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anatomy final

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rods and cones in the retena are photoreceptors, a specialized type of   sensory neuron  
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neurons that excite an effector organ are called   motor nerons  
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which is not part of the CNS: pons, spinal nerves, cerebrum, spinal cord   spinal nerves  
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the sensory fibers in the peripheral nervous system for blood pressure control in blood vessels and peristalsis in the digestive tract are   visceral sensory fibers  
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___ is involuntary   increased heart rate at sight of danger  
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what is a support cell for a neuron   Neuoglia, astrocytes, satellite cells  
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what cleans up damaged nervous tissue   microlia  
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what is myelin sheath useful for   isulation, speeding up electrical impulses  
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made of mail schwa cells in the peripheral nervous system is what   myelin sheath  
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how does an electrical impulse travel   dendrite, cell body, axon  
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where are the vesicles of neurotransmitters released   axon terminal  
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a cell that destroys bone is known as what   osteoclast  
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ossification centers appear, bone matrix is secreted, woven bone and periosteum form, lamellar bone and red bone marrow form is referred to as what   bone formation  
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where is a long bone actively growing during youth   on the epiphyseal plate  
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what is the most important hormone for regulating blood calcium levels   parathyroid hormone  
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how does parathyroid hormone work   puts calcium back into the bone  
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bone growth and remodeling is in response to force or demands place upon it is known as what   wolffes law  
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hematoma, fibrocartilage callus, bony callus, remodeling is the order for what   healing of a fracture  
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osteoid is what   matrix produced by the osteocytes  
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making blood cells is what   hematopoiesis  
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made of lamellar bone   compact  
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has trabeculae   spongy bone  
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branching chains of cells- striations   cardiac tissue  
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single, fusiforms, nuninucleate, no striations   smooth tissue  
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skeletal tissue   attach and cover bony skeleton  
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longest muscle cell and have striations, voluntary   skeletal muscle tissue  
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responsible for overall body mobility   skeletal muscle tissue  
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occurs only in the heart, involuntary   cardiac muscle tissue  
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found in the walls of hollow visceral organs   smooth muscle tissue  
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lacks nerve fibers and is avascular   cartilage  
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hyaline cartilage   provides support, covers ends of long bones, absorb compression at joints  
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elastic cartilage   found on the ear and epiglottis  
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fibrocartilage   between hyaline and dense regular connective tissues  
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resists tension well and has the ability to withstand heavy pressure   fibrocartilage  
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support, protection, and movement are all required for what   bone functioning  
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contains no blood vessels or nerves   skeletal cartilage  
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membrane going around outside of the bone   periosteum  
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inside the bone   endosteum  
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bone making cells   osteoblasts  
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stem cells   osteogenic cells  
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walls of honeycombs   terbucleate  
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you need this before cells are made   osteogenic cells  
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name the functions of bones   support, protection, movement  
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fused bones of skill to enclose the brain and vertebrae around spinal cord are useful in what function of the bone   protection  
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provides framework for the body and cradles its soft organs is part of what function of the bone   support  
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skeletal muscles that attach to bones by tendons are used in what function   movement  
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cartilage grows in what two ways?   appositional, interstitial  
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cartilage forming cells in the surrounding perichondrium secrete new matrix against external face of existing cartilage tissue is what   appositional growth  
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lacunae bound chondrocytes divide and secrete new matrix, expanding the cartilage within is what   interstitial growth  
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things that hang off the body is what part of the skeleton   appendicular  
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things that lie in the center of the skeleton is what part of the body   axial  
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the medullary cavity contains fat and is also known as what   yellow marrow  
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what consists of thin plates of spongy bon covered by compact bone and do not have a shaft of epiphyses   short, irregular and flat bones  
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contain a shaft, bone ends and membranes   long bones  
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what is the name of bone ends   epiphyses  
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where does the epiphyseal line lie   between the diaphysis and each epiphysis of adult long bone  
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glistening white double layered membrane is called   periosteum  
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what covers the external surface of the entire bone except joint surfaces   periosteum  
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periosteum is richly supplied with nerve fibers and blood which pass through the shaft to enter the marrow cavity through what   nutrient foramina  
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anchoring points for tendons and ligaments is provided by what   periosteum  
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delicate connective tissue membrane is called   endosteum  
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what does endosteum do   covers the trabeculae of spongy bone and lines the canals that pass through compact bone  
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endosteum contains what kind of cell   osteogenic  
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what is another name for hematopoietic tissue   red marrow  
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where is red marrow found   trabecular cavities of spongy bone of long bones and in the dipole of flat bones  
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in adult long bones the fat containing medullary cavity extends into what and this is present in little amounts in what bone   epiphysis, red marrow, spongy bone cavities  
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blood cell production in adult long bones occur where   femur and humerus  
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if a person becomes very anemic this converts to red marrow   yellow marrow in medullary cavity  
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what is part of bone markings   projections, depressions and openings  
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what does a projection on a bone reveal   stress created by muscle attached to and pulling on them or modified surface  
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what does depression and openings on a bone include and what do they allow   fossae, sinuses, foramina, grooves, nerves and blood vessels to pass  
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osteogenic cells, osteblasts, osteroclasts, bone lining cells and osteocytes and osteoid are part of what   organic components of the bone  
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what is the importance in organic components   bone structure and flexibility, tensile strength  
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sacrificial bonds contributes to what and what do they do   bones resilience, they stretch and break easily on impact dissipating energy  
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balance of bone tissue   inorganic hydroxyapatites or mineral salts  
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in inorganic components the crystals account for what, which allows what   hardness, resist compression  
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what is the reason bones last long after death   mineral salts  
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what provides visible proof of illness when the body uses nutrients to fight disease and bones stop growing   growth arrest lines  
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all bones below the base of the skull except for the clavicle form by what   endochondral ossification  
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endochondral ossification uses what kind of cartilage for bone construction in the second month of deveopment   hyaline  
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where does the formation of a long bone take place   primary ossification center  
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this forms the cranial bones of the skull   intramembranous ossification  
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most bones formed by this process are flat bones   intramembranous ossification  
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name the process in which long bones grow at the epiphyseal plate   proliferation, hypertonic, calcification, ossification  
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cartilage cells undergo mitosis   proliferation  
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older cartilage cells enlarge   hypertonic  
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matrix calcifies, cartilage cells die, matrix begins deteriorating and blood vessels invade cavity   calcification  
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new bones form   ossification  
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comminuted is when   bone fragments into three or more pieces  
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compression is when   bone is crushed  
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spiral is when   ragged break occurs when excessive twisting forces are applied to bone  
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epiphyseal is when   this separates from the diaphysis along the epiphyseal plate, occurs where cartilage cells are dying and calcification of matrix is occuring  
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depressed is when   broken bone portion is pressed inward  
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greenstick means   bone breaks incompletely, only one side breaks leaving the other side bending  
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densely packed in the fiber of mitochondria and other organelles appear to be squeezed between them is known as what   myofibrils  
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myofibrils contain   contractile elements of skeletal muscle cells  
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myopfilaments are   smaller structures of myofibrils and are muscle equivalents of the actin or myosin  
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thin filaments are composed of this   actin  
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kidney shaped polypeptide subunits which bear the active sites to which the myosin heads attach occur when and what is the name of this function   contraction, actin  
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g actin subunits are polymerized into long actin filaments called what   filamentous or F  
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muscle contraction depends on what   myosin and actin containing myofilaments  
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thick filaments are composed of this type of protien   myosin  
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myosin is a   protien  
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each myosin chain contais   two heavy and four light polypeptide chains with a rodlike tail attached by a flexible hinge to two globular heads  
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what is action potential   electrical current  
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automatically propagated along sarcolomma   action potential  
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state of physiological inability to contract even if still receiving stimuli   muscle fatigue  
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intense exercise of short duration contributes to what   fatigue  
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depolarization is useful in what   igniting action potential by spreading to adjacent membrane areas and opening voltage gated sodium channels there  
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Repolarization   change in membrane permeability, sodium channels close and voltage potassium channels open. potassium is higher inside the cell so it diffuses out making it more negative inside again  
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what does the skeletal system do   provides framework that the muscles use for movement, protects and supports organs  
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integumentary system does what   forms the external boy coverings and protects deeper tissues from injury  
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houses cutaneous receptors and synthesizes vitamin d   integumentary system  
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chemical, cells, tissue, organ, organ system, organismal   levels of organization  
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endocrine system   glands that secrete hormones  
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picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to the blood   lymphatic system  
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ability for the body to maintain relatively stable internal conditions even when the outside world changes   homeostasis  
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shuts off the effect of the original stimulus   negative feedback  
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results or response enhances the original stimulus   positive feedback  
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body bplanes   frontal, midsaggital, saggital, transverse,oblique  
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what lies in the right upper quadrant   gall bladder, liver  
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what lies in the left upper qaudrant   spleen and stomach  
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what lies in the lower right quadrant   cervical, appendix  
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what lies in the lower left quadrant   descending colon of large intestine  
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smallest particle of an element that exhibits the properties of that element   atom  
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what is composed of protons, neutrons and electrons   atom  
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what does C stand for   carbon  
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what does H stand for   hydrogen  
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what does Na stand for   sodium  
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what does K stand for   potassium  
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what does N stand for   nitrogen  
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what does Ca stand for and P stand for   calcium and phosphorus  
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c,,o,h,n   major life sustaining elements  
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what is an ionic bond   chemical bond between atoms formed by the transfer of on or more neurtons  
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how are chemical bonds created   electron sharing between atoms  
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how are the electrons distributed in covalent bonds   shared equally between the atom and the molecule  
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what happens in polar molecules   electron sharing is unequal  
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what are hydrogen bond   more like attractions rather than true bonds  
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weak bonds and give water surface   hydrogen bonds  
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cation is   positively changed atoms or molecules  
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anion is   negatively charged atom or molecule  
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Ph-3 is   strongest acid  
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Ph-12   strongest basic  
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ph-7   strongest neutral  
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how many electrons are in the valence shell   eight  
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basic structural unit of all living things is a   cell  
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process during which the chromosomes are redistributed to to daughter nuclei   mitosis  
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coiling of chromosomes, break down the nuclear membrane and daughter cells migrate towards opposite poles   prophase  
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chromosomes line up on the metaphase plate   metaphase  
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daughter chromosomes move toward each pole of a cell   anaphase  
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migration of chromosomes to poles of a cell complete all ends with the formation of two daughter cells   telopphase  
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phospholipid bilayer   all biological membranes share a sanction like structure composed of two parallel sheets of phospholipids lying tail to tail with their polar heads exposed to the water on either side with non polar tails both facing eachother  
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series of integral protein molecules in he plasma membrane   tight junctions  
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what is adp and what does it do   adenosine triphoshate stores and releases chemical energy for use in the body cells  
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produced in mitochondrion by cristae   atp  
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responsible for structure of lines and are proteins   histones  
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what are gap junctions in the cardiac muscles for   electrical action  
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smallest contractive unit of the muscle, found in cardiac and skeletal   sacromere  
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simple sugars   monosaccharides  
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lipids   organic compounds formed of C, H, O  
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HYDROSTATIC pressure   back pressure of water against the membrane, seen when membrane is impermeable in solutes but permeable to water  
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dna replication   helicase unzips the double helix while dan polymerase attaches nucleotides  
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coding sections of a genera are   exons  
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non coding sections of a gene are   introns  
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