• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/51

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

51 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
homeostasis
maintenance of stable internal environment
tissue
group of simliar cells working together
organ
a collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body
the type of tissue that supports and protects organs
connective tissue
Skeletal System
supports protects body parts
respiratory system
inhales oxygen from air relases co2
lymphatic s
helps body get rid of bacteria and viruses
nervous s
sends receives electrical messages
endocrine s
sends chemical messages
digestive s
the organs that break down food so that it can be used by the body
joint
lkj
hinge joint
;j;lkj
sprain
ligament is stretched too far or torn
(skeletal)
osteoporosis
disease causes bones to become weak break easily
arthritis
disease causses joints to swell stiffen
muscles allow body to
move
smooth muscle in
digestive tract walls of blood vessles
muscle only in heart
cardiac
skeletal muscle atatched to
bones
muscle that bends body
flexor
muscle that straightens body is
extensor
working against weight exercise
resistance exercise
moderately intense activity that improves endurance is
aerobic exercise
strain
injury in which musle is overstretched or torn
(nuscular)
tendonitis
tendon becomes inflamed
sweat glands
small organs in skin help regulate body tempeerature
dermis
thick underlying layer of skin
substance skin keeps out of body
foreign particles
integumentary sys
sys with hair skin nail covers body
part of skin lets u feel
nerve endings
outermost layer of skin
epidermis
function of hair follicle
make hair
how does hair helps body
protects skin from ultra violet light
nail grows from living cells in the
nail root
acne caused by
too much oil produced by skin glands
vein
vessel carry blood to heart
capillary
tiny blood vessel allows exchange between blood and other cells
systemic circulation
flow of blood toheart and all body
pulmonary circulation
flow of blood to heart lungs
artery
blood vessel carry blood away from heart
3 part cardio vascular sys
blood, blood vessel, heart
heart problems
stroke
heart attack
atherosclerosis
blood pessure
force blood exerts on walls of artery
blood pressures
systolic diastolic
blood types
a b ab o
spleen
store produce lymphocytes
lymph nodes
organ found along lymphatic vessels filter pathogens and dead cells
tueb carries to bladder is the
ureter
tube carries out body is the
urethra
harmful substance when cells use energy
urea
substance tells kidneys to take water from nephrons
antidiuretic hormone