Digestive System
Where the digestive process starts
What is the mouth?
What blood cell causes blood to clott
What are the 4 ways your body get's rid of waste?
sweat, CO2 (breathing), feces, urine
What is where respiratory system starts?
Nose and/or mouth
What is the skeletal system?
Supports/Protects the body's organs
The else can the large intestine be called?
What is the colon?
This vessel moves blood away from the heart
Arteries
What is the function of the bladder
To store liquid waste
The trachea is also called the...
Windpipe
The path food takes (include 5 main parts)
What is the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine?
Transport moving blood back to the heart
What are veins?
Organ that filters toxins and poisons in the blood
What are the kidneys?
Muscle that helps the lungs inhale and exhale
The diaphragm
What are the three types of muscles?
The three types of muscle are:
Skeletal
Cardiac
Smooth
What is the difference between chemical and mechanical digestion?
Chemical digestion is when enzymes and other chemicals break down food for absorption and digestions.
Mechanical digestion is when the mouth and/or stomach physically smash and churn the food to break it up into small pieces.
Main parts of the circulatory system
The heart, blood and blood vessels
The kidneys remove waste products and excess water from the body in the form of _________.
Urine
A flap of skin that helps keep food out of your air pipe
What is the epiglottis?
Number of bones in the human body
206 bones
What are the 3 main functions of the digestives system?
Break down food, absorb nutrients and elminate waste (feces)
How many chambers of the heart are there? *BONUS* What are they called?
Four (4). The two top chambers are called the right atrium and left atrium. The bottom 2 chambers are called the right and left ventricles.
Blood flows through the kidneys at a very high rate. A person's entire blood volume passes through the kidneys _______ times per hour.
A person's entire blood volume passes through the kidneys 20 times per hour.
Gas exchange occurs here in the lungs
The alveoli
Nervous system: How do neurons communicate with one another?
Through a combination of chemical and electrical signals.