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PLATT-CH 19
MR UTT'S BODY STRUCTURE TERMS
Question | Answer |
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ACTIVE TRANSPORT | REQUIRES ENERGY TO CARRY MATERIAL THROUGHOUT THE CELL |
ANATOMICAL POSITION | THE BODY IS ASSUMED TO BE STANDING, WITH THE FEET TOGETHER AND PALMS OUT |
ANATOMY | THE STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE OF AN ORGANISM |
ATOM | THE SMALLEST CHEMICAL UNIT OF MATTER |
CAVITIES | SPACES WITHIN THE BODY THAT CONTAIN INTERNAL ORGANS OR VISCERA |
CELL | IS ONE OF THE MOST BASIC UNITS OF LIFE, OR THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE HUMAN BODY. |
CELL MEMBRANE | THE OUTER SKIN OF THE CELL, PROTECTS FROM OUTSIDE INVASION. |
CILIA | SMALL HAIR LIKE STRUCTURE USE TO HELP PROPEL SUBSTANCES ALONG THE CELL SURFACE |
CYTOKINESIS | THE ACTUAL CELLULAR DIVISION |
CYTOPLASM | THE CLEAR THICK VISCOUS FLUID IN THE CELL |
DIAPHRAGM | A DOME SHAPED RESPIRATORY MUSCLE |
DNA | DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID - YOUR GENETIC FOOTPRINT |
ELECTROLYTE | TERM FOR SALT, ELECTRICALLY CHARGED IONS THAT MOVE TO EITHER A NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE ELECTRODE |
GENITICS | IS THE SUDY OF THE MAKEUP OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS |
GENETIC ENGINEERING | MAKING OR CHANGING AN ORGANISM'S DNA |
HOMEOSTASIS | ALL THE SYSTMES WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE BALANCE AND EQUILIBRIUM |
LYSOSOMES | ORGANELLES THAT CONTAIN ENZYMES THAT AID IN THE DIGESTION OF NUTRIENTS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES |
MITOSIS | THE NUCLEAR DIVISION OF A CELL |
MITOCHONDRION | THE POWER PLANT OF THE CELL |
MIEOSIS | IS A TWO PART CELL DIVISION |
MOLECULE | IS THE SMALLEST PART OF A SUBSTANCE CALLED A COMPOUND THAT STILL CAN BE CONSIDERED THAT SUBSTANCE |
NUCLEUS | THE CONTROL CENTER OF THE CELL |
ORGANELLES | SMALL STRUCTURES THAT HELP CARRY OUT THE CELLS DAY TO DAY ACTIVITY |
ORGANS | A GROUP OF TISSUE THAT SERVE A COMMON PURPOSE |
PASSIVE TRANSPORT | DOES NOT REQUIRE ENERGY FROM THE CELL |
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY | THE STUDY OF DISEASES OR DISORDERS |
PHYSIOLOGY | THE STUDY OF THE FUNCTION OF THE ORGANISM |
RIBOSOME | PARTICIPATE IN THE AID OF PROTIEN SYNTHESIS |
RNA | RIBONUCLEIC ACID - TRAVELS TO THE RIBOSOME AND AIDS IN PROTIEN SYNTHESIS |
SELECTIVE PERMEABILITY | ALLOWS CERTAIN SUBSTANCES TO ENTER THE CELL WHILE PREVENTING ORTHERS FROM ENTERING |
SYSTEM | WHEN A GROUP OF ORGANISMS WORK TOGETHER TO PERFORM A SPICIFIC FUNCTION |
TISSUE | A GOUP OF CELL FORM TO PERFORM A SPECIFIC FUNCTION |