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30 Cards in this Set
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trachea
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long tube reinforced with cartilage rings; extends from larnyx to lungs which air is transported
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larynx
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contains the vocal cords
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bronchi
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where trachea splits into R and L lungs
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diaphragm
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allows thoracic cavity to expand and contract
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esophagus
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narrow tube containing smooth muscle that contracts and pushes food to stomach; left of the trachea
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rugae
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small folds of smooth muscle on inside of stomach wall- help churn food, expands when stomach does
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pyloric sphincter
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controls movement of chyme from stomach into small intestine
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small intestine
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secretes digestive enzymes, chief site of absorption of digested nutrients
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colon
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re-absorption of water and formation of feces
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rectum
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reabsorb water and produce dry, concentrated feces
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anus
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opening of rectum
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liver
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secretes bile, filters toxins and nutrients from the blood and stores sugars
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gall bladder
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stores bile and releases it into the duodenum
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bile duct
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duct by which bile passes from the liver or gall bladder to the duodenum
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pancreas
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produces digestive enzymes and a variety of hormones
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kidney
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filter blood from circulatory system, removing the metabolic waste products produced in the tissues during cellular respiration; creates urine; responsible for maintaining a homeostatic balance of salts, fluids, and ions within body; responsible for extracting wastes and foreign substances from the blood strea;
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ureter
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smooth muscle tube that transports urine from kidney to urinary bladder
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bladder
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membranous sac that stores urine
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urethra
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tube that leads from urinary bladder to the outside of body
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ovaries
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produce eggs and hormones in females
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oviducts
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tube- carries egg from ovary to uterine horn; epithelial lining
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uterine horn
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in pigs, embryonic devt of fetus occurs
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testes
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produce sperm and male hormones
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epididymis
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coiled tube system surrounding testes, serves as storage unit and transportation canal for mature sperm
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vas deferens
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tubes that transport sperm from epididymis to urethra during ejaculation
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urethra
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tube that leads from urinary bladder to outside of body
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gubernaculum
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fibrous cord that connects testes to bottom of scrotum
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thymus
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produces large quantities of immune growth hormone
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thyroid
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produces thyroxine and calcitonin
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pancreas
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produces insulin (lowers glucose levels) and glucagon (raises glucose levels)
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