Modern dental assisting chapter 6 and 7
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Anatomy - Answer✔️✔️-The study of body structure
Physiology - Answer✔️✔️-The study of body function
cells, tissues, organs, body systems - Answer✔️✔️-The human body has four
organizational levels or units, from the simples to the most complex they
include
Differentiation - Answer✔️✔️-process in which cells become specialized in
structure and function
stem cells - Answer✔️✔️-Immature cells that are unspecialized
cell membrane - Answer✔️✔️-thin, flexible barrier around a cell; regulates
what enters and leaves the cell
Cytoplasm - Answer✔️✔️-A jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the
organelles are suspended
Nucleus - Answer✔️✔️-A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and
responsible for growth and reproduction. The control center
epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous - Answer✔️✔️-4 types of tissue of the
body
epithelial tissue - Answer✔️✔️-A body tissue that covers the surfaces of the
body, inside and out
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connective tissue - Answer✔️✔️-A body tissue that provides support for the
body and connects all of its parts
muscle tissue - Answer✔️✔️-A body tissue that contracts or shortens,
making body parts move.
nerve tissue - Answer✔️✔️-a body tissue that carries messages back and
forth between the brain and every other part of the body
dorsal cavity - Answer✔️✔️-located along the back of the body and head and
contains organs of the nervous system that coordinate body functions
(divided into two portions: cranial, spinal)
ventral cavity - Answer✔️✔️-located along the front of the body, contains
the body organs that sustain homeostasis
Parietal - Answer✔️✔️-pertaining to the outer wall of the body cavity
dorsal cavity - Answer✔️✔️-includes the cranial and spinal cavities.
ventral cavity - Answer✔️✔️-divided into the thoracic cavity and
abdominopelvic cavity
thoracic cavity - Answer✔️✔️-contains heart and lungs
abdominal cavity - Answer✔️✔️-Contains stomach, intestines, spleen, and
liver, and other organs
pelvic cavity - Answer✔️✔️-contains urinary bladder, portions of large
intestine, and internal organs of reproduction
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