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chapters 1,3,5,6 term/ definition
Term | Definition |
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anatomy | stucture |
cell | basic unit of life |
organelle | specialized cellular compartments |
physiology | function |
tissue | two or more cells performing one function |
organ | two are more tissues performing one function |
concentration | differing concentration between two points; unequal distribution of ions |
facilitated | passive movement through concentration using transport molecules |
hydrophobic | water hating |
hypotonic | cell sweat retains H2O |
phagocytosis | engulf and eat |
pinocytosis | a little "sip" |
exocytosis | transportation out of the cell |
hydrophilic | water loving |
osmosis | net flow of H2O |
chodrocytes | mature cartilage |
collagen | tough flexible fiber |
formed elements | rbc wbc and platelets |
hyaline cartilage | clear glossy collagen fibers |
fibrocartilage | course fiber bundles |
lacunae | gap and depression |
cardiac muscle | heart only pacemaker |
smooth muscles | surround outside organ |
skeletal muscle | attached to the bone ; movement |
neuroma | cell body of neuron |
axon | send signals |
neuroglia | protect/support |
osteon | canal and layers; numerous |
Haversian canal | longitudinal bone gap |
canaliculi | passages that connect lacune |
periosteum | tough, fibrous tissue around the bone |
osteocytes | mature bone cell |
osteoclasts | cell dissolve bone |
osteoblast | immature bone cell |
Cilia | little hairs |
Hypertonic solution | cause cell to lose H2O (iso=do nothing) |
Facilitation diffusion | passive transport |
Simple diffusion | passive transport |
Filtration | passive transport |
osmosis | passive transport |
Simple epithelium | one-one layer |
Nerve cell | neuron |
Adipocytes | fat cells (energy reservoir) |
Hyaline | cartilage |
Elastic | cartilage |
Fibrocartilage | cartilage |