Circulatory System
The biggest blood vessel in the body
What is the Aorta?
Where digestion begins
what is the mouth
The tube that connects the throat to the lungs
What is the trachea
The organ that filters blood to form urine
what is the kidney
The fluid that carries immune cells through the body
what is lymph
Blood vessels where gas exchange occurs
What are the capillaries
The enzyme in spit that breaks down starch
What is amylase
Muscle that contracts to cause inhalation
What is the Diaphragm
The tube that carries urine to the bladder
What is the Ureter
The first line of defense of the body
What is the skin and mucus
The node of the heart that is responsible for acting as the heart's natural pacemaker
What is the Sinoatrial (SA) node
The primary site of nutrient absorption
What is the small intestine
This gas is transported mostly as bicarbonate ions in the blood after diffusing out of body tissues
What is carbon dioxide (C02)
The "functional" unit of the kidney
What is the Nephron
The proteins that mark pathogens for destruction
What are Antibodies
The blood type of a person with antibody A and antibody RH
What is B-
The hormone that triggers the gallbladder other than release bile
What is Cholecystokinin (CCK)
The term of the maximum amount of air the lung can expel after a deep breath
What is the Vital Capacity
This part of the nephron is the main site for reabsorption of glucose, amino acids, and most water and sodium
What is the proximal convoluted tubule
The type of immunity that is acquired after receiving a vaccine or being exposed to the pathogen
What is adaptive/aquired immunity?
This system re-adjusts blood vessel diameter in response to blood pressure
what is the barorecpetor reflex
The stomach cells that secrete HCL to turn pepsinogen into pepsin to kill pathogens
What are parietal cells
The reason blood moves from the alveoli into the blood during gas exchange
What is because the difference in partial pressure
The process in the nephron that causes solutes to filter from the blood into the tubule
What is tubular secretion
The cells that stop the immune system's response after an infection has cleared
What is regulatory T cells