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34 Cards in this Set
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Digestion
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process of breaking nutrients into smaller molecules
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Enzyme
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protein made by the body cells that helps speed up chemical reactions such as digestion
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Saliva
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watery liquid in the mouth that usually contains enzymes
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Ingestion
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process of taking food into the body; eating
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Esophagus
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a muscular tube between the mouth and stomach
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Trachea
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main tube that takes air to and from the lungs
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Larynx
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part of the respiratory system that helps to make sounds
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Diaphragm
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muscle that helps with breathing
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Urine
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liquid waste that contains water, salts, and harmful substances
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Kidney
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one of two organs that filters the blood to produce urine
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Filter
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to take some substances out, but leave others in
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Ureter
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tube that takes the urine from a kidney to the bladder
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Bladder
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hollow organ that stores urine
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urine
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Waste products are eliminated in the...
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Oxygen
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What is in short supply at high elevations such as Mt. Everest?
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Sugars
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The digestive system digest carbohydrates into...
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Larynx
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The vocal folds that help make sounds are located in the...
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Minerals
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Substances that come from the soil and become an essential part of food are...
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Water
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The most important nutrient that helps all the body systems is...
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Starch
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An example of a nutrient that must be digested before the body can use it is...
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Chew
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Digestion begins when you do this to your food...
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Teeth
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During ingestion, what are specially designed to grind food into smaller pieces?
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Cheeks
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During ingestion, what have the important job of acting like trampolines bouncing food back and forth to your teeth?
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Small Intestine
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Most of digestion takes place in the...
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Large Intestine
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Foods that cannot be digested in the small intestine move to the...
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liquid and easy to swallow
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During ingestion, the saliva in your mouth is important because it makes the food...
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Oxygen
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The most important kind of air molecules
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Oxygen
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We breathe in...
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Carbon Dioxide
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We breathe out...
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Heart
Blood Blood Vessels |
3 things that make the cardiovascular system important...
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Trachea
Larynx Lungs |
3 parts of the respiratory system...
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allows good things from the food we eat to pass into our blood stream
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Digestive System's job...
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brings in oxygen so the blood cells can carry it to other body cells
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Respiratory System's job...
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takes unnecessary and harmful substances from our blood and removes them from our bodies
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Urinary System's job...
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