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The Skin,nails, and hair are made up of what system?
The integumentary system. It also protects the body from injury, helps to regulate body temperatures, prevent dehydration, and defends against disease.
the sac-like grape structure in the lungs is called?
Alveoli
the branch like structures in the lungs that the alveoli sit on are called?
Bronchi
The bones are used and helpful for 4 reasons
1)support
2)structure
3)movement
4)protection
Homeostasis:
Make sure steady internal conditions okay when extreme conditions change
organ systems:
Groups of organs that work together and perform a specific task
Respiratory and circulatory system:
Works together to provide oxygen for the muscles when exercising
Digestive system:
Digests food energy for the body
Excretory system:
Helps expelling any substances the body doesn't absorb
Bodies are protected from infection from what 2 systems?
The Lymphatic and Circulatory system
After the food goes down into the mouth and is being broken down in the mouth, what helps-besides saliva, that helps break down the food in the mouth?
The enzymes in the saliva
Before going thru the digestive track, the food goes thru what part of the human body first?
Mouth
What are enzymes?
Enzymes are proteins that speed up chemical reactions
As you swallow the broken down food, it goes thru what hollow-like tube?
Esophagus
The esophagus connects to what muscle?
The stomach.
The stomach is a flexible organ that contains what?
Enzymes
The small intestine has what 2 functions?
Digestion and absorption
The liver makes what for the small intestine?
Bile
The pancreas makes what for the small intestine?
Enzymes
Does it take the small intestine a few minutes to move thru? why?
No. Why? It takes it HOURS because it is so long.
During the time when the digested food is moving thru the small intestine particles of ? and ? and absorbed into the blood.
Food and water.
The large intestine's scientific name is?
Colon
Did the colon receive the digested food that the smaller intestine did absorb?
No! It recieves the digested food that the smaller intestine didn't absorb.
Is urea toxic?
Yes
The excretory system removes what from the body?
It removes solid, liquid, and gas waste materials
What is a part of the excretory?
1) Lungs (removing CO2)
2)Liver (removing wastes from the blood)
The liver is also apart of the digestive system. The liver breaks down ? and urea forms.
Proteins
Urine contains what 3 things?
1)Urea
2)water
3) Other waste chemicals
What tube does the urine leave thru?
Ureter
The rectum is apart of what 2 systems?
1) Excretory
2) Digestive
The rectum stores ? until the body releases it out of the body?
Feces
Respiratory and circulatory:
First enters the nostrils, then the Pharnyx, then Trachea, Then Bronchi.
What muscle could you not breathe without?
Diaphragm.
The ? system helps with the respiratory and circulatory sytsems to help our body maintain homeostasis
Muscular
What 3 things make up your Cardiovascular system?
1)Heart
2) Blood
3)Blood vessels
Peristalsis
Waves of muscle contractions that move food.
enzymes
Chemical that the body uses to break food into smaller molecules.
Pancreas
Makes fluids that break down foods.
Liver
Makes bile which breaks up fat.
Gall bladder
stores bile.
Villi
finger-like projections found in small intestine that increase surface area.
rectum
last part of the large intestine where feces is stored
anus
opening in rectum where feces is stored
the flow of blood between the heart and lungs is called what?
Pulminary circulation
Food travels in a path as follows:
mouth
esophagus
stomach
small intestine
large intestine
anus
what is mechanical digestion?
it begins in the mouth and ends in the stomach where food is rushed and churned and turned into a soupy mixture called chyme.
Cornea
clear outer membrane
pupil
small opening that light passes thru
retina
layers of light sensitive receptors that reciev light and change it into electrical impulses that are sent to the brain.
A power generator factory produces power. which cellular process is like a power generator?
Cellular respiration
attempting to give an explanation as to why something occurs in nature or science is a characteristic or a scientific....
theory
during cellular respiration what is happening to sugar that helps the cell maintain homeostasis?
it adds energy to help with process.
Why can plant use energy from the use of sun and animals cannot?
animals don't have chloroplast.