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8864665425	divides the body into right and left portions	sagittal plane	0
8864670325	divides body into front and back portions	coronal frontal plane	1
8864673583	divides body into top and bottom portions	transverse plane	2
8864677038	poximal	toward body trunk	3
8864679672	distal	away from body trunk	4
8864686392	the neck is _______ to the face	inferior	5
8864688983	the rib cage is _______ to the heart	ventral	6
8864690974	the nose is ____ to the eyes	medial	7
8864692689	the wrist is ______ to the fingers	proximal	8
8864694545	osteogenic cells	bone cells that divide and become osteoblasts	9
8864696601	osteoblasts	cells that secrete matrix for bone formation	10
8864702577	layers of connective tissue	epimysium, perimysium, endomysium	11
8864713250	heart muscle layers	epicardium: serous connective layer; pericardium myocardium: cardiac walls that let blood flow endocardium: simple squamous epithelium cells, lines inside of heart chambers and vavles	12
8864724389	t cells	lymphocytes, produced in bone marrow then moved to thymus	13
8864727070	B cells	lymphocytes, produced in bone marrow and are surveillance for pathogens	14
8864731212	thymus	organ behind the sternum and in front of trachea, T cells are stores here and is at its largest size during childhood	15
8864737309	basophil	white blood cells with granulocytes. least common of gran	16
8864740057	neutrophil	WBCs with granulocytes, most common	17
8864743246	plasma/thromocytes	platelets and cell fragments that do not have a nucleus but help create blood clots	18
8864754662	antidiuretic hormone (ADH)	secreted by posterior pituitary gland and acts on kidney to preserve fluid and electrolyte balance by ^ water reabsorption	19
8864766108	luteinizing hormone (LH)	secreted by anterior pituitary gland, occur midway through menstrual cycle, triggers ovulation and created the corpus luteum	20
8864772942	follicle stimulation hormone (FSH)	sec by a. pituitary gland and helps eggs mature and causes the menstrual cycle to start in females at puberty	21
8864777535	prolactin	sec by a. pituitary gland and is responsible for milk production; lactation	22
8864782033	estrogen	produced in female sex organs, promotes growth and development	23
8864785564	testosterone	produced in male sex organs, promotes growth and development	24
8864788258	aldosterone	produced in the adrenal gland and increases reabsorption of sodium ions and water from nephron	25
8864792095	oxytocin	secreted by the p. pituitary gland and triggers childbirth	26
8864798426	serotonin	main hormone for regulating mood and well-being feelings	27
8864803591	pituitary gland	base of the brain, under hypothalamus, considered the master gland because it affects other glands in the body	28
8864807597	pineal gland	between two brain hemispheres and produces the hormone melatonin=sleep patterns	29
8864813380	adrenal gland	top of the kidney,secretes cortisol	30
8864816468	parathyroid gland	regulates the amount of calcium the flows into the blood and bones	31
8864819538	hypothalamus	homeostasis, attached to the pituitary gland and controls body temp, fatigue, hunger and thirst	32
8864828938	central nervous system parts	bain and spinal cord	33
8864830305	peripheral nervous system parts	cranial never and neurons in body	34
8864833863	peripheral nervous system def	receives sensory info from body and relays info back to CNS	35
8864843409	parasympathetic system	peripheral ns. helps body and muscles while the vagus nerve slows down the heart rate response	36
8864850553	sympathetic system	peripheral ns. helps body react quickly, fight or flight	37
8864852488	cerebellum	directs motor control, coordination, balance equi	38
8864855076	cerebrum	assists with motor control and cognitive functions such as learning	39
8864857786	medulla oblongata	brain stem which connect the spinal cord the brain; controls autonomic functions (para,sym)	40
8864862508	olfactory nerve	sense of smell	41
8864864268	optic nerve	registers visual info	42
8864865945	vagus nerve	slows down heart rate	43
8865082570	cochlea	send sounds to neurons	44
8865082571	ear	hearing and equilibrium	45
8865084688	retina	back of eyeball, visual images are formed	46
8865086568	rods	cells that are responsible for seeing dim, dark lighting	47
8865087264	cones	cells that are responsible for color, seeing bright light	48
8865088695	iris	color portion of eye	49
8865090184	vitreous humor	gel like fluid that fills the eyeball	50
8865091378	fovea centralis	cavity in eye that holds the cone cells	51
8865093974	sclera	white part	52
8865096444	Fallopian tubes	tubes in which eggs travel from ovaries to reach uterus	53