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What is Anatomy?
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Study of the stucture of the body
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What is physiology?
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Study of the function of the body
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What is the basic unit of life?
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Cells
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What are a group of similar cells working together to perform a specific function?
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Tissues
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What type of tissue transmits analyzes and coordinates electrical impulses in reponse to the external and internal environment?
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Nervous Tissue
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What kind of tissue covers hollow organs including blood vessels and the heart as well as other organs such as glands,liver and pancreas?
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Epithelial Tissue
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What tissue is the universal glue and the connection used by other tissues?
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Connective Tissue
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What are the three types of muscle tissue?
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Skeletal Visceral Cardiac
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What is a combination of tissues working together to perform a specific function?
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Organ
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What is an organ system?
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Organs arranged together
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What is homeostasis?
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The state in which the body is in equilibrim functioning normally
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Anterior means:
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Toward the front of the body
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Posterior means:
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Towards the back of the body
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Superior means:
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Above
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Inferior means:
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Below or closer to feet
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