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