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Anatomy set 1
What is Homeostasis? | relatively constant states maintained by the body. |
What are the four major groups of organic substances? | Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleic acids and related molecules |
What is DNA? | deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material which is present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information. |
The four major tissues: | Epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous. |
Anatomical Position is: | Discussions about the body, how it moves, its posture, or the relation-ship of one area to another assume that the body as a whole is in a specific position called the |
Any lengthwise plane running from front to back and top to bottom, dividing the body or any of its parts into right and left sides, is called: | sagittal plane. |
Any lengthwise plane running from side to side and top to bottom, dividing the body or any of its parts into anterior and posterior portions, is called: | coronal plane. |
Any crosswise plane that divides the body or any of its parts into upper and lower parts is called: | transverse plane. |
Substances are either: | elements or compounds |
a specific sequence of amino acids in a process called: | translation |