Digestive System
End products of chemical digestion
What are small molecules? (monosaccharides, amino acids, fatty acids)
Cellular component of the circulatory system that directly aids in respiration
What are erythrocytes (RBCs)?
Male gonad
What are the testes? (testicles)
Excretory waste released by the largest organ in the body
What is water or salt? (skin is the organ)
Fundamental unit of the nervous system
What is a neuron?
The largest mammal in the world
What is the blue whale?
Largest internal organ that has both a digestive function and an excretory function
What is the liver?
Structure in the respiratory system that controls breathing
What is the diaphragm?
Site of fetal development
What is the uterus?
Most important excretory organ
What is the kidney?
Messages sent through the body that usually are used for long term metabolic regulation
What are hormones?
The US has 5 great lakes. Name three
What are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior? (HOMES)
Where all digestion is completed and nutrients diffuse into circulatory system
What is the small intestine?
Circuit of the bloodstream that travels from the heart to the lungs
What is the pulmonary circuit?
A permanent method of birth control that can be performed on males
What is a vasectomy?
People often think feces is a product of excretion but it is actually a product of
What is egestion?
A chemical signal that is often released during stressful situations such as 'fight or flight'
What is epinephrine (adrenaline)?
Part of the brain responsible for decision making and problem solving that fully develops post adolescence
What is the prefrontal cortex?
The structure at the back of the throat that prevents food from entering the respiratory system
What is the epiglottis?
Subunit of the respiratory system where diffusion of CO2 and O2 occurs
What are alveoli? (alveolus)
Location where spermatozoa must meet an ovum in order for fertilization to occur
What is a fallopian tube?
Homeostatic function of the kidney
What is to maintain water balance? (regulate waste removal)
The type of neuron responsible for transmitting signals to the muscles and glands
What is a motor neuron?
Mutations in this gene can cause familial male-limited precocious puberty, where affected boys may start showing signs of puberty as early as age 2.
What is the LHCGR gene?
The pancreas is not part of the digestive tract but integral in digestion because of this function
What is production of enzymes for the small intestine?
Veins are blood vessels that typically carry this
What is deoxygenated blood?
Reproductive process that occurs in both the ovaries and the testes
What is meiosis?
What is urea?
The 'master' gland that is located in the central nervous system (brain)
What is the pituitary gland?
The optimal number of hours of sleep for a teen brain to function
What is 8 to 10?