Tiny hair-like structures that trap small particles of dust and foreign matter that does not belong in the lungs
What is the cilia.
100
This is the place where mechanical and chemical digestion begin.
What is the mouth.
100
This type of muscle is located in your esophagus and many other internal organs.
What is smooth muscle.
100
Bleeding stops and a blood clot is made to plug the wounded blood vessels because of this part of the blood.
What are the platelets.
100
Any internal or external change that brings about a response.
What is a stimulus.
200
Oxygen/Carbon Dioxide exchange happens in these tiny air sacs.
What is the alveoli
200
Smooth muscles in the wall of the esophagus move food downward with a squeezing action, these waves of muscles contractions are....
What is peristalsis
200
Smooth muscle and cardiac muscle are this type of muscle, while skeletal muscles is this....
(two answers)
What is involuntary and voluntary.
200
Tissue made up of plasma, red and white blood cells and platelets.
What is the blood.
200
This makes up a neuron.
What is a cell body, dendrites and an axon.
300
Large dome-shaped muscle below the lungs; the primary muscle of respiration.
What is the diaphragm.
300
After the bolus leaves the esophagus, it enters this organ, where mechanical and chemical digestion also take place.
What is the stomach.
300
This gives shape and support and also protects your internal organs.
What are the bones.
300
This type of blood flows through the superior and inferior vena cava to the right atrium, this kind is carrying carbon dioxide.
What is deoxygenated.
300
The brain and spinal cord are parts of this.
What is the central nervous system.
400
These are the 3 stages of breathing.
What is 1. Inhaling Oxygen into body. 2. Gas exchange in the lungs 3. Exhaling Carbon Dioxide out of the body.
400
The walls of the small intestine contain these structures; they are responsible for absorption of broken down food.
What are the villi.
400
Red blood cells are made in the marrow of this type of bone.
What are the long bones.
400
The blood leaves the heart through this vessel to enter the lungs, and leave the lungs to enter the heart through this vessel. (Two answers)
What is the pulmonary artery and the pulmonary vein.
400
Reflexes are considered _______.
What is involuntary.
500
Pete takes 15 breaths in one minute. There are 30 days in a month. Approximately, how many breaths does Pete take in 6 months?
What is 3,888,000 breaths in 6 months.
500
These live in your digestive tract, they are beneficial to you in that they feed on undigested material - such as cellulose and Vitamin K.
What is bacteria.
500
-Needed for all types of movement
-Needed to pump blood
-Needed to breathe
-Needed to produce body heat and regulate temperature
-Needed to protect internal organs
What are the muscles.
500
These are located in the ventricles. They prevent blood flow back into the atria.
What are valves.
500
These are the structures in your inner ear that control your body's balance.