Two types of blood cells
Where digestion begins
What is the mouth?
The name for something that causes illness
What is a pathogen?
Specialized cells the muscle system is composed of
What are muscle fibers?
Nerve cells that transmit pulses
What are neurons?
Important nutrient carried by blood
What are glucose, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, and electrolytes?
The type(s) of digestion that occur in the mouth
What is mechanical and chemical?
Immunity gained from a vacine
What is muscle contraction?
Three layers of meninges
What is dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater?
Number of chambers in the heart
What is four?
The epiglottis's function
What is prevent food from going down the windpipe(trachea)?
Immunity gained through the placenta
What is passive immunity?
The system that works with the muscle system to walk, run, etc.
What is the skeletal system?
Three overlapping functions of the nervous system
What are sensory, integrative, and motor?
Median heart beat per minute
What is 90 bpm?
A bolus
What is a ball of chewed food?
Phagocyte
What is an immune cell that removes dead/worn RBCs?
The place where two or more bones are connected
What is a joint?
What are the brain, spinal cords, and nerves?
The difference between veins and arteries
Veins carry blood to the heart while arteries carry blood away.
What is peristalsis?
The five steps of infection, in order
What is incubation, prodromal, illness, decline, and convalescence?
The percent of body heat produced by muscle contraction
What is 85%
Nerve impulses travel at this speed
What is 300 mph?