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29 Cards in this Set
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What is the cell membrane's job?
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It protects the cell and allows food, water and oxygen to pass into the cell.
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A chamber in the bottom of the heart is called a...
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ventricle.
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What does the right atrium do?
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It receives blood from the body and sends it to the right ventricle.
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What does the right ventricle do?
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It receives blood from the right atrium and sends it the the lungs.
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What does the left atrium do?
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It receives blood from the lungs and sends it to the left ventricle.
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What does the left ventricle do?q
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It receives blood from the left atrium and sends it to all parts of the body.
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What does the left ventricle do?q
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It receives blood from the left atrium and sends it to all parts of the body.
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Inhale means to...
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breathe in.
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Exhale means to...
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breathe out.
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Respiration takes place is the lungs. What is respiration?
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Respiration is the exchange of oxygen for carbon dioxide.
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What does the left ventricle do?q
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It receives blood from the left atrium and sends it to all parts of the body.
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What does the right ventricle do?
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It receives blood from the right atrium and sends it the the lungs.
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What does the right atrium do?
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It receives blood from the body and sends it to the right ventricle.
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What tube in the throat connects the mouth and the bronchial tubes?
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trachea
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Name three parts of the respiratory system that cleans the air we breathe.
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nose hairs
mucous cilia |
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The heart is a pump. What does it do?
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It moves blood through the body.
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A chamber in the top of the heart is called an...
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atrium.
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What liquid carries oxygen to every part of the body?
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blood
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Define "tissue"
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A group of cells that are alike and do the same job in the body.
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What does the circulatory system move through the body?
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blood
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The heart, blood, and blood vessels form a body...
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system.
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An organ is made up of various...
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tissues.
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What substance rides on red blood cells and carries oxygen?
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hemoglobin
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What waste gas is produced by body cells as they work?
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carbon dioxide
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Hemoglobin can be called an oxygen...
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carrier
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Tiny particles that help blood clot are called...
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platelets.
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Name the 3 main parts of a body cell.
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nucleus
cytoplasm membrane |
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What does the cytoplasm do?
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It performs the work of the cell.
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What is the job of the nucleus?
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It controls the cell.
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