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| 13635736073 | Physiological | deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts. | 0 | |
| 13635736074 | Anatomy | The study of body structure. Anatomy concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. deals with the structural organization of living things. | 1 | |
| 13635736075 | Histology | the study of the microscopic structure of tissues. | 2 | |
| 13635736076 | Cytology | study of structure and function of cells | 3 | |
| 13635736077 | molecular biology | the branch of biology that deals with the structure and function of the macromolecules (e.g. proteins and nucleic acids) essential to life. | 4 | |
| 13635736078 | Microbiology | The study of microscopic organisms | 5 | |
| 13635736079 | Cardiovascular | System carries necessary compounds like oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. | 6 | |
| 13635736080 | Structural levels of the body | chemical, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism | 7 | |
| 13635736081 | Tissue | group of similar cells that perform a particular function | 8 | |
| 13635736082 | Skeletal | Organ System location of blood cell production. | 9 | |
| 13635736083 | Organ | A body structure that is composed of different kinds of tissues that work together. | 10 | |
| 13635736084 | Metabolism | the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. | 11 | |
| 13635736085 | Homeostasis | A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state; the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around a particular level | 12 | |
| 13635736086 | Responsiveness | Reaction to a change inside or outside the body. Nerve cells generate electrical signals in response to changes in the environment it's an example of:? | 13 | |
| 13635736087 | blood clotting | The conversion of blood from a liquid form to solid through the process of coagulation. | 14 | |
| 13635736088 | thrombus | blood clot | 15 | |
| 13635736089 | positive feedback | A type of regulation that responds to a change in conditions by initiating responses that will amplify the change. Takes organism away from a steady state. | 16 | |
| 13635736090 | negative feedback | A primary mechanism of homeostasis, whereby a change in a physiological variable that is being monitored triggers a response that counteracts the initial fluctuation. | 17 | |
| 13635736091 | Positive | A blood clot stimulating more blood clotting is an example of what type of feedback system? | 18 | |
| 13635736092 | anatomical position | erect, feet forward, arms at side with palms facing forward, head facing forward | 19 | |
| 13635736093 | Inferior | Lower on the body, farther from the head | 20 | |
| 13635736094 | Superior | Higher on the body, nearer to the head | 21 | |
| 13635736095 | Lateral | away from the midline | 22 | |
| 13635736096 | Proximal | Closer to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk | 23 | |
| 13635736097 | Lateral | The thumb is ________ to the 5th digit. | 24 | |
| 13635736098 | Nose | Superior to the mouth | 25 | |
| 13635736099 | lumbar region | lower back | 26 | |
| 13635736100 | Antecubital | front of elbow | 27 | |
| 13635736101 | Groin | inguinal region | 28 | |
| 13635736102 | Popliteal | Hollow area behind the knee | 29 | |
| 13635736103 | Vertical plane | saggital Separates the body into right and left portions. | 30 | |
| 13635736104 | pleural cavity | contains the lungs | 31 | |
| 13635736105 | Mediastinal cavity (mediastinum) | The area in the center of the thorax, from the base of the neck to the diaphragm, and in between the lungs | 32 | |
| 13635736106 | pericardial cavity | surrounds the heart | 33 | |
| 13635736107 | vertebral cavity | contains the spinal cord | 34 | |
| 13635736108 | coronal plane (frontal plane) | divides body into front and back | 35 | |
| 13635736109 | Mesentery | a fold of the peritoneum that attaches the stomach, small intestine, pancreas, spleen, and other organs to the posterior wall of the abdomen. is a fold of membrane that attaches the intestine to the abdominal wall and holds it in place | 36 | |
| 13635736110 | pericarditis | inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart | 37 | |
| 13635736111 | Peritonitis | inflammation of the peritoneum (membrane lining the abdominal cavity and surrounding the organs within it ex: liver) | 38 | |
| 13635736112 | Hepatitis | inflammation of the liver | 39 | |
| 13635736113 | Colitis | inflammation of the colon | 40 | |
| 13635736114 | Pleurisy | an inflammation of the pleura that produces sharp chest pain with each breath | 41 | |
| 13635736115 | parietal peritoneum | serous membrane that lines the abdominal and pelvic cavities. | 42 | |
| 13635736116 | Carbon, hydrogen | Oxygen and nitrogen: Are the 4 most abundant elements in the human body. | 43 | |
| 13635736117 | Atom | Smallest particle of an element that still exhibits the chemical characteristics of that element is a ? | 44 | |
| 13635736118 | Proton | A subatomic particle that has a positive charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom. | 45 | |
| 13635736119 | Electrons | negatively charged subatomic particles, most involved in bonding behaviour of atoms. | 46 | |
| 13635736120 | covalent bonds | Bonds created by sharing electrons with other atoms. | 47 | |
| 13635736121 | ionic compounds (salts) | A compound resulting from the formation of an ionic bond; also called a salt. When they dissolve in water, their ions dissociate or separate from one another . | 48 | |
| 13635736122 | Solutes | substance dissolved in a solution | 49 | |
| 13635736123 | Electrolyte | An electrolyte is a substance that produces an electrically conducting solution when dissolved in a polar solvent, such as water. The dissolved electrolyte separates into cations and anions, which disperse uniformly through the solvent. Electrically, such a solution is neutral. | 50 | |
| 13635736124 | solutes: electrolytes | Ions that dissolve in water are sometimes called? | 51 | |
| 13635736125 | Molecule | a combination of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds. | 52 | |
| 13635736126 | Chemical bonds | An attraction between two atoms resulting from a sharing of outer-shell electrons or the presence of opposite charges on the atoms. The bonded atoms gain complete outer electron shells. | 53 | |
| 13635736127 | Synthesis | make | 54 | |
| 13635736128 | Dipeptide | Two amino acids bonded together (synthesis reaction) | 55 | |
| 13635736129 | Sucrose | glucose + fructose | 56 | |
| 13635736130 | Glucose | A simple sugar that is an important source of energy. | 57 | |
| 13635736131 | Fructose | a monosaccharide; sometimes known as fruit sugar | 58 | |
| 13635736132 | Energy | the capacity to do work | 59 | |
| 13635736133 | Chemical | ATP is a form of what type of energy? | 60 | |
| 13635736134 | Catabolism | The sum total of all processes in an organism which break down chemicals to produce energy and simple chemical building blocks. | 61 | |
| 13635736135 | Metabolism | the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. All the synthesis reactions in the body are called . | 62 | |
| 13635736136 | Anabolism | Constructive metabolism; the process of building up larger molecules from smaller ones. | 63 | |
| 13635736137 | oxidation-reduction (reaction) | a reaction in which electrons are transferred from one reactant to another | 64 | |
| 13635736138 | ionic bond | A chemical bond resulting from the attraction between oppositely charged ions. | 65 | |
| 13635736139 | Peptide bond | covalent bond formed between amino acids | 66 | |
| 13635736140 | polar covalent bond | unequal sharing of electrons | 67 | |
| 13635736141 | nonpolar bond | a covalent bond in which electrons are shared equally | 68 | |
| 13635736142 | Hydrogen and oxygen | Atoms, in a water molecule are held together by polar covalent bonds. | 69 | |
| 13635736143 | Solute | the substance that is dissolved | 70 | |
| 13635736144 | Solvent | A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances | 71 | |
| 13635736145 | Catalyst (enzyme) | substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction | 72 | |
| 13635736146 | Osmole | amount of a substance that dissolves in solution to form 1 mole of osmotically active particles | 73 | |
| 13635736147 | Insoluble | incapable of being dissolved | 74 | |
| 13635736148 | Water | Can dissolve many chemical compounds, and is involved in most metabolic reactions in the human body. | 75 | |
| 13635736149 | pH value | is a measure of hydrogen ion concentration within a solution. | 76 | |
| 13635736150 | Substrate | reactant of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction | 77 | |
| 13635736151 | Acid | any compound that forms H+ ions in solution | 78 | |
| 13635736152 | Base | a compound that produces hydroxide ions in solution | 79 | |
| 13635736153 | 7.35-7.45 | Normal blood pH is ? | 80 | |
| 13635736154 | Sucrose | An organic compound | 81 | |
| 13635736155 | organic compounds | carbon-based molecules (C) | 82 | |
| 13635736156 | Monosaccharides | the monomers of carbohydrates; the most common is glucose. It is used as a direct energy source. | 83 | |
| 13635736157 | Steroids | A type of lipid characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of four rings with various functional groups attached. | 84 | |
| 13635736158 | nucleic acids | are the biopolymers, or small biomolecules, essential to all known forms of life. The term nucleic acid is the overall name for DNA and RNA. They are composed of nucleotides, which are the monomers made of three components: a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base. | 85 | |
| 13635736159 | Phospholipids | a lipid consisting of a glycerol bound to two fatty acids and a phosphate group. Found is cell membranes. | 86 | |
| 13635736160 | Carbs | main source of energy | 87 | |
| 13635736161 | Triglycerides | an energy-rich compound made up of a single molecule of glycerol and 3 molecules of fatty acid. | 88 | |
| 13635736162 | Nucleotide | Nucleotides are organic molecules that serve as the monomer units for forming the nucleic acid polymers deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid, both of which are essential biomolecules within all life-forms on Earth | 89 | |
| 13635736163 | Proteins | Nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissues, amino acids. | 90 | |
| 13635736164 | Enzymes | Catalysts for chemical reactions in living things, May need a cofactor to be functional, The Active site has a specific shape to match the reactants, and a slight change in shape can effect function. | 91 | |
| 13635736165 | polypeptide chain | long chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds | 92 | |
| 13635789155 | Denaturation | A process in which a protein unravels, losing its specific structure and hence function; can be caused by changes in pH or salt concentration or by high temperature. Also refers to the separation of the two strands of the DNA double helix, caused by similar factors. | 93 | |
| 13635789156 | Cholesterol | A lipid that forms an essential component of animal cell membranes and acts as a precursor molecule for the synthesis of other biologically important steroids. | 94 | |
| 13635789157 | Ribose | A five-carbon sugar present in RNA | 95 | |
| 13635789158 | Enzyme | A type of protein that speeds up a chemical reaction in a living thing | 96 | |
| 13635789159 | Triglyceride | a lipid made of three fatty acid molecules and one glycerol molecule | 97 | |
| 13635789160 | plasma membrane | A selectively-permeable phospholipid bilayer forming the boundary of the cells. Regulates movement of materials into and out of the cell. | 98 | |
| 13635789161 | Extracellular | outside the cell, outside the plasma membrane | 99 | |
| 13635789162 | intracellular | within the cell | 100 | |
| 13635789163 | Multicellular | Consisting of many cells | 101 | |
| 13635789164 | Hydrophilic | water loving | 102 | |
| 13635789165 | Hydrophobic | Water fearing | 103 | |
| 13635789166 | plasma membranes (have ) | Hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tails | 104 |
