Digestive System
The digestive tract has how many parts to it?
8
The pancreas has an endocrine function which does what?
regulate blood sugar levels
What are the 3 main types of asexual reproduction?
binary fission, budding, and fragmentation
What does PNS and CNS stand for?
peripheral nervous system and central nervous system.
The cochlea can be found in the ______.
ear
The stomach has two main jobs. One is to produces enzymes that break down food. What is the other?
store food
which of these is not something the kidneys do.
A. metabolic waste excretion
B. blood pressure control
C. produce bile
D. acid/base balance
produce bile
when an egg cell becomes fertilized, it is now a ???
zygote
Most of the nerves under somatic nervous system are _____?
voluntary
Olfactory cells are cells that respond to chemical molecules in the what?
air
Which of these two organs can be severely damaged by the irresponsible use of alcohol.
liver and kidneys
what are two things that can cause hormonal imbalance?
stress, environment, pregnancy, and excessive hormone usage
Name 3 placental mammals
MANY
A neuron can have many ________ that allows it to receive impulses from thousands of other cells.
dendrites
The retina is packed with this special neuron that changes light into chemical impulses.
photoreceptors
what does the esophagus connect?
the pharynx to the stomach
Endocrine glands have this kind of system and what is an example of said system?
feedback system. oxytocin released during childbirth.
What is the nutrition sac that baby's have while in the womb that mothers on occasion deep fry and eat?
placenta
What do motor neurons do?
neurons that send impulses from your brain and spinal cord to other systems.
What is the main purpose of the integumentary system?
protects the body
name and describe both kinds of digestions that take place in the mouth.
Mechanical digestion is the manual breaking down of food while chemical digestion is the breaking down of large molecules in food into nutrients through chemical change.
What are the 3 main tasks the endocrine system is responsible for?
secret hormones that regulate growth, regulate development, maintain homeostasis
what are each other the male and female reproductive channels called that act as highways for egg and sperm cells?
male=vas deferens
female=fallopian tubes
This is the part of your brain that controls involuntary processes like blood pressure and temperature.
Medulla
what are the 4 main taste buds on the tongue. *bonus 100 points if you can name the 5th*
bitter, sour, sweet, salty. *umami*