Circulatory System
Vessels traveling back to the heart
What is a vein?
A small sac of air where gas exchange takes place
What is alveoli?
The organ after the stomach in the digestive tract
What is small intestine?
What is neuron?
The specialized organ which filters the blood
What is the kidney?
The vessel leading into the right side of the heart, returning from the body.
What is the vena cava?
An infectious disease which affects the lungs and spreads via airborne transfer.
What is tuberculosis (TB)?
The site of first chemical digestion.
What is the mouth?
The component of the nervous system which includes brain and spinal cord.
What is Central Nervous System (CNS)?
A technique used to treat kidney failure.
What is dialysis?
A tool which measures the heart's electrical signals.
What is electrocardiogram (EKG)?
The gas diffusing into the bloodstream from the alveoli.
What is oxygen?
What is Crohn's Disease?
Part of the neuron which sends a signal.
What is the axon?
The kidney's subunit which filters blood.
What is the nephron?
The vessel traveling toward the lungs from the right ventricle.
What is pulmonary artery?
The process which takes place in the alveoli.
What is gas exchange?
An organ which secretes enzymes into the digestive tract.
What is an accessory gland?
The phenomenon of feeling a missing limb.
What is Phantom Limb Syndrome?
The small blood vessels which surround the kidney's nephrons.
What is a capillary bed?
The valve between the right atrium and right ventricle.
What is the tricuspid valve?
Where air travels after passing through the mouth/nose.
What is the pharynx?
The chemical which the stomach secretes to digestive food.
What is pepsin?
Helper cells to the neuron.
What are myelin sheath cells?
The tube between the kidney and bladder.
What is the ureter?