Cardiovascular System pt 2
This is the number of chambers a human heart has.
What is 4?
These tiny sacs in your lungs are where gas exchange occurs.
What are alveoli?
This organ helps with both mechanical and chemical digestion and produces chyme.
What is the stomach?
These two organs make up the Central Nervous System.
What is the brain and spinal cord?
These engulf and digest pathogens and anything that is not "self".
What is a macrophage?
This is the name for the top chambers of the heart.
What are atria?
This flap of tissue closes over the larynx when you swallow to prevent food and water from entering your lungs.
What is the epiglottis?
This is the breaking, crushing, and mashing of food.
What is mechanical digestion?
This nerve pathway allows you to complete actions with out having to think about it.
What is a reflex arc?
These specific proteins are on the surface of a cell and make it identifiable.
What are antigens?
This is where oxygen flows out of blood vessels and into the body's cells.
What are capillaries?
This produces ATP, carbon dioxide, and water.
What is cellular respiration?
This acid is produced by the stomach, breaks down food and kills pathogens.
What is hydrochloric acid?
This is a collection of axons bundled together by blood vessels and connective tissue.
What is a Nerve?
This is the ability to resist or recover from an infectious disease.
What is immunity?
This blood type can only receive blood from type A and O.
What is Type A?
This is in between the larynx and the bronchi.
What is the trachea?
This is the name for the rhythmic muscle contractions that happen in the esophagus.
What is peristalsis?
This part of your brain connects to the spinal cod and controls involuntary processes.
What is the medulla oblongata?
These white blood cells can recognize antigens and activate the other immune cells in our body.
What are Helper T Cells?
This connective tissue has four different types.
What is blood?
These are required for cellular respiration.
What is glucose and oxygen?
This is produced by the pancreas and helps neutralize stomach acid.
What is bicarbonate?
These transmit impulses between other neurons and connect the sensory and motor neurons.
What is interneuron?
These recognize specific antigens on a cell and mark it for distruction.
What are antibodies?