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20 Cards in this Set
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-Thick layer of smooth muscle
-Aorta is the largest -Arterioles are small arteries -Has a pulse -Takes blood away from the heart |
Arteries
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-Exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide with nearby tissues
-contains valves -Takes blood to the heart -Venules are small in these -Vena Cava is the largest part |
veins
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-Red blood cells have to line up single file to pass through these
-link arterioles to venules -one cell layer thick |
Capillaries
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-Carry oxygen to body cells
-Contains hemoglobin |
Red Blood Cells
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-Fight infection
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White blood cells
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-Clot blood when exposed to air
-Contains protein high in iron |
Platelets
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Contains and trasnports amino acids, proteins, electrolytes, and carbohydrates
-liquid portion of blood -made mostly of water |
plasma
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-tiny cup like air sacs where hemoglobin receives the oxygen to become oxygemoglobin
Main sites of gas exhcnage during resperation |
Alveoli
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Voice box
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Larynx
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-considered the throat and back of nose
-conducts air from the oral and nasal cavities to layrnx |
pharynx
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-Conducts air from larynx to bronchi
-the windpipe |
Trachea
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breaks food down into basic nutrients
-mainly occurs in the duodenum -rennin and pepsin -protien must first go through this before our body can use it -churning enzymes and acids and chemicals help in which |
Digestion
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-occurs mainly in the jejunum and ileum of small intestine
-the villi of the small intestine work in this process -the ? of water occurs in the large intestine |
Absorption
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-process that releases energy from the Gluecose molecule
-the oxygen we breathe breaks down the Gluecose that we eat in what process? |
Respiration
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gets rid of liquid waste
sweating accomplishes this process kidneys |
excretion
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-muscle contractions that move food through the alimentary canal
-mainly occurs in the esphagus |
peristalis
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-located just below your diaphragm. upper section of the small intestine
-rennin and pepsin are added to food and so is HCL here |
stomach
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produces bile
hepatic portal vein brings blood here |
liver
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gall bladder stores secretions from here
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pancreas
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contains functional units called nephrons
urine is collected for excretion by this renal artery and vein transfer blood to here |
kidney
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