Body Systems unit vocab 1

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Clinical Trials

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Tests run on human volunteers to show that a new medicine or device is both safe and effective. Clinical trials are run before the new medicine or device is approved for use by the public.

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Data

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Information gathered from an experiment or observations.

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Hypothesis

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A possible explanation for observations, facts, or events that may be tested by further investigation.

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Informed Consent

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In a clinical trial, when someone has been told about the possible risks involved in the trial and they agree to participate.

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Observation

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Any description or measurement gathered by the senses or instruments.

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Function

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The specialized activities performed by a system, organ, body part, object, or device.

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Model

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Any representation of a system (or its components) used to help one understand and communicate how it works.

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Organ

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A collection of tissues that performs a particular function or set of functions.

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Structure

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The parts of an object or system, including what they are made of, their shapes, and their arrangement. The way that an organ or body part is made up, including its shape and the types of tissues or other substructures that form it.

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System

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(organ system) A group of organs that work together to perform a specific function.