Question 1

A plane through the body that would divide the body into anterior and posterior portions

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Coronal Plane

Question 2

A plane through the body that would divide the body into right and left sides

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Sagittal plane

Question 3

the levels or organization of the body

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chemical, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

Question 4

Humans have similar right and left sides of the body

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Bilateral symmetry

Question 5

the study of the function of organisms and their parts

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Physiology

Question 6

The plane which divides the individual into upper and lower parts

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Transverse plane

Question 7

a state of relative constancy

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Homeostasis

Question 8

the sum total of all the physical and chemical reactions occurring in the body

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Metabolism

Question 9

Lung Location

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thoracic cavity

Question 10

may put one at risk for developing a given disease

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environment, stress, lifestyle

Question 11

The study of the bodies structure

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Anatomy

Question 12

a group of similar cells that perform a common function

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Tissue

Question 13

biology of tissues

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Histology

Question 14

types of major tissues

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epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous

Question 15

single layer of cube-shaped cells

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simple cubodial

Question 16

multiple layers of cells with flat cells at the outer surface

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stratified squamous

Question 17

single layer of cells, some are tall and thin and reach the free surface, and others do not

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pseudostratified columnar

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single layer of flat, scale-like cells

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simple squamous

Question 19

single layer of tall, thin cells

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simple columnar

Question 20

cylindrical, striated, voluntary cells

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skeletal muscle

Question 21

nonstriated, involuntary, narrow fibers with only one nucleus per fiber

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smooth muscle

Question 22

striated, branching involuntary cells with intercalated disks

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cardiac muscle

Question 23

responsible for body movement

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skeletal muscle

Question 24

insulates to conserve body heat, supports and protects the kidneys, stores excess food

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Adipose Tissue

Question 25

Cartilage and ligaments are forms of

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connective tissue

Question 26

Tissues that line the body openings and surfaces are

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epithelial tissue

Question 27

The most widespread and abundant tissue in the body

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connective tissue

Question 28

The type of tissue that sends and integrates messages

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nervous tissue

Question 29

The skins outermost layer

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epidermis

Question 30

The typical epidermal cell begins its life in the __________ and ends its life in the _________.

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stratum basale/stratum corneum

Question 31

papillary layer of the dermis

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responsible for fingerprints

Question 32

the only epidermal cell layer that can undergo mitosis

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stratum basale

Question 33

connects the dermis to underlying tissues

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hypodermis

Question 34

area of the body with especially thick stratum corneum

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sole of foot

Question 35

Smooth muscles that produce "goose pimples"

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arrector pili muscles

Question 36

most common type of skin cancer

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basal cell carcinoma

Question 37

type of cancer associated with changes in a mole

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malignant melanoma

Question 38

type of gland that produces the waxy secretion in the external ear canal

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ceruminous

Question 39

osteon, or Haversian system

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osteon, or Haversian system

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