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Trinity Jones
Anatomy Weeks 1-5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anterior | Front or in front of |
| Posterior | Back or in back of |
| Medial | Toward midline of body |
| Lateral | Toward side of the body |
| Endoplasm | Cytoplasm located toward the center of the cell |
| Golgi Apparatus | Membranous organelle consisting of sepa-rate tiny sacs, or cisternae, stacked on one another and located near the nucleus |
| Epithelial tissue | Covers and protects the body surface |
| Connective tissue | Functions to support the body and its parts, connect and hold them together |
| Compact bone | Dense and solid in appearance |
| Osteoblasts | Small cells that synthesize and secrete an organic matrix called osteoid |
| Osteoclasts | Giant multinucleate cells that are responsible for the active erosion of bone minerals |