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SCI220
Study Guide
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| BASAL | THE BASE OR WIDEST PART OF AN ORGAN |
| SAGITTAL PLANE | ANY LENGTHWISE RUNNING FROM FRONT TO BACK AND TOP TO BOTTOM, DIVIDING THE BODY OR ANY OF ITS PARTS INTO RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES |
| ANABOLISM | THE CHEMICAL REACTION THAT JOINS SIMPLE MOLUCULES TOGETHER TO FORM MORE COMPLEX BIOMOLECULES- NOTABLY, CARBOHYDRATE, LIPIDS, PROTIENS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS. |
| BIOMOLUCLES | LARGE ORGANIC MOLUCLES IMPORTANT IN LIVING ORGANISMS |
| GOLGI APPARATUS | A MEMBRANOUS ORGANELLE CONSISTING OF SEPRATE TINY SACS OR CISTERNAE |
| ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM | A SMALL NETWORK LOCATED DEEP INSIDE THE CYTOPLASM |
| REGENERATION | GROWTH OF FUNCTIONAL NEW TISSUE |
| CONNECTIVE TISSUE | IS ONE OF THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND DIVERSE TISSUES IN THE BODY AND IS FOUND IN OR AROUND NEARLY EVERY ORGAN OF THE BODY. |
| OSTEOCLASTS | ARE GIANT MULTINUCLEATE CELLS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIVE EROSION OF BONE MINERALS |
| FALSE RIBS | DO NOT ATTACH DIRECTLY TO THE STERNUM |