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