Digestive
What are three functions of the digestive system?
- Ingestion of food
- Absorption of nutrients
- Elimination of wastes
What are the four functions of the kidneys/urinary system?
Maintain acid-base balance of blood
Maintain water-salt balance of blood
Excretion of metabolic wastes
Maintenance of blood pressure
The primary function of the respiratory system
What is gas exchange?
Diploid number of chromosomes in human body cells
The body system responsible for movement, support, and mineral storage
What is the skeletal system?
Urinary tract infection that invades the bladder.
What is cystitis?
Location of the respiratory membrane
What is between the alveoli and capillaries?
The most important androgen.
What is testosterone?
The body system responsible for producing hormones that regulate the body.
What is the endocrine system?
This enzyme works to digest carbohydrates in the oral cavity.
What is salivary amylase?
Increased salt content of the blood will lead to ____ blood volume.
The primary neurologic respiratory center is located here.
What is the medulla oblongata?
Site of follicle development and hormone production in females.
What is the ovary?
Two body systems that transport oxygen, nutrients, and wastes to/from body tissues.
What is the cardiovascular and respiratory systems?
The organ that absorbs water and salts from food material but does not participate in digestion of food.
What is the large intestine?
Water and needed nutrients are returned to the blood during this phase of urine formation.
What is tubular reabsorption?
The maximum amount of air that can be exhaled during a single breath is called:
What is vital capacity?
Which layer of the uterus varies in thickness throughout the monthly cycle?
What is the endometrium?
Type of feedback loop that restores the variable back to homeostasis.
What is a negative feedback loop?
The organ that completes digestion and is the primary source of absorption of nutrients into the blood?
What is the small intestine?
The kidneys maintain acid-base balance mainly be excreting this.
What are hydrogen ions?
Respiration that occurs between the blood and tissue.
What is internal respiration?
The hormone that's elevated during pregnancy and reflected on a pregnancy test.
What is HCG?
Term used to describe production of red blood cells.
What is hematopoiesis?