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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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ECCRINE SWEAT GLANDS

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accessory structures, originating throughout dermis of the human body secretes sweat used primarily for thermoregulation (doesnt smell)

#2
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ELECTRON

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negatively charged atomic particle

#3
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ELEMENT

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pure substances that cannot be broken into simpler substances

#4
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ENDOCRINE GLAND

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duct-less gland that secretes hormones.

#5
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ENDOTHERMIC

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involving absorption of heat

#6
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ENZYMATIC DIGESTION

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breakdown of food by enzymes for absorption

#7
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ENZYME

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substance produced by living things that act as a catalyst. speeds up a chem rxn by lowering activation energy; in cells, most enzymes are proteins

#8
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EPIDERMID

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outer layer of the skin

#9
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EPINEPHRINE

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polar, water-solulable homone released by adrenals in response to stress. aka ADRENALINE

#10
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EPIPHYSEAL PLATE

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hyaline cartilage in long bones where bone elongation happens. aka GROWTH PLATE

#11
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ESTROGEN

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female sex hormone released by ovaries

#12
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EXCRETION

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elimination of metabolic waste from body

#13
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EXOCRINE GLAND

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gland that produces secretions having extracellular effect, such as chemical digestion. These secretions leave the gland by way of duct

#14
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EXOTHERMIC

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involving release of heat

#15
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FALLOPIAN TUBES

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tubes that carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus

#16
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FATTY ACID

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molecule composed of a long hydrocarbon chain with a carboxylic acid group on one end

#17
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FILTRATE

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materials, including water, that leave the blood through the walls of glomerular capillaries to enter the Bowman’s Capsule

#18
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FLAT BONES

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thin bones that have a plate-like shape ex) cranium

#19
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FOLLICLE

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saclike structure that contains and allows for maturation of the female ovum (egg) within the ovary

#20
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FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE aka FSH

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secreted by the anterior pituitary that stimulates development of eggs in ovaries and sperm in testes

#21
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GALL BLADDER

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organ that stores bile

#22
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GAMETE

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sex cells. sperm in males, ova (eggs) in females

#23
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GENE

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sequence of DNA that is the basic unit of heredity

#24
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GENETIC CODE

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set of 64 codons that specify 20 amino acids