Specialized Cells/Tissues
Which specialized cell type has rounded edges that allow them to flow easily through blood vessels
Red blood cells
What is the name of the gas that we breathe out?
carbon dioxide
How many chambers does the heart have?
4
Which medical imaging technology uses electromagnetic radiation to image bones?
X-ray
Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac are three types of what kind of tissue?
Muscle
What structure is the purple arrow pointing at?
The small intestine
Which structure is the red arrow pointing at?
The trachea
Which blood vessel carries deoxygenated blood from body tissues to the heart?
Vein
Which medical imaging technology uses high frequency sound waves?
Ultrasound
What is the process of cells becoming specialized called?
Cell differentiation
What is the name of the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach?
Esophagus
What structure is part of both the respiratory and digestive system and carries both air and food?
Pharynx
What is the function of the circulatory system?
Which medical imaging technology uses lasers?
Biophotonics
Fat and bone are examples of what type of tissue?
Connective tissue
Name one accessory organ in the digestive system
salivary glands, liver, gall bladder, pancreas
Larynx
Blood from the Left atrium is pumped into which chamber?
The left ventricle
Which type of medical imaging technology involves a tiny camera with a light on a flexible tube inserted into the body to see the inside of the digestive tract?
Endoscopy
What specialized cell type has vacuoles to store calcium?
Bone cells
What is the first part of the small intestine called?
Duodenum
What is the name of the sacs at the end of the bronchioles where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the bloodstream?
Alveoli
Where does blood from the left ventricle go?
To the aorta to be sent around the body
What is an antibody?
Specialized proteins that fight disease by signaling the immune system when invaders need to be destroyed.