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29 Cards in this Set
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Transport |
passive transport of molecules |
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Receptor |
Receive and transmits messengers |
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Enzymatic |
speeds up reaction |
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Anchor |
hold the cytoskeleton |
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Cell marker |
ID taggers |
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Heart's function |
Pumps blood through the body and also the lungs |
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Veins' function |
Carry blood towards the heart |
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Lungs' function |
Bring oxygen into the body and remove carbon dioxide (CO2) |
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Capillaries' function |
Connect veins and arteries and are where gases are exchanged with cells |
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Artheries |
Carry blood away from the heart |
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Alveoli's function |
Tiny sacs that exchange gases with capillaries |
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Red Blood Cells function |
Carry oxygen to cells in the body and rome/carry away carbon dioxide |
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White Blood Cells function |
Fight of invaders that try to take over your body cells |
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Platelets' function |
Stop bleeding by blocking up wounds |
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Plasma's function |
The liquid part of blood, which is made mostly of water. |
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Why is every single blood type unique and why are they incompatible ? |
Because the blood types different antigens can harm other blood types, which could cause to problems and in the worst case, death. |
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First line of defence is... |
Skin and mucus |
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First line, how do they stop them |
chemically and physically |
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Second line of defence is... |
non-specific response |
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Macropheges |
engulf virus |
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Mast Cells |
call in reinforcements |
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Basophils |
release lethal chemicals |
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Eosinophils |
chemically attack parasites with enzymes |
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Third line of defence is... |
specific response |
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T cells |
identify invaders and attack chemically |
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Memory B cells |
remain in the blood stream to attack repeating invaders |
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B cells |
release antibodies to invaders to tag them |
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3 types of invaders are.. |
Parasites, viruses and bacteria |
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How do vaccines work ? |
Small dose of un-lethal invaders so that the immune system can recognise future attacks from real invaders |
