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What are the four types of cells in the human body?
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Muscle, neurons, connective, epithelial
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How many distinguishable kinds of cells are present in the human body
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200
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In general, what do Muscle Cells do?
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Specalized for contracting to produce movement
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In general, what do connective tissues do?
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Connect and support body structures.
ex. bone, collagen, cartilage, blood |
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In general, what do epithelial cells do?
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Secretion, absorption, protection.
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 What kind of cells are these? |
Muscle
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 What kind of cell is this? |
Epithelial
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 What kind of cell is this? |
Nerve cell
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 What kind of cell is this? |
Connective cell
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What is the hierarchial organization of the body?
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Cells -> Tissues -> Functional Units -> Organs -> Organ systems -> Organism
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What are tissues?
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Aggregate of specialized cells / collection of cells performing similar functions
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What are functional units?
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Sub-units of organs.
Ex. Nephron in a kidney, a lobe in a brain, lens of the eye. |
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What are organs?
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When two or more tissues combine to make up structures that perform particular functions.
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What is an Organ System? Give an example.
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A collection of organs that function together to accomplish a particular task.
Ex, Cardiovascular, respiratory, urinary, nervous |
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What are the tissues and organs in the cardio vascular system? What is function of the cardio vascular system?
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Tissues and organs: Heart, blood vessels, blood.
Transport molecules in body via blood stream. |
