Nutrition
What are the 6 essential nutrients?
Carbs, fats, proteins, water, vitamins, and minerals
What is the term for an electrical signal that travels along a neuron?
How many lobes are their in the human brain?
4
When blood vessel expand within an area of injury, this is known as . . .
Inflammation
What is a main function of the Lymphatic System?
1. Fluid balance
2. Fat absorption
3. Immunological defense
What macronutrient provides the building blocks for amino acids?
Proteins
What structure insulates the axon?
Myelin Sheath
What part of the brain is responsible for decision making, memory, verbal communication and voluntary movements?
the frontal lobe
Pathogens
What system does the Lymphatic System work closely with?
Circulatory System
What is the unit of heat that measures the energy used by the body and the energy that food supplies to the body?
Calories
What kind of pump transports ions that require energy?
Hint: it is the name of two elements
sodium-potassium pump
What part of the brain controls vision?
______ help the body mimic the first infection. Therefore, when the infection is encountered, the body has already produced the B and T cells to fight it.
Lymphocytes and macrophages are found in the . . .
lymph nodes
From the Netflix show "Down to Earth," what did the scientists find in the diet of centenarians?
What was it high in and what was it low in?
High in carbs, low in proteins
What is the name of the location in which two neurons meet?
synapse
What part of the brain controls spatial processing and body positioning?
the parietal lobe
Name one of the two types of specific (acquired) immune responses are . . .
1. Humoral Response
2. Cell-mediated Response
What are an accumulation of lymphoid nodules on either side of the throat?
Tonsils
What was the physiological process that keeps the body at a stable equilibrium?
Homeostasis
What part of the neuron receives the nerve impulse from other neurons?
Dendrite
What part of the brain controls comprehension/pronunciation of words, sensations of sound and smell, and emotional association of memories?
Name 2 of the 4 major organs involved in the lymphatic system.
1. Spleen
2. Thymus gland
3. Lymphatic vessels
4. Lymph nodes