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67 Cards in this Set
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What are rhythmic contractions of the esophagus?
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Peristalsis
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What are some parts of the Central Nervous System?
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Brain and Spinal Cord
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Where is the Ovum fertilized?
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Fallopian Tubes
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What increases surface area of the small intestine?
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The Villi
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What is the oxygen-carrying molecule in RBC?
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Hemoglobin
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What controls heart beat and breathing?
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The medulla
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What causes ovulation?
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LH
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What is the meninges?
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A cover for the brain and spinal cord
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How do neurotransmitters move?
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Diffusion
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What breaks food into smaller pieces?
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Mechanical digestion
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What does oxygen diffuse out of?
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Capillaries
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What digests all types of food?
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Pancreas
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What is digested in the stomach?
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Protien
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What is the strongest chamber of the heart?
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The left ventricle
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What stores sperm?
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The epididymus
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What hormone is detected by pregnancy tests?
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HGC
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Where are erythrocytes made?
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Bone marrow
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What causes blood to clot?
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Fibrin
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What helps inflate lungs?
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Diaphragm
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What is the membrane surrounding the lungs?
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The Pleura
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What is the basic unit of a kidney?
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Nefron
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What increases the surface area of the lungs?
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Alveoli
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What controls when we breathe?
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CO2
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What controls the water in urine?
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ADH
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What is a waste product of protein digestion?
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urea
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What is the functional unit of the nervous system?
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neuron
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What are the 3 types of neurons?
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Sensory, Motor, Inter
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What do sensory neurons do?
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They are attached to the sense organs
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What do motor neurons do?
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Attached to muscles
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What do inter neurons do?
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Send impulses from 1 neuron to the next
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What is an impulse?
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A chemical reaction in which potassium and sodium change places.
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What is a reflex arc?
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When a sensory neuron is activated, which activates a neuron in the spinal cord, which directly travels to the motor neuron. This skips the brain.
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How do neurons act?
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In an "all or nothing" fashion, so they can't be partly turned on or off.
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What insulates the impulse?
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Myelin, which is made of fat
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What is a gap between neurons called?
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synapse
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What is a axon?
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The long part of a neuron
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What is the area closest to the nucleus, where the branched parts join?
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The cell body
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What are the branches of a neuron called?
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Dendrites
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What is another term for Fallopian Tube?
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Oviduct
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What is another name for the vagina?
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birth canal
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What is in semen?
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A buffer, sperm and food
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What does GnRH do?
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Stimulates the pituitary gland to release LH and FSH.
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What does LH do in males?
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Causes release of androgens
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What does FSH do in males?
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Sperm production
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What are the 3 parts of sperm?
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The head, middle part and tail
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What is in the head of the sperm?
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DNA. Its coated with enzymes.
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What is in the middle part of the sperm?
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mitochondria
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What does the seminal vesicle do?
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Makes fluid
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What happens to hormones when a woman is pregnant?
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The placenta creates HGC, which keeps estrogen and progesterone to remain high.
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What does FSH do in females?
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Starts maturation of ovum
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Where are estrogen and progesterone produced?
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The ovaries
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What do estrogen and progesterone do?
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Stimulate the growth of the uteran lining.
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What are the parts of the digestive system in order?
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Salivary gland, Teeth, Esophagus, Stomach, Liver/Gall Bladder, Pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, anus
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What is digested in the mouth?
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Starch
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What is digested in the liver/gall bladder?
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Fats
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What is digested in the pancreas?
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Protein, fat, starch
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What is digested in the small intestine?
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all
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What is digested in the large intestine?
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Water
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What are the bronches?
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When the trachea splits into two halves of the lungs
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What are parts of the alveoli?
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An alveolus with capillaries on them to diffuse oxygen
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What are bronchial tubes?
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Further divisions of the bronches.
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What does the cerebral cortex do?
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Controls thought and senses
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What does the cerebellum do?
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Coordinates body
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What does the brainstem do?
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Controls basic functions, such as breathing, swallowing, heartbeat and circulation
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What are parts of the peripheral nervous system?
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Nerves to muscles and organs that are sensory/motor neurons
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What is left-brained?
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Logic
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What is right brained?
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Artsy
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