Animal Form and Function
Place these terms in order from in the correct hierarchy
tissues, organs, cells, organ systems
cells, tissues, organs, organ systems
Scientific name for digestive system's pathway
Alimentary canal
_________________carries blood away from the heart, while ____________ carries blood back to the heart
Arteries, Veins
What are the 4 components of blood?
RBC, WBC, platelets and plasma
The cellular ingestion and digestion of of bacteria and other foreign substances is known as
phagocytosis
Type of tissue that binds and supports other tissues. Examples of this tissue type are bone, blood and cartilage.
connective
Name of process that pushes food down the alimentary canal or digestive system
peristalsis
Amphibians, reptiles and mammals have double circulatory loops that involve the lungs and is called a ________________ circuit.
pulmonary or pulmocutaneous
The exchange of a substance or heat between 2 fluids flowing in opposite directions such as in fish gills is called....
countercurrent exchange
Name the inflammatory signaling molecules stored in mast cells
histamines
What type of feedback is responsible for the levels of glucose/glucagon in your body?
NEGATIVE
Digestive system site where most chemical digestion takes place
small intestine
The mammal cardiovascular system begins with contraction of the __________ ______________ and ends with the 2 vena cavae emptying blood into the ____________ _______________.
right ventricle, right atrium
Gas exchange in mammals occurs in _____________, air sacs at the tips of the bronchioles.
Alveoli
T cells migrate to the ____________ while B-cells remain and mature in the _________ ___________.
thymus, bone marrow
What type of animal gets it energy from external sources?
ECTOTHERM or Cold blooded
Site of bile production
liver
Blood pressure measures systolic over diastolic pressure. What does systolic pressure measure? What does diastolic pressure measure?
heart contracting, heart relaxing
How many oxygen molecules can a single hemoglobin molecule carry?
4
Name of cells that are long-lived and can give rise to effector cells that will recognize an antigen that has already been exposed to
memory cells
Term meaning a state of decreased activity and metabolism to conserve energy.
TORPOR
Name of 2 hormones that regulate appetite by affecting the brain's satiety center
leptin and insulin
Arthropods and molluscs have this fluid that bathes organs directly
hemolymph
If a baby is born preterm their lungs are underdeveloped, so a mother is given ______________- to help them develop properly.
surfactants
Name of disease that is vaccinated against that can cause cervical and other cancers
HPV(Human Papillomavirus)