LEVELS AND SYSTEMS
This is the smallest level of structural organization in the body.
What is an atom?
This directional term means toward the midline of the body.
What is medial?
This tissue type covers body surfaces and lines body cavities.
Epithelial Tissue
This is another name for adrenaline.
Epinephrine
This organelle is the main site of ATP production.
Mitochondria
A group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific function.
What is a tissue?
The head, neck, and trunk make up this region of the body.
What is the axial region?
This tissue type is specialized to contract and produce movement.
What is muscle tissue?
These are the two main cell types in nervous tissue.
What are neurons and neuroglia?
This is the movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.
What is diffusion
The number of organ systems in the human body.
What is 11?
This plane divides the body into front and back portions.
What is the coronal (frontal) plane?
Bone, cartilage, blood, and fat are all examples of this tissue type.
What is connective tissue?
This part of a neuron contains the nucleus.
What is the cell body
This type of transport requires the cell to use ATP.
Active Transport
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This organ system includes the skin, hair, and nails.
What is the integumentary system?
This plane divides the body into equal right and left halves.
Mid Saggital
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The material between the cells of connective tissue, made of ground substance and fibers, goes by these three letters.
What is the ECM (extracellular matrix)?
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Drinking coffee or tea can trigger this branch of the nervous system, known as fight or flight.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
In PMAT, the P stands for this first phase of mitosis.
prophase
Lymph nodes, lymphatic vessels, and the spleen all belong to this organ system.
What is the lymphatic system?
The elbow is this direction relative to the wrist, meaning closer to where the limb attaches to the trunk.
What is Proximal
These molecules in the ground substance attract and hold water, giving it a gel-like texture.
Proteoglycans
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This hormone, which raises blood glucose levels, is made by the pancreas.
Glucagon
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This is the division of the cytoplasm that splits one cell into two.
Cytokinesis