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10651020147	Anatomy	study of the structure and shape of the body and its parts	0
10651026934	Physiology	study of the function of the body and its parts	1
10651042909	anterior	toward the front	2
10651047144	Posterior	toward the back	3
10651050447	dorsal	back	4
10651050448	ventral	front	5
10651052488	Superior	above, closer to the head	6
10651057689	inferior	below, closer to the feet	7
10651082623	medial	Toward the midline	8
10651087207	lateral	toward the side with respect to the midline	9
10651093447	Proximal	toward the trunk	10
10651095528	Distal	away from the trunk	11
10651097668	sagittal plane	median cut down the midline	12
10651104742	Transverse	horizontal cut	13
10651109424	Coronal	divides body into anterior and posterior	14
10651116979	Receptor	sensor that monitors and responds to changes in the environment by sending a signal	15
10651128706	control center	determines level needed and appropriate action to take	16
10651139852	Effector	provides the means for the control center's response to the stimulus	17
10651146092	positive feedback loop	increase stimuli control infrequent events that occur explosively	18
10651156764	negative feedback loop	decreases stimuli	19
10651166154	Homeostasis	stable internal environment important c	20