Circulatory
System
System
The type of circulatory system in which fluid and cells have direct contact.
What is Open Circulatory System?
The liquid in the lungs that will reduce surface tension and aid diffusion.
What is a Surfactant?
Thin filaments of a muscle fiber.
What are Actin Filaments?
The skeleton type that has no hard parts.
What is Hydrostatic?
Percent composition of plasma in the blood.
What is 55%?
Region within the lungs where capillaries can diffuse O2.
What is Alveoli?
The model of which muscle contraction can occur.
What is the Sliding Filament Model?
This can be estimated by rate of O2 consumption and/or CO2 production.
What is Energy Cost of Locomotion?
Blood disease affecting chemistry of RBC, making them sticky
What is Sickle Cell Anemia?
Diffusion occurs in the way of this phenomena.
What is the Concentration Gradient?
The result of a single action potential in a motor neuron.
What is a Twitch?
This obstacle is prevalent in swimming organisms while under water.
What is friction?
What is a Stem Cell?
Nutrient enrichment leading to O2 loss in a body of water.
What is Eutrophication?
Borders of sarcomeres that connect one to the other.
What is the Z line?
Movement with rhythmic waves of muscle contraction.
What is Peristalsis?
Disease of this organ will come from high LDL to HDL ratios.
What is the Heart?
The regions of the brain responsible for breathing.
What are the Medulla Oblongata and the Pons?
The ion that binds to the troponin complex and exposes myosin binding sites.
What is Ca2+?
Structures within the skeleton that allow angular movement.
What are Joints?