Circulatory System
This organ is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body. What is it?
Which muscle helps the lungs expand and contract?
Diaphraghm
What is mechanical digestion?
The physical process of breaking down food into smaller pieces (chewing)
What is the function of the kidney?
Filter waste from the blood
What do white blood cells do?
Fight infections
Which blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?
Arteries
The windpipe is also known as...?
The trachea
The acid that helps break down food in the stomach, and which cells make it?
Hydrochloric acid
Parietal cells
What are the ureters and their function?
Connects the kidneys to the bladder and it transports urine from the kidneys to the bladder
What is the average amount of blood in the body?
What part of the blood helps with the process of clotting?
Platelets
Tissue that prevents food from getting into the trachea...
Epiglottis
What is secretin?
A hormone that is produced in the small intestine when acidic food enters the stomach
Blood under high pressure forces blood plasma into Bowman's capsule
Glomerulus
What is tidal volume?
Normal amount of air in each breath
What is the largest artery in the body, and what does it do?
The aorta. It carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
Where does gas exchange happen in the lungs?
The alveoli
The absorption of nutrients happens in the ______ of the small intestine
Villi
What is ADH?
Antidiuretic hormone
Helps conserve water
What is chemical digestion?
Enzymes and acids that break down large food molecules in order to get nutrients
Vessels that allow exchanges of oxygen and carbon dioxide within the tissues.
(Hint: They are tiny)
Capillaries
What protein in red blood cells does oxygen bind to, and what does it form?
Hemoglobin.
Forms oxyhemoglobin
Enzyme that break down starches into sugars
Amylase
Risk factors of kidney stones
Hypercalcaemia (high level of calcium in the body) and decreased urine output
What type of blood can type A+ receive?
A+, A-, O+, O-