Micronutrients
Support molecules that your body needs in small amounts
Vitamins and minerals
Gas exchange
What are the components of your blood?
Red blood cells, white blood cells, and plasma
Size of a human heart
About the size of a closed fist
Cells that make matrix for bone
Osteoblasts
The indigestable parts of plant food (such as the strings in celery)
Fiber
Mucus that's been irritated by infection or inflammation (loaded mucus)
Phlegm
The complex chemical process the changes blood from a liquid to a gel
Coagulation
The heart beats in a small space called...
The pericardial cavity
Dissolve ossified cartilage
Osteoclasts
Name 3 minerals your body needs each day
Potassium, sodium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium
An air-filled, mucous-membrane-lined space that is connected to the nasal cavity through an ostium
Sinus
When someone has less than the normal amount of hemoglobin
Anemia
Each side of the heart has an upper chamber called an _____________
- and -
a larger lower chamber called a ____________
Atrium
- and -
Ventricle
Transparent connective tissue that allows structures like the outer ear and nose to bend and return to their original shapes
Cartilage
Nutritional chemicals that disarm free radicals
Antioxidants
A viral or bacterial infection of the lungs' alveoli
Pneumonia
________ carry blood away from the heart
- and -
________ carry blood toward the heart
Arteries
- and -
Veins
When a heart valve malfunctions/leaks
Heart Murmur
Manufacturing plant that produces red blood cells
Red bone marrow
Name 5 vitamins and why you need them
B1 (thiamine) - important in metabolism and the health of the heart and blood vessels
B2 (riboflavin) - necessary for enzymes to work
B3 (niacin) - DNA repair and hormone production
B5 (pantothenic acid) - making and breaking fats, protein, and carbs
B6 (pryridoxine) - enzyme reactions
B7 (biotin) - cell growth
B9 (folate) - build red blood cells
B12 (cobalamin) - nervous system & production of blood
C (ascorbic acid) - makes collagen
D (cholecalciferol) - mineral absorption
E (tocopherol) - enzyme function, protection of DNA and cell membranes
K (phylloquinone) - blood clotting
**DAILY DOUBLE**
Name 5 parts of the respiratory system
Nasal cavity, tonsils, pharynx, epiglottis, larynx, trachea, lung, bronchus, smaller bronchus, diaphragm
Blood is pumped to the lungs through ___________
Newly oxygenated blood returns to the heart through _________
the pulmunary arteries
the pulmonary veins
Name 6 parts of the human heart
Aorta, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, left atrium, atrioventicular valve, aortic valve, left ventricle, right ventrical, inferior vena cava, pulmonary valve, right atrium, superior vena cava
Anatomy of a long bone
Shaft - medullary cavity, marrow, blood vessels
Epiphysis - articular cartilage