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50 Cards in this Set
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What is the part of the brain that regulates the amount of water in the blood?
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Hypothalamus
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What are the tiny filtering units of the kidney?
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nephrons
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On a single pass through the kidney, how many times is the blood filtered?
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2
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What is the waste product produced by the kidneys?
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urine
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What is the organ that stores urine?
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Bladder
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What are the tubes that lead from the kidneys to the outside of the body
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Urethrea
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What are the two organs that filter the blood?
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The liver and the kidneys
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What is a sign of diabetes?
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high levels of glucose
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What is the machine called that can serve as an artificial kidney?
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Dialysis machine
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What is the function of the kidney?
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to eliminate excess water, salt, and urea
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What is urea?
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chemical that ends up in urine
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What are the waste products of cellular respiration?
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water, carbon dioxide, salts, urea
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What is the name of the tubes that lead from the kidney to the bladder?
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ureter
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What is the elastic muscular organ that holds urine?
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bladder
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Where does "dirty" blood come into the nepohron?
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the renal artery
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What comes next?
Bowmans capsule, Tubule, Henule's loop, capillaries, _________ |
Renal vein
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Where does the first filtration in the nephron occur?
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Glomerulus
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What are the organs of the excretory system?
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Skin, Lungs, Kidneys,
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What are the two types of digestion?
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mechanical and chemical digestion
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WHat is the difference between mechical and chemical digestion?
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Mechanical is the PHYSICAL breakdown of food and Chemical is the CHEMICAL breakdown of food.
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What is an example of mechanical digestion?
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Chewing
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What is an example of chemical digestion?
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Saliva
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What is the type of protein that speeds up a chemical reaction?
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an enzyme
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What are the organs of the digestive tract?
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mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, anus.
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What are the accessory organs of digestion?
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teeth, tongue, salivary glands, l;iver, gallbladder, pancreas
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What is the enzyme produced by the salivary glands that speeds up the digestion of starch?
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Amylase
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What is the structure that covers the opening to the windpipe when you swallow?
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epiglottis
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Name of the muscular waves that food is moved along the digestive system with
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peristalsis
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What is chyme?
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a watery liquid that food is changed into in the stomach
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What prevents the hydrochloric acid from digesting the stomach?
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mucus
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What is the first part of the small intestine called?
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the duodenum
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Where in the digestive tract does the most digestion take place?
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the duodenum or the small intestine
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What is bile?
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the greenish liquid produced by the liver that acts on fat
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What is villi?
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finger-like projections in the small intestine tat help it absorb nutrients
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What is the main job of the large intestine?
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to absorb water from undigested waste.
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What are the two vitamins that are produced by bacteria in your large intestine?
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Vitamin B and K
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What is in intestinal juice?
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enzymes, proteins, starch, sugar, fats
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What is the pH scale?
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It measures the acidity or base-y-ness of a liquid from a scale of 0-14
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What organ produces bile?
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Liver
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What is lipase?
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an enzyme that chemically digests fats
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What is the name of the enzyme that chemically digestions proteins?
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protease
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What is the purpose of the pancreas?
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to produces pancreatic juice which produces lipase, protease, and amylase
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What is the hard palate?
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the hard roof of your mouth
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what does the soft palate do and waht is it?
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the soft top of esophagus? and it assists in swallowing
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What is the cardiac valve?
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the valve between the esophagus and stomach that regulates flow of food
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What muscles are involved with breathing?
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Intercostals muscles, Diaphragm, muscles of the abdomen
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Where is the respiratory control center located at?
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The Brain
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What is one place that sensors that adjust breathing rate are NOT found in?
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Heart
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What is the voicebox called?
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Larynx
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What is the windpipe called?
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Trachea
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