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19 Cards in this Set
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What is the respiratory system?
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the system that takes in oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide
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What is the nervous system?
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the system that takes care of actions you direct and don't direct
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What is carbon dioxide?
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a gas that is a waste product
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What is the spinal cord?
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the passageway for nerves leading to and away from the brain
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What is oxygen?
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a gas in air that people need to stay alive
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What is an example of an automatic action or reflex?
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blinking
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The path air takes through the respiratory system is:______, _____, ___________, and ______. From there it passes to the ________.
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nose, mouth, windpipe, lungs, blood
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The body's nervous system is composed of ________,_______,
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brain, nerves, spinal cord
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Tiny air sacs in the lungs are called the ________.
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alveoli
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Where does blood go to pick up fresh oxygen?
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lungs
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Oxygen is drawn down the _______ to the lungs.
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Windpipe or trachea
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The spinal cord connects the _____ to all the body nerves.
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brain
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Eyes and other _____ ________
send information to the brain. |
sense organs
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The name of the nerves which carry messages from the brain to the muscles are __________.
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motor nerves
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Messages from the sense organs to the organs to the brain are carried by ______ _______.
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sensory nerves
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The spinal cord is a long bundle of _________.
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nerves
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The five sense organs are _____,
_______, _______,________, and ________. |
eyes, nose, ears, tongue, skin
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This organ gathers information from your senses.
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BRAIN
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What happens in your body before you can turn off an alarm clock that is ringing?
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Your ears hear the ringing. The message goes along sensory nerves to brain. The brain sends signals along motor nerves to arm and hand to turn
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