Blood and Blood Vessels
The blood vessels carry blood away from the heart
What are arteries
These make up the composition of blood
What is plasma, Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets
Acquired immunity that can be induced by natural events or be induced artificially by injection.
What is Adaptive Immunity?
The enzyme that digests(Carbohydrates) polysaccharides into disaccharides, produced by the salivary glands in the mouth
What is Salivary amylase?
The throat; passageway for food to the esophagus and air to the larynx
What is the pharynx?
The hormone that stimulates red blood cell production in red bone marrow.
What is EPO or Erythropoietin?
Produced in red marrow, carry oxygen through blood using hemoglobin and is also called erythrocytes
What are Red Blood Cells?
The long lasting Adaptive Immunity that results when a person produces an immune response (including memory cells) to an antigen.
What is Active Immunity?
The reabsorption of water from chyme
What is the major function of the large intestines?
The flap of cartilage that covers the larynx during swallowing
What is the epiglottis?
The four valves inside the heart
What are the tricuspid, bicuspid, 2 x semi lunar valve(aortic, pulmonary)
Lack a nucleus are made of fragments of other cells and also known as thrombocytes
What are platelets?
The short term Adaptive Immunity that occurs when a person receives antibodies produced by another individual.
What is Passive Immunity?
The fat soluble vitamin that helps protect the skin from the harmful effects of the sun’s UV light
What is Vitamin D?
The tiny sacs of lung tissue specialized for the movement of gases between air and blood
What are the alveoli?
What vessel has thick muscular walls and carry the blood at high pressure
Arteries
The granulocytes and agranulocytes
What are leukocytes?
Monocytes, Lymphocytes, Basophils, Eosinophils and Neutrophils
What are Leukocytes?
The duodenum, jejunum and ileum
What are the parts of the small intestines?
The system responsible for taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide using the lungs
What is the respiratory system?
The smallest blood vessel?
What are capillaries?
If a patient develops a blood clot in the femoral vein of the left lower limb and a portion of the clot breaks loose, where is the blood flow likely to carry the embolus?
What are the left pulmonary veins?
The cells that release antibodies
What are B-Cells?
Vitamins A,D,E, and K
What are fat soluble vitamins?
The process that releases energy from food in the presence of oxygen
What is Cellular Respiration?