Circulatory System
A vital organ responsible for pumping blood throughout the body.
What is the Heart?
A liquid in the mouth that helps break down food.
What is saliva?
An organ whose primary function is to take in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide.
What is the lungs?
Stores urine.
What is the bladder?
What is the difference between arteries and veins in terms of their function?
How do Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart and Veins carry oxygen-poor blood back to the heart?
Carries blood to the heart.
What are veins?
Two types of digestion that occur in the body.
What is chemical and mechanical digestion
Part of the respiratory system known as the "voice box."
What is the larynx?
The heaviest internal organ.
What is the kidney?
Which enzyme in saliva initiates the digestion of carbohydrates?
What is amylase?
The 4 main components of the blood.
What are red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma?
The first part of the small intestine and connects to the stomach.
What is the duodenum?
Allows air to pass in and out of the lungs. Also known as the windpipe.
What is trachea?
Purposes of the Liver.
What is detoxifies
or
store nutrients
or
filters blood
What hormone is produced by the kidneys to regulate red blood cell production?
What is erythropoietin?
A blood disorder where a person doesn't have enough red blood cells.
What is anemia?
Lowers blood glucose levels.
What is insulin?
Small sac-like structures at the end of the bronchioles.
What are alveoli?
Carries urine from the liver to the bladder.
What is the ureter?
What is the role of the respiratory center in the brainstem?
How does it regulate breathing by monitoring levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and pH in the blood and adjusting respiratory rate and depth accordingly?
Special blood pressure sensors in the aortic arch.
What are baroreceptors?
Bile's role in the digestive system.
What is bile emulsifies fat?
Prevents food or water from entering the trachea.
What is the epiglottis?
The loop in nephrons responsible for reabsorbing water and sodium chloride.
What is the loop of Henle?
What is the process of gas exchange in the alveoli?
What is the diffusion of oxygen from the alveolar air into the bloodstream and the diffusion of carbon dioxide from the bloodstream into the alveolar air?