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Define what a cell is
the fundamental unit of all living tissue
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cell membrane
the protective covering of a cell that regulates the exchange of materials between the cell and its environment.
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Organelles
perform specific functions within each cell that provide for cellular survival and, consequently, are critical to the body's vital processes.
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what structures are included in organelles
the nucleus, the ribosomes, and the mitochondria that compose our DNA and RNA)
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cytoplasm
all of the substance of a cell, except that of the nucleus
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nucleus
the central core of an object or body
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cell nucleus
the central controlling unit within a living cell.
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Atoms
smallest builing blocks of the body
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where is the cell nucleus located?
in the central part of the body
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what does dna stand for
deoxyribonucleic acid
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Luis has gone running through a meadow of overgrown grasses and weeds. One of the sharper plants has scratched his leg. We have all observed how minor scrapes and cuts to our skin heal rapidly as new skin cells replace the damaged ones. Cells reproduce by the process of cell division. Cell reproduction is necessary for growth and repair of the body.
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Luis's wife tells him frequently that their baby looks a lot like him. Luis jokingly says, "It's all in the excellent Alvarez genetic code—we are all good-looking in my family!" Just where does the Alvarez family's genetic code come from? All cells, with the exception of mature sex cells, have 46 chromosomes—forming 23 pairs. Chromosomes are rodlike structures within the nucleus. Egg and sperm cells have half that number; that way, during fertilization, the mature sex cells unite and each contributes 23 chromosomes to the embryo. This means, of course, that Luis's baby has fully half of his wife's genetic code as well.
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Chromosomes
rodlike structures within the nucleus.
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eponyms
medical terms, called eponyms, derive from the name of a person—often a physician or scientist—who was first to identify a certain condition or to devise a medical procedure.
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an example of an eponym named after the American physician, J.H. Heimlich.
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magnetic resonance imaging. It is one of the new medical terms taken from English.
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