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41 Cards in this Set
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What is plasma and how much of blood is it? |
fluid part of blood, 55% of blood volume |
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Where does red blood cells come from? |
Bone marrow |
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what is the function of red blood cells? |
carries oxygen, remove carbon dioxide from your body |
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what is hemoglobin |
protein in red blood cells |
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what does hemoglobin do? |
carries oxygen throughout the body |
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What is a white blood cell |
Leukocyte; helps fight infection |
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what is a platelet |
tiny blood cells that help your body form clots to stop bleeding |
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where does blood flow fastest |
Aorta |
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where does blood flow slowest |
Blood vessels |
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what is digestion |
the process of breaking down food |
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what is a ruminant |
4 chamber stomach |
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what is a monogastric |
One stomach |
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4 stomachs of a ruminant |
rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum |
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what is rumination |
regurgitates previously consumed feed and masticates it a second time |
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what digestion occurs in the rumen |
fermentation |
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what digestion occurs in the reticulum |
fermentation |
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what are the sections of the small intestine |
Duodenum, Jejunum, Ileum |
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what is the cecum |
Pouch that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine |
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where does most of the nutrient absorption take place in livestock? |
Small intestine |
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8 Functions of Blood |
Transport. Protection.Regulation.Proteins.Amino acids.Nitrogenous waste.Nutrients.Gases. |
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Why is blood pressure important |
if it's high it can lead to problems like heart attack and stroke |
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What is bp called when the heart contracts |
systolic |
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what is bp called when the heart relaxes |
dyastolic |
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what's the smallest kind of vein called |
venule |
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what vessel carries blood to the heart |
vein |
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what vessel carries blood away from the heart |
artery |
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What respiratory structure makes sound? |
larynx |
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describe trachea |
windpipe |
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Describe the bronchi |
main passageway to the lungs |
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Describe alveoli |
tiny air sacs |
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what surrounds the alveoli |
alveolar sacs |
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What cell process does the exchange of gases in the lungs depend on? |
diffusion |
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whats the main organ that moves blood |
heart |
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how many chambers are in the heart? |
4 |
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name the four chambers |
left ventricle and atrium, right atrium and ventricle |
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what kind of muscle is heart made out of? |
cardiac muscle tissue |
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what artery carries blood to the lungs? |
pulmonary artery |
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what is an arteriole |
small branch of the artery leading into the capillary |
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what is the function of capillaries? |
bring nutrients and oxygen to tissues |
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what three tissues are arteries made of? |
tunica externa, tunica intima, tunica media |
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4 types of tissues that dont have capillaries |
epithelial, cartilage,and the cornea and lens of the eye |
