Body Tissues Unit 1 | Integumentary System | Digestive System | Nervous System | Endocrine System |
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What is the tissue that covers the outside of the body and lines the inside
SKIN
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What is the outer layer of skin called
EPIDERMIS
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What are baby teeth called
DECIDUOUS
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What is the tree like projections from the neuron that carry messages to the cell body
dendrite
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What is the butterfly shaped gland located on the anterior side of the larynx, over the trachea
Thyroid gland
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What is the tissue with 2 thin layers of tissue that form together and cells may secrete a fluid
MEMBRANE
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What is the inner layer of skin called
DERMIS
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What aids in mechanical digestion
Mastication/chewing
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What is the single long arm of the neuron that carries messages away from the cell body
axon
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What serves both endocrine and lymphatic system located under the sternum, arge during childbirth
Thymus gland
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What is the tissue that stores fat cells
ADIPOSE
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What is the white tuft of skin on the end of the hair
PAPILA
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What is also known as the throat
pharynx
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What is the insulation layer around neurons that allow nerve impulses to be transmitted quickly and efficiently
myelin sheath
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What are sex glands called
Gonads
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What are the white bands of connective tissue attaching skeletal muscle to bone
TENDONS
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What is the goose bump muscle
ARRECTOR PILI
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What is the hollow tube connecting the pharynx to the stomach
esophagus
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What is a part o the peripheral nervous system that controls voluntary movement via skeletal muscle
Somatic nervous system
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What are chemical substances secreted in our body through endocrine glands and regulate body processes
Hormones
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What is the system that provides support, protections and movement
SKELETAL
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What provides protection,regulation of body temperature and helps facilitates perspiration
HAIR
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What folds in the mucous lining of the stomach that allow the stomach to stretch
rugae
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What is the largest part of the brain
Cerebrum
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What is the tissue or organ which a hormone acts
Target Organ/cells
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