RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
The air passages inside the lungs.
What is the bronchial tree?
These are made up of similar cells that are specialized to carry on particular functions in the body.
What are tissues?
The 2 primary divisions of the nervous system
What is the central and peripheral?
The only type of muscle that we can control.
What is skeletal?
This organ is part of the lymphatic system and gets rid of cellular waste, and also stores and activates infection fighting white blood cells.
What is the spleen?
An infection of the lungs that causes difficulty breathing.
What is pneumonia?
2 or more tissues grouped together and performing specialized functions.
What are organs?
A single nerve cell can be as long as _______.
What is 6 feet?
The 2 types of involuntary muscles.
What are cardiac and smooth?
This lobe of the brain that is responsible for good decision making, is the last to mature and only becomes fully developed in the mid 30's.
What is the frontal lobe?
Millions of these tiny air sacs are found at the end of the air passages in the lungs.
What are alveoli?
This is described like sheets that cover all body surfaces inside and out.
What are epithelial tissues?
Our fight or flight response to a sudden stressor, like a squirrel running at us, is part of this component of the nervous system.
What is the sympathetic?
This large muscle separates the chest from the abdomen and aids in breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
Scientists are unsure of the purpose of this organ, attached to the large intestine, which is normally 4 inches long although the longest on record was over 10 inches
What is the appendix?
This part of the respiratory system, often called the windpipe, is sometimes cut open when the usual route for breathing is blocked.
What is the trachea?
The body's largest organ.
What is the skin?
Names of 2 of the 4 lobes of the brain.
What are the frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal?
In addition to moving our blood, food and body, the muscular system is responsible for producing this which makes our survival possible.
What is create heat?
The classification of fats considered to be unhealthy.
What is transfats (hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated)?
For the action of breathing to happen, this group of muscles in your rib cage are used.
What are the intercostal muscles?
The primary function of this type of tissue is to contract, becoming shorter and thicker.
What is muscle tissue?
This connects the spinal column to the brain.
What is the brain stem?
Our muscular system has more than this many major muscles.
What is 600?
2 sources of healthy fats.
What are avocados, nuts, some vegetable oils, and ruminant (animal) fat?