Circulatory diseases
Name the 3 diseases that affect the BLOOD
Leukemia, anemia, and haemophilia
It produces paleness and tiredness for the lack of oxygen
Anaemia
True or false?
The lungs are considered excretory organs
True! They expel carbon dioxide from the body which is a waste product
Each kidney is made by a million of this structures
Nephrons
It is usually known as blood cancer
Leukaemia
Occurs when cholesterol accumulates in the arteries
Atherosclerosis
Disease that could be caused by foods high in saturated fats, that increase cholesterol blood levels
Atherosclerosis
Where does the excretory system collect waste products from?
The blood
What disease occurs when minerals build up in the urine?
Kidney stones
Produced by a lot of immature leukocytes that invade tissues
Leukaemia
Disease that occurs when the myocardium does not get enough oxygen?
Angina
Is the blockage of a blood vessel by a blood clot
Thrombosis
What happens to most substances during reabsorption?
Most of them pass back into the blood again
Inflammation of the walls of the urinary bladder
Cystitis
Inflammation of one or more lymph nodes nearby an infection
Adenopathies
A clot in the coronary arteries leaves without oxygen the cardiac tissue which dies
Heart attack
Hereditary illness caused by a lack of coagulation factors
Haemophilia
What is never filtered in the glomerulus?
Cells and proteins
The blood becomes toxic because the kidney´s filtering function stops totally or partially
Renal failure
It causes spontaneous bleeding or bleeding from small injuries that can be very dangerous
Haemophilia