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49 Cards in this Set
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Testes
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Produce sperm and sex hormones
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Epididymis
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Stores sperm as they mature
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Vas deferens
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Conducts and stores sperm
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Seminal Vesicle
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Contributes fluid to semen
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Urethra
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Conducts sperm
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Bulbourethral glands
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Contribute mucoid fluid to semen
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Penis
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Organ of copulation
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Ovary
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produces eggs and sex hormones
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Oviduct (fallopian tube)
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conducts egg toward uterus
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Uterus
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Houses developing fetus
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Vagina
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Receives penis during copulation and serves as birth canal
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Nares
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commonly known as nostrils, these __ take in air to the sinuses for sensing and warming
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Pharynx
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Located at base of tongue, junctions passageways for food and air
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Epiglottis
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fold of skin helps close the trachea during swallowing
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Small intestines
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digestion of fooa nd absorption of nutrients occur
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Large intestines
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responsible for reclamation of water at the end of digestive cycle
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Gall Bladder
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after liver secretes biles, th mixture of bile salts and excreted wastes flows into the ___ to be stored. During digestion, the small intestines signals it to release the bile to aid digestion
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Diaphragm
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muscular membrane that separates the peritoneal cavity from the abdominal cavity
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Spleen
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Part of the immune system, the ___ filters out and destroys dead blood cells
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umbilical arteries
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carry nutrients from the mother's placenta to the fetus
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Pancreas
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responsible for production of enzymes used to digest food. These enzymes enter the small intestines through two ducts in the duodenum.
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Kidneys
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extracts wastes and foreign substances from the blood stream
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Kidney's internal regions?
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1. Outer cortex
2. Middle medulla (with renal pyramids) 3. Inner-most renal pelvis |
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Renal veins
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carry filtered blood from kidneys to posterior vena cava
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Renal arteries
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carry unfiltered blood from aorta to the kidneys.
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Ureter
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urine filtered from the blood by the kidneys passes through these hollow tubes to be stored in the urinary bladder
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Bladder
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urine is stored
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Trachea
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supportive cartilage that ensures airway remains open. carries air directly into lungs
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urogenital openings
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on both male and female, openings for vagina/penis
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urogenital papilla
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projecting from the urogenital opening
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Pharynx
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posterior and slightly dorsal to the oral cavity
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glottis
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opening through which air passes on its way to the windpipe
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Trachea
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windpipe goes to the lungs
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esophagus
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portion of the digestive tract that leads through the neck and thorax to teh stomach
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nasopharynx
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leads to the nasal passages
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thymus gland
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T blood cells mature in this
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larynx
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voice box
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esophagus
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portion of the digestive tract that leads to the stomach
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thyroid gland
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secretes hormones that travel in the blood
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peritoneum
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consisting of epithelium supported by connective tissue
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mesenteries
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double-layered sheets of peritoneum project from thebody wall and support the organs
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liver
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disposes worn-out red blood cells, produes bile, storing glycogen, maintaing the blood glucose level, produces blood proteins
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stomach
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stores food and has numerous gastric glands that secrete gastric juice which digests protein.
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large intestine
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prepares feces for defecation at the anus
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pancreas
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both an exocrine and endocrine gland. secretes insulin and glucagen.
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spleen
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contains both red and whie blood cells; it purifies blood and disposes of worn-out red blood cells.
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kidney
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produce urine
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Pericardial cavity
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contains the heart
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pleural cavity
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contains lungs
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