Respiratory
the organ where gas exchange (breathing) occurs.
what are the lungs?
what is 60-100?
the hormone that regulates blood sugar.
*bonus/daily double*
what is insulin? what is the pancreas?
what is fiber?
the most important fluid for the renal system/kidneys.
what is water?
the total number of lung lobes.
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what is 5? what is 2 on left side and 3 on right side?
the (depicted) color for oxygenated blood versus deoxygenated blood.
what is red (oxygenated) versus blue (deoxygenated)?
the hormone that helps put the body to sleep.
what is melatonin?
the length of the small intestine (in feet).
what is 22-27 feet?
the electrolyte most harmful to the kidneys.
what is sodium/salt?
name one of two most common respiratory diseases.
what is asthma? what is COPD?
the medical screening that measures the hearts conduction/electrical signals.
what is an electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)?
the organ responsible for causing dwarfism.
what is the pituitary?
the number of sections of the small intestine.
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what is 3? what is the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum?
the part of the kidney responsible for filtration.
what is the nephron?
what is heme?
name one of the two names for the valve between the left chambers of the heart.
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what is the mitral valve? what is the bicuspid valve?
the hormone responsible for causing stress.
what is cortisol?
the enzyme responsible for breaking down carbohydrates.
what is amylase?
the vital sign that's helped regulated by the kidneys.
what is blood pressure?
the smallest part of the lungs.
what are the alveoli/alveolar sacs?
the name of the vein that returns blood back to the heart from the rest of the body (after a full cycle).
what is the superior and inferior vena cava?
the two types of diabetes.
what is diabetes mellitus? what is diabetes insipidus?
the medical term for "stomach gurgling".
what is borborygmi?
the last resort treatment for end-stage kidney failure.
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what is dialysis? what is hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis?