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18 Cards in this Set
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What controls the body in immune response? |
White blood cells |
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How are brain cells different from other cells? |
Brain cells doesn't store glucose as glycogen |
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Asthma results in what change in the respiratory system |
Increase in mucus production |
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What are 3 major compartment of fluid in the body? |
intravascular, interstitial, and intracellular |
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What controls the firing of sinus node to trigger the start of cardiac cycle? |
The autonomic nervous system |
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What regulate fluid in and out of interstitial & intracellular space |
Osmosis |
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What changes occur in sensory functions due to aging? |
Increase in response to change in temperature |
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Where does the exchange of gas occurs in the lungs? |
The alveoli |
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What increase basal metabolic rate in adults? |
Stress |
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Function of blood flow in the cardiovascular system? |
Provides oxygen, nutrients, removes carbon dioxide and waste products |
It does 4 things |
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Chronic hypertension causes? |
Damage of the arterioles resulting in increase flow to blood vessels |
With high blood pressure, the arteries may have an increased resistance against the flow of blood, causing the heart to pump harder to circulate the blood. |
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Parasympathetic situation |
Heart rate 56 beats per minute respiratory rate 20 per minute |
Body function in normal range |
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Where does digestion and absorption of nutrients take place? |
Small intestines |
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Metabolic waste is controlled and secreted in what system? |
Renal System |
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Which part of the brain controls thoughts emotions and personality? |
Frontal lobe |
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What is the pathway of carbon dioxide? |
Capillaries ------> Alveoli-------> Bronchioles -----> trachea-----> nose |
Remember: Carbon dioxide comes out of the lungs |
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What control homeostasis? |
Nervous system |
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How blood flows into the heart? |
Superior vena cava, right atrium, tricuspid valve, right ventricle, pulmonary arteries, LUNGS, pulmonary vein, left atrium, bicuspid (mitral) valve, left ventricle, aorta |
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