Blood types
The proteins found on Red Blood Cells that differentiate the different blood types
What are Antigens?
This type of Digestion allows for the physical breaking of food into smaller pieces
What is Mechanical Digestion?
This fist sized organ is the main organ of the excretory system
What is the Kidney?
This is the main organ of the lymphatic system, as it stores and matures white blood cells
What is the Thymus?
This valve is also known a the pulmonary valve
What is a Semilunar valve?
A person with a blood type of B+ has these antibodies
What are Anti-A Antibodies?
This part of the digestive system is where water is absorbed into our body
What is the Large Intestine?
The waste removed by the kidney that was created in the Liver to deal with toxic Ammonia
What is Urea?
these purposefully introduce killed or weakened pathogens into our bodies to build up active immunity
What are vaccinations?
This Node generates an electrical signal telling the ventricles to contract
What is the AV Node?
This Blood type is known as the Universal Donor
What is O-?
This organ stores bile before it is added into the small intestine
What is the Gallbladder?
These vessels transport waste from the kidney to the bladder
What are the ureters?
These allow the flow of lymph to only go one direction
What are valves?
when you hear a heart beat, you are actually hearing this
What are closing valves?
This Blood type has Anti-B and Anti-A Antibodies
What is Type O?
This Acid is involved in the chemical breakdown of food in the stomach
What is Hydrochloric Acid?
also known as the "filtering units" of the Kidney
What are Nephrons?
This Type of Lymphocyte attacks infected cells by creating antibodies
What are B cells?
In what circumstance can one person have two veins carrying oxygenated blood?
What is Pregnancy?
This blood type can be used in a transfusion for someone who has B- blood, if there is no type B blood available
The small intestine is lined with these to increase surface area for absorption
What are Villi
This Muscle Controls when Urine leaves the body
What are the Sphincter Muscles?
This type of Lymphocyte is responsible for destroying infected cells
What are T cells?
This concept is why the lungs expand after the diaphragm contracts
What is Pressure?