Respiratory System
What two body parts or muscles are responsible for changing the size of our chest cavity?
ANS: ribcage (or intercostal muscles) and diaphragm
What does "renal" refer to?
It refers to the kidney
What is the last stage of food process by our digestive system?
Elimination
What is the subunit/ building block of proteins called?
Amino Acids
Describe how air tend to move and travel. Include keywords such as high and low pressure
Air moves from a place of high pressure to low pressure
What are the two wastes dissolve in our bloodstream which our urinary system takes care of? List just one
urea and ammonia
What is the main function of the large intestine?
Absorb water and compact waste
Food with higher percentage of amylose than amylopectin is digested faster or slower? Explain why
Slower. It's slower because amylose has only two ends to its chain so the enzyme only has two places to start digestion.
Why does physical activity raise our heart rate and blood pressure?
Physical activity require more energy and oxygen in our body therefore our heart pumps faster to increase our heart rate. There is also more blood flowing through us to deliver more oxygen so our blood pressure increases as well
What are the smaller tubes that branches off each bronchi within the lungs?
Bronchioles
What are the functions of the urinary system?
The function of the urinary system is to filter waste and water and remove them from our body
Apart from the mouth, where else does mechanical digestion occur?
Stomach
Why don't we prefer to use protein as an energy source?
We don't prefer to use protein as an energy source because there are better ways to use proteins in our body
Blood pressure reading is presented in this form: number/number
What do the two numbers refer to or represent?
Systole and diastole or systolic pressure and diastolic pressure
What are the tiny balloon-like sacs where carbon dioxide in the blood is exchange for oxygen?
Alveoli
What three processes occur in the nephron?
Filtration, reabsorption and secretion
What is peristalsis and where can they be found?
It is a series of muscle contraction that move ingested through along the digestive track. They can be found in esophagus and the intestines.
Saturated fat have a straight chain carbon or a straight hydrocarbon chain so they pact together easily leaving little space in between each saturated fat.
ANS: Stethoscope
What is the function of cilia (tiny hair-like projections) in trachea?
They sweep trapped by mucus in the trachea and sweep them up to the mouth
Describe the organs involved in the urinary systems. There are five answers in total and exclude renal artery and renal vein
kidney, nephron, ureter, bladder and urethra
What is the function of bile and why do we need it to digest fat? Include the keyword: insoluble in water, fat globules, surface area
Explain how our body reacts to a blood sugar spike and why does it lead to us feeling hungry again
Your body react to high sugar pike by releasing too much insulin resulting a blood sugar crash. The blood sugar crash makes you feel hungry again because of low blood sugar level
What is the device called which we use to measure blood pressure? Please pronounce the word correctly.
sphygmomanometer