Skeletal System
These connect muscle to bone
Tendons
How many hours on average does digestion take inside the body.
6-8 hours
What is the difference between arteries and veins? be specific.
-Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart.
-Veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
What is the Immune system and what is its purpose?
Defense system of biological structures and processes within an organism to protect against disease.
___________ is the process the body uses to make energy from the food that you eat.
Metabolism
This mineral makes up the majority of the bones in the human body
Calcium
Define mechanical vs chemical digestion in your own words
Mechanical: This is when food is physically broken down into smaller pieces.
Chemical: This is when special chemicals in your body, like acids and enzymes, help break down food into even tinier pieces.
These are the smallest kind of blood vessels. Transports blood to individual tissue/cells.
Capillaries
A ____________ is anything that causes your immune system to ID an invader and then create an antibody against it.
Pathogen
True or false: The chest is superior to the abdomen
true. Superior refers to a body part that is closer to the cranium/top of the skull as inferior refers to a body part closer to the feet.
These are gel-like padding between the bones in the human body.
Cartilidge
This is where the majority of human digestion occurs
in the small intestine
The circulatory is constantly working to get rid of (excrete) this kind of gas.
CO2 (Carbon Dioxide)
This type of blood cell defends your body against infections and foreign invaders.
White Blood Cells
Chyme
Blood cells
Feces is stored in the
Large intestine (Colon)
How many chambers are in the human heart?
4
Natural Killer cells do what in the body?
Destroy other human cells
These are the proteins that allow muscles to contract and expand.
Myosin and Actin
This skeletal disease is caused by a vitamin D deficiency and is marked by bent or bow-shaped limbs.
Rickets
What is the purpose of the bacteria in your colon?
Gut bacteria are essential for extracting key nutrients, vitamins, and minerals from food in your digestive system.
What is the purpose of valves in the heart?
Regulate the blood flow in the heart so that it only goes in one direction
innate immunity responds to all kinds of pathogens the same way and very quickly whether your body has seen that pathogen before or not while acquired immunity develops more slowly and requires your body to learn the wily ways of the pathogen before it defeats it.
What is the role of the pulmonary artery?
Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart, to the lungs