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What is an organ?
The pancreas is an example of this level of organization.
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What is the reproductive?
This system produces sperm and eggs.
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What is the heart?
Cardiac muscle makes up this organ.
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What is the cranial cavity?
This cavity contains the brain.
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What is negative feedback?
Taking the body back to set point is an example of this type of feedback.
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What is an organelle?
The nucleus is an axemple of this level?
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What is the digestive system?
Breaks down and absorbs food.
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What is smooth or involuntary?
Blood vessels are an example of this type of muscle.
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What is the pericardium?
The cavity that contains the heart.
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What is positive feedback?
Labor contractions getting faster is an example of this type of feedback.
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What is a tissue?
This is composed of 2 or more cells of the same type.
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What is the nervous system?
Responds to stimulus such as pain
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What is an agonist?
Another name for the Prime Mover.
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What is the diaphragm?
The thoracic and abdominal cavities are separated by this membrane.
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What are receptors?
These structures are responsible for detecting changes.
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What is a molecule?
Glucose is an example of this.
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What is the integumentary system?
Covers the body, helps control body temperature.
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What are actin and myosin?
The two filament types that make up skeletal muscle.
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What is the pleural cavity
This cavity contains the lungs.
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What are effectors?
Sweat glands are an example of this type of structure which make changes to return to set point.
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What is a cell?
The simplest living unit is this.
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What is the endocrine system?
Secretes and regulates hormones
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What is myoglobin?
This molecule stores oxygen with muscle tissue.
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What is the mediastinum?
The aorta and other major vessels are found here.
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What is the brain?
The control center is most often this organ.
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