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What produces bile
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Liver
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Thick folds in the stomach
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rugae
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food is physically broken down in thse two structures.
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mouth and stomach
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tube that leads from the mouth to the anus
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alimentary canal
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the opening in which waste leaves the body
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anus
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a tail like structure found on the cecum
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appendix
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connexts the larynz and the esophagus
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pharynx
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stores and forms digestive waste products
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pancreas
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stores bile
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gall bladder
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majority of the nutrients absorption takes place here
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small intestine
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a gland that is positioned under the stomach
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pancreas
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what helps move food toward your esophagus
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tongue
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Explain what two main functions the small intestine plays in the digestion process.
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The small intestine absorbs most of the nutrients in your body, and it is also where most chemical digestion accures. Chemical digestion is when enzymes and secretions chemically break down food.
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the pulmonary artery carries _____ blood.
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deoxygenated blood
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The main artery in the human body is the ______.
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Aorta
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The superior and inferior vena cava carries ______ blood.
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deoxygenated blood
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The pulmonary vein carries ______ blood.
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oxygenated
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The blood vessel in which the actual gas exchange occurs is called a _______.
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capillary
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A flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backwards is called an ______.
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valve/cusp
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What is hypertension
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it's high blood pressure
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What is high blood pressure?
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When the blood is pushing again the walls of the arteries to hard
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What is a heart murmur?
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when your valves are leading blood into your heart.
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What is a heart attack?
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it is when part of your heart hasn't received oxygen blood for long enough and it "dies"
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What causes a heart attack?
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It is caused by clogging arteries and veins, specically plaque.
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What is angioplasty surgery?
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it is when a balloon is put into your clogged artery and pushes the plaque again the wall. The ballon also has stent to keep the plaque on the wall
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What is bypass surgery?
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It is when a doctor takes one of your arteries and re-routes the clogged one
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What are RBC's also known as
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erythrocytes
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What are white blood cells also known as
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Leukocytes
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What are the two main types of WBC's.
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Granulocytes and agranulocytes
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What is the function of hemoglobin in human blood?
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is the protein that takes oxygen from the lungs to the tissue and takes carbon dioxide from the tissue to the lungs.
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What is the condition known as cyanotic
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when you turn blue because of lack of oxygen
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what is genetics
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the scientific study of heredity
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what are allels
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the different froms of a gene
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what are traits
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phhysical characteristics of organisms
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what is a recessive allele
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an allele whose trait is masked in the presence of a dominant allele.
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What is a gene
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factors that control traits
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what is a hybrid
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an organism with two different alleles for a trait
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what is heredity
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it is the passing of traits from parents to offspring
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what is a dominant allele.
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It is an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism
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What is heterozygous.
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It is an organism that has two different alleles for a trait
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What is a Punnett square?
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A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross.
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What is a genotype?
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It is an organism's genetic makeup or allele combination
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What codominance?
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IIt is an inheritance pattern in which the alleles are neither dominant nor recessive.
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What is probability?
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The likelikhood that particular event will occur
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What is homozygous?
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It is an organism that has two identical alleles for a trait.
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What is a phenotype?
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It is an organism's physical appearance.
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