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what are the three copmponents of the circulatory system?
blood, blood vessels and the heart
what is the fluid tissue composed of water, solutes, and formed elements?
blood
what are the arteries, capillaries, and veins known as?
blood vessels
what is the muscular pump that generates pressure to keep blood flowing?
the heart
what does interditial fluid do to the cells of the body?
bathes them
what kind of system do mollusks and arthropods have?
an open system
what kind of system to vetebrates have?
a closed system
how many chambers do fish hearts have?
2
what does having 2 heart chambers result in?
a single circuit
amphibians and most reptiles have 2 whats but onle one what?
collecting areas; pumping area
how many chambers and circuits do mammaels and birds have?
4;2
which circuit is from the right ventricle to the lungs and then to the left atrium?
pulmonary circuit
which circuit is from the left ventricle to the rest of the body, then to the right atrium?
systematic circuit
what 2 things does blood carry to the cells?
oxygen and nutrients
what does blood carry away from the cells?
wastes
what does blood stabilize?
internal pH
what does blood equilize in birds and mammals?
body temperature
blood contains cells that fight what?
infection
how many quarts of blood do humans have?
4-5 quarts
where does some of the blood areise from?
red bone marrow
what is 50-60% of blood volume?
plasma
plasma is mostly what?
water
plasma contains proteins that function in transporting what 2 things?
lipid and vitamins
what 2 things do plasma proteins function in doing?
immune responses and blood clotting
what does plasma also contain?
other dissolved substances
what are erythrocytes?
red blood cells
what are biconclave dissks that contain hemoglobin and transport oxygen?
red blood cells
what lose their nuclei and live about 4 months?
red blood cells
how many red blood cells are there in every mm^3
5 million
what are leukocytes?
white blood cells
what removes dead cells and prtectas against germs?
white blood cells
larger whats eat bacteria?
white blood cells
what produce substances that are involved in immune responses?
white blood cells
what are fragments of cells that function in blood clotting?
platelets
what is the red blood cell disorder that involves too few, or deformed red blood cells and has several different causes?
anemia
a sudden or slow blood loss and an iron defeciency are causes of what?
anemia
certain protozoans cause what?
malaria/anemia
sickle cell and thalassemias are 2 what?
genetic mutations of red blood cells
what is the white blood cell disorder which is a viral disease in which too many monocytes and lyphocytes form?
infectious mononucleious (mono)
what is a cancer of the red bone marrow and impairs white blood cell formation?
leukemia
what is necessary before blood transfusion can be done?
blood typing
all cells have surface proteins that act as what?
markers
antibodies recognize what on foreign cells?
markers
if incompatible bloods are mixed what occurs?
attigulation (clumping)
type AB has what markers?
both A and B markers
Type O has what markers?
neither A or B
Rh+ mean what?
the blood has a marker
Rh- means what?
the blood has no marker
there are risks in childbirth or pregnancy if ____ women bears a second ____ child
Rh-; Rh+
what is the route of blood circulation? (7)
heart - arteries - arterioles - capillaries - venules - veins - heart
the human heart is a double pump with how many circuits?
2
oxygen poor blood is pumped to lungs from what side of the heart?
right
oxygen rich blood is pumped from what side of the heart?
left
when oxygen is pumped to either side of the heart what is that known as?
pulmonary circuit
when oxygen rich blood is pumped from the left side of the heart to the entire body what is it known as?
systematic circuit
what is pericardium?
a fluid filled sac
what is myocardium?
heart muscle
what is covered by pericardium and mostly made of myocardium?
the heart
the heart has how many chambers and valves?
4;4
each half of the heart consists of what two things seperated by a valve?
atrium and ventricle
What is the atrium of the heart for?
receiving
what is the ventricle of the heart for?
pumping
blood exits each ventricle through what?
a valve
what cycle consists of a sequence of contarction and relaxation?
cardiac cycle
as atria fill what is relaxed?
ventricles
when atria contract what fills?
ventricle
when ventricles contract what happens?
blood flows out of the heart
what is the heart sound made by?
the closing of the valves
what 5 things is Blood distributed by?
arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules and veins
blood pressure drops along the way of distribution because of what?
energy loss by resistance
arteries have elastic walls that tend to do what to pulses associated with the heart cycle?
"smooth out"
special instrument with a cuff surrounding the upper arm can measure what?
blood pressure
systolic pressure is known as what?
peak pressure
diastolic pressure is known as what?
lowest pressure
peak pressure is recorded when ventricle are what?
contracting
what is the usual peak pressure?
120 mm
lowest pressure is reached when ventricles are what?
relaxing
what is the usual lowest pressure?
80 mm
what are diffusion zones for wxchanges between blood and intersidial fluid?
capillaries
capillaries merge into what? which merge into what?
venules, veins
blood pressure in what 2 things is very low?
capillaries and venules
what prevent backflow of blood?
valves
what contain 50-60% of blood volume?
veins
movement of what squezzes veins and pushes blood against the forces of gravity?
skeletal muscles
what is a silent killer that van affect a person without outward symptoms?
hypertension
what is known as when lipids (chelosterol) build uo in the arterial wall?
arthroscleorsis
in artheroscelrosis low-density lipoproteins infiltrate walls causing what to form?
plaque
enlarging plaques and blood clots narrow or do what?
block areteries
what are the most vunerable arteries that can lead to a heart attack?
tiny coronorary arteries
rhythems and arrhyythmias are known as what?
abnormal heartbeat
all vetebrates have what?
a closed circulatory system
a person who has type O blood can what?
donate blood to a person of any blood type
blood flows directly from the left atrium to the?
left ventricle
blood pressure is highest in the __________ and lowest in the __________
arteries; veins
at rest, the largest volume of blood is in the
veins
what diffuse down pressure gradient across moist, permeable membraes?
gases
the amount of duffision depends on surface area of emembrane and diffrences in what?
partial pressure
what are the 3 factors of the diffusion rate?
surface-to-volume ration, ventiliation, respiratory proteins
as an animal grows the sirface area increases at a ______ rate than its volume
lesser
because of the surface to volume ratio one must have a body design that keeps internal cells close to what?
the surface
because of the surface to colume ratio one must have a system that moves gases where?
inward
haveing the adaptations to move air, water over eepiratory surafces is known as what?
ventialtion
humans move muscles of what to expand and contract the chest cavity?
thorax
what is the main transport pigment?
hemoglobin
each hemoglobin molecule binds how many oxygen molecules?
4
in small animals with low metabolic rates gases diffuse wherre?
directly across moist body surface
what enahnces oxygen exchange in aquatic invetbrates?
gills
what use tiny air-conducting tubules, with very little participation by circulatory system?
arthropods
in what animals does water enter the mouth, flow over the gills and exit just behind the head?
vetebrate gills
water flows over the gills and blood circulates through them in what direction?
the opposite direction (countercurrent flow)
what provides a membrane for gaseous exchange with blood?
lungs
gases diffuse across what?
respiratory surfaces (sacs of the lungs)
in the body oxygen diffuses from what? (3 steps)
blood - intersititial fluid - cells
what travles the oxygen route in reverse?
carbon dioxide
the human respirartory system accomplishes the gas exchange via what?
alveoli (air sacs)
what permits vocalizations?
exhaled air
what helps return venous blood to the heart?
respiration
what helps rid the body of excess heat and water?
respiration
what helps adjust the body's acid-base balance?
respiartion
air enters and leaves through what?
the nasal cavity
when air is exhaled what vibrate to produce sounds?
vocal cords
what lies in a thin-walled pleural sac?
lungs
brionchioles end in what?
alveoli
what provide termedous surface area for gas exchange?
alveoli
oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse across the membrane in response to what?
partial pressure gradients
oxygen diffuses down a pressure gradient in to what? (3 levels)
blood plasma - red blood cells - binds to hemoglobin
what gives up oxygen in tissues where partial pressure of oxygen is low, blood is warmer, partial pressure of carbon dioxide is higher and pH is lower?
hemoglobin
10% of carbon dioxide is dissolved into what?
plasma
30% oif carbond dioxide binds with what?
hemoglobin
60% of carbon dioxide is in what form?
bicarbonate
what is active and driven by muscle contractions?
inhalation
is exhalation passive or active?
passive
the vital capacity of respiration is ___ in males and ___ liters in females
5.7; 4.2
the tidal volume is ___ liters
0.5
what moves in and out during usual breathing?
tidal volume
what is more important the CO2 concentration or the O2 concentration?
CO2
what occurs when the tongue or tonsils obstruct the airway?
slepp apnea
tuberculosis, bacterial, viral and fungal pneumonia are examples of what?
a potentiallt deadly infection
what is a chronic irritationof the lining of the bronchioles; and an abundance of mucus which may casue bacterial growth?
bronchitis
what is it known as when the walls of alveoli become fibrous and inefficeient?
emphysema
what kills thousands and drains millions from the economy?
tobacco
what is a danger to those who dont smoke themselves?
second hand smoke
do people that live at high altitudes have more or less red blood cells?
more
do people who live below sea level have more or less red blood cells?
less
the most abundant gas in the atmosphere is?
nitrogen
in crustaceans, most gas exchange occurs at the?
gills
in human lungs, gas exchange occurs at the?
alveolar sacs
most oxygen in the blood is transported how?
bound to hemoglobin
what mechanically and chemically reduces food to absorbable molecules?
the digestive system
what kind of system has one opening that food enters and waste exits out of?
incomplete
what kind of system has a tube with 2 openings and food moves in one direction?
a complete system
where do birds store food?
in a strechable crop
where do birds grind food?
in the gizzard
what have multiple stomachs to digest cellulose?
ruminants (cows)
what digestive system has 2 openings and specilized regions?
human
what are the 8 parts of the human digestive system?
mouth, pharynx, esophogus, stomach, small intestine, colon, rectum, anus
what are the three accessory glands to the digestive system?
salivary glands, liver (with gallbladder) and pancreas
what has an enameal coat, a dentine core and an inner core?
teeth
what sort of tooth bites off chunks?
incisors
what type of tooth tears?
canines
what type of teeth grind?
molars and premolars
what contains salivary malyse to begin carbohydtrate digestion?
saliva
what pushes the ball of food into the phraynx?
tongue
what is the muscular sac that stores and mixes food and secretes digestive enzymes?
stomach
what includes hydrochrloric acid, pesin, and mucus?
gastric juice
secretions from the liver gallbladder and pancreas enter what through a common duct?
the small intestine
how many regions are in the small intestines?
3
bile from what organ emusifies fats to speed up digestion?
gallbladder
trypsin from what organ digests the remianing protein?
pancreas
bicarbonate from what organ buffers acid from the stomach?
the pancreas
what consists of many layers?
intestines
what is absorpative surface areaincreased by fingerlike projections
intetsinal lining
what stores undigested and unabsorbed material, water and bacteria and reabsorbs water?
the large intestines
what in the diet is more important in moving material throught the large intetsines
fiber
what is delayed defacation cause dby stress and/or a low fiber diet?
constipation
what is an inflamed appentix?
appendisitis
what cancer is related to diet and speed at which materials move through the large intestines?
colon cancer
some what are converted to fat for storage and others are converted to glycogen in liver and muscle tissue?
carbohydrates
one is supposed to eat 55-60% of what food group?
carbohydrates
one is supposed to eat 15-20% of what food group?
proteins
one is supposed to eat 20-25% of what food group?
fats and other lipids
refined sugars have a high what?
glycemic index
a high glycemic index later leads to what?
increased hunger
what 2 things are important components of membranes?
phospholipids and chelosterol
what are enegry reserves and provide insulation and cushining?
fats
what 2 things can clog small areteries and may cause heart attacks?
polysaturated fats and chorlesterol
out of the 20 different amino acids how many are essential?
8
most proteins in animals are _____ most plant proteins are _____
complete; incomplete
what diet emphasizes grains, fruits and vegatables and limits fat oil to olive oil?
medetarraen diet
what sort of diets may have undesirable side effects such as ketone production?
low-carb
what is the right body weight known as?
the BMI
what may have an influence on whether or not we gain weight?
genes
after you eat too many calories, your body converts the excess to fats, which accumulate in?
adipose tissue
most of the products of digestions are absorbed across?
villi of the small intestine
bile does what?
emusifies fat
most of our caloric intake should come from?
complex carbohydrates
what organ filters the blood, forms urine, and maintains body's water-solute fluid?
kidneys
how do marine bony fishes lose water?
through osmosis
how do marine bony fishes make up for osmosis?
drinking seawater and pumping out the excess salt
what are gained by absorption from liquids and foods and metabolism of nutrients?
water and solutes
what are lost by excretion by urinary system, evaporations from repiratory surfaces, sweating and elimination in feces?
water and metabolic wastes
what animal does not sweat, has fairly dry feces and strong urine?
desert rat
what system consists of 2 kidneys each with a ureter leasing to a urinary bladder and a urethra leading to the body surface?
mamalian
what is about the size of a fist?
a kidney
what is bean shaped with cortex and medulla regions?
kidney
what filters a variety of substances from the blood
kidney
most of the filtrate from the kidneys is returned to the blood; what percent is urine?
1
what is reflex response but can be controlled by nervous and muscular actions?
urination
what are the functional units of the kidneys?
nephrons
what occurs in the glomerous nestled in the bowman's capsule?
filtartion
Bowman's capsule directs filtrate throu what tubules?
nephron
what exit the glomeroulous and branch agin around the nephron tubules where water and essential soloutes are reclaimed?
capillaries
what sort of filtration is it when blood pressure forces filtrate out of the glomerular capillaries?
glomrular filtartion
filtrate is colledcted by what and funneled into proximal tubule?
Bowman's capsule
what is known as when water and solutes move across tubular walls, out of the nephron, and into surrounding capillaries?
tubular reabsorption
what is it known as when substances move from capillaries into nephron walls
tubular secretion
what are the 3 reasons the kindeys fail?
toxins, pathogens, malfunctions
what can accumulate in the kidneys?
toxins
what are the 2 ways to remove kidney stones?
surgically or by sound waves
what is the process that uses a machine to do the job of the kidneys?
dialysis
what balance is maintained by the buffer systems, respiration and excretion by the kidneys?
the acid-base balance
what is the gain of heat from some source or the loss of heat from the body to surroundings?
thermal radioation
what is the transfer of heat from one object to another when they are in direct contact?
conduction
what is the transfer of heat by way of moving fluid?
convection
what is it known as when heated substances change from a liquid to a gas with loss of heat to the surroundings?
evaporation
what have low metabolic rates and must gain heat from the environment?
ectotherms
what generates heat from meatbolic activity and reduce heat loss due to feathers, fur or fat
endotherms
what generate body heat during active periods but hibernate at night?
heterotherms
the blood vessels near the skin constrict is a response to what?
cold stress
what causes evaporative heat loss but can be harmful due to water and sodium loss?
sweating
what is the rise in core temperature and has devastating effects?
hyperthermia
the blood vessels near the surface of the skin constrict is a response to what?
heat stress
what become more erect to create an insulating layer of still air?
hair or feathers
what ia common response to cold stress but is not effective for very long and comes at a high metabolic cost?
shivering
what is it called when the core temperature drops below normal and it can lead to brain damage and death?
hypothermia
what is localized cell death due to freezing?
frostbite
a freshwater fsh gains most water by?
drinking
fluid filterted by Bowman's capsule flows directly into the
proximal tubule
heat transfer between objects that are in direct contact is
conduction
an increase in body temperature would be followed by what?
activation of sweat glands