ GERMATIVIUM, constantly undergoes mitosis

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KERATIN

WATERPROOF THE SKIN PROTEIN

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MELANIN

DARK PIGMENT PRODUCE TO PROTECT SKIN FROM RADIATION

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DERMIS

MADE OF FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE, BLOOD VESSELS, SENSORY NERVE ENDING, FOLLICLES, AND GLANDS

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ECCRINE GLAND

WIDELY DISTRIBUTED, REGUALTE BODY TEMP BY ITS WATER SECRETION

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APOCRINE GLAND

FOUND IN AXILLA AND INGUINAL REGIONS. MORE THICK DUE TO BITS OF CYTOPLASM WHICH PRODUCES AN ODOR AND ATTRACTS BACTERIA

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SEBACEOUS GLAND

OILY SECRETIONS FROM FOLLICLES, LUBES SKINS AND PRVENTS FROM DRYING. SUSCEPTIBLE TO BECOMING CLOGGED (E.G ACNE)

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APPENDAGES

HAIR AND NAILS, BOTH CONTAINING KERATIN

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SKELETAL SYSTEM

BONE, CARTILAGE, LIGAMENTS, JOINTS. PROVIDES SUPPORT, MOVEMENT, BLOOD CELL FORMATION (HEMATOPOIESIS) AND MINERAL STORAGE (CALCIUM, PHOSPHORUS)

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BONE TISSUES

COMPACT AND SPONGY

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COMPACT/ DENSE BONE TISSUE

OUTER LAYER OF ALL BONES

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SPONGY/ CANCELLOUS BONE TISSUE

LATTICEWORK "TABECULAE"- HAS SPACES FILLED WITH RED BONE MARROW AND IS SITE OF HEMATOPOIESIS

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OSTEOBLASTS

CELLS THAT FORM BONE TISSUE

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OSTEOCYTES

OSTEOBLAST THAT HAVE STOPPED DIVIDING AND REMAIN IN TISSUE

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OSTEOCLASTS

BREAK DOWN BONE TISSUE, PROCESS OF OLD BONE BEING REPLACED WITH NEW/ STRONGER BONE

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COMPONENTS OF A LONG BONE

EPIPHYSIS AND DIAPHYSIS

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EPIPHYSIS

AT EACH END OF LONG BONE, SITE OF BONE GROWTH

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DIAPHYSIS

SHAFT, MAINLY COMPACT BONE W/ HOLLOW CENTER "MEDULLARY CAVITY" FILLED WITH YELLOW BONE MARROW (FAT)

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AXIAL SKELETON

SKULL, VERTEBRAL COLUUMN, RIBS, + STERNUM

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FACIAL BONES 14 TOTAL

(2) NASAL, MAXILLARY, ZYGOMATIC, PALATINE,LACRIMAL, INFERIOR NASAL CONCHAE, + A MANDIBLE AND A VOMER

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CRANIAL BONES

OCCIPTAL, FRONTAL, SPHENOID, ETHMOID, AND PARIETAL TEMPORAL PAIR

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EAR BONES

6 PAIRS, MALLEUS, INCUS, AND STAPES

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SECTIONS OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN

CERVICAL (7), THORACIC (12), LUMBAR (5), SACRAL (5), COCCYGEAL/ TAILBONE

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APPENDICULAR SKELETON

EXTREMITIES, SHOULDER, AND HIP GIRDLES

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UPPER PORTION OF APPENDICULAR SKELETON

SHOULDER GIRDLE (CLAVICLE + SCAPULA), ARM (HUMERUS, RADIUS, ULNA, CARPALS, METACARPALS, PHALANGES)

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LOWER PROTION OF APPENDICULAR SKELETON

PELVIC GIRLDE/ COXAE (ILIUM, ISCHIUM, AND PUBIS) + LEG (FEMUS, TIBIA, FIBULA, TARSALS, METATARSALS, PHALANAGES)

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MUSCULAR SYSTEM

PRODUCE MOVEMENT BY NERVOUS STIMULATION

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MUSCLE CELLS/ FIBERS

CONTAIN MYOFIBRILS DIVIDED INTO SARCOMERES

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SARCOMERES

CONTAIN MYOFILAMENTS THAT AID IN MUSCLE CONTRACTION

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ACTIN

THIN PROTEIN

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MYSOIN

THICK PROTEIN

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SLIDING FILAMENT MODEL

MYOSIN BINDS TO ACTIN, PULLING TOWARDS CENTER OF SARCOMERE

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AGONIST

PERFORMS GIVEN MOVEMENT (PRIME MOVER)

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ANATAGONIST

PERFORMS OPPOSITE MOVEMENT

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SYNERGIST

WORK IN COOPOERATION WITH PRIME MOVER

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FLEXOR

REDUCE ANGLE(BEND)

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EXTENSOR

INCREASE ANGLE (LENGTHEN)

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ABDUCTORS

AWAY FROM MIDLINE

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ADDUCTORS

RETURNING LIMB TOWARD THE BODY

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NERVOUS SYTEM

CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL DIVISIONS

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CNS

BRAIN AND PSINAL CORD

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PNS

SPINAL NERVES (CRANIAL AND PERIPHERAL)

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DIVISIONS OF PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

SOMATIC AND AUTONOMIC

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SOMATIC NS

MUSCLES, BOINTS, JOINTS, SKIN (VOLUNTARY)

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AUTONOMIC NS

DIGESTION, HEART RATE, BLOOD PRESSURE, URINATION

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AUTONOMIC NS DIVISIONS

SYMPATHETIC (FIGHT VS FLIGHT) OR PARASYMPATHETIC (REST N DIGEST)

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NERVOUS SYSTEM DEFINE

ENABLES PERCEPTION (5 SENSES), THINKING, REASONING, REMEMBERING, INITIATE BODY MOVEMENT AND NERVE IMPULSES. WORKS WITH ENDOCRINE SYSTM FOR DIGESTION AND REPRODUCTION

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NEURONS

FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF NS

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PARTS OF A NEURON

DENDRITE, AXON, AND CELL BODY

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DENDRITES

TRANSMIT IMPULSE TOWARD THE BODY

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AXON

TRANSMIT IMPULSE AWAY FROM CELL BODY

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SENSORY AFFEERENT

IMPULSE TOWARD CNS

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MOTOR EFFERENT

IMPULSE AWAY FROM CNS

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MAJOR PARTS OF THE BRAIN

BRAINSTEM, CEREBELLUM, CEREBRUM, DIENCEPHALON, HYPOTHALAMUS

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CEREBRUM

SENSORY INTERPRETATION, MOVEMENT, THINKING, PERSONALITY

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CEREBELLUM

BALANCE, COORDINATION

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DIENCEPHALON

CONTAINS THALAMUS, ROUTES INCOMING SENSORY INFO TO APPROPRIATE PART OF CEREBRUM

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BRAIN STEM

CONTROL RESPIRATION AND HEART RATE

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HYPOTHALAMUS

MONITORS CONDITIONS OF BODY, WORKS WITH AUTONOMIC NS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEM. GOVERNS PITUITARY GLAND BASED ON FEEDBSCK OF HORMONES AND CERTAIN CONDITIONS

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THE SPINAL CORD

WITHIN VERTEBRAL COLUMN, 18 INCHES LONG, EXTENDS FROM BRAINSTEM TO L1-L2; 31 PAIRS OF SPINAL NERVES

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REFELX

QUICK, AUTOMATIC RESPONSE TO STIMULUS, DOES NOT REACH BRAIN BUT TRAVELS THRU SPINAL CORD

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ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

WORKS WITH NS, BUT HAS LONGER LASTING EFFECTS ON CONDITIONS OF BODY, IMPORTANT ROLE IN GROWTH + MATURATION

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MEETING POINT OF NS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

HYPOTHALMUS AND PITUITARY GLAND

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ENDOCRINE GLANDS

WORK AS A SYSTEM TO PRODUCE HORMONES

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HORMONES

CONTROL GROWTH, DIFFERENTIATION, AND METABOLISM OF TARGET CELLS

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STEROID HORMONES

ENTER TARGET CELLS AND DIRECTLY AFFECT DNA OF NUCLEUS