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17 Cards in this Set
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Circulatory System |
Pumps blood containing oxygen, nutrients, and hormones throughout body and gets rid of waste by doing so. Includes heart, arteries and veins. |
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Respiratory System |
The respiratory system brings oxygen into your body and takes carbon dioxide out of your body. Includes nasal passage, trachea, lungs (and alveoli), diaphragm. |
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Digestive System |
The Digestive System is responsible for taking nutrients from food into the body and excreting the waste. Includes mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine. |
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Nervous System |
The nervous system is the way that the brain receives sensory information from the body and gives instructions to the body.Includes brain, spinal cord, nerves. |
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Muscular System |
The muscular system is used to maintain posture, produce movement, and help with the circulation of blood. |
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Three types of muscle tissue |
Skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac |
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Two types of digestion |
Mechanical, chemical |
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Mechanical Digestion |
The physical process of breaking, crushing, and mashing food. Breaks food down into smaller molecules that are more easily digested. Organs involved: None that have just mechanical digestion |
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Chemical Digestion |
The chemical process of breaking down large molecules into nutrients. Uses enzymes to break molecules into smaller molecules such as amino acids that the body can use. Organs involved: small intestine. |
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Both Mechanical and Chemical Digestion |
Assist the body in breaking down food and turning it into energy and nutrients. Organs involved: mouth and stomach. |
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Proteins - Definition |
Large molecules made up of amino acids that have many important functions inside the body. |
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Proteins - Role |
Proteins are used to build and repair body parts. Proteins help the body transport things such as oxygen, make chemical reactions occur, and respond to stimuli. |
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Carbohydrates - Definition |
Molecules made of sugar that store energy. Simple carbohydrates have only a few sugar molecules while complex carbohydrates contain hundreds of sugar molecules linked together. |
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Carbohydrates - Role |
Carbohydrates are made to store energy and can be broken down to release energy. |
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Fats - Definition |
Fats are large molecules made from lipids that are not soluble in water. |
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Fats - Role |
Fats store energy and help the body store some vitamins. |
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Calorie |
a unit that expresses the amount of energy found in food |
