Digestive System
What is the primary function of the digestive system?
To break down food and absorb nutrients.
What is the function of red blood cells?
To carry oxygen.
Which blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?
Arteries.
Why is the heart consider a double pump?
Because it pumps blood to the lungs and through out the body.
Which structure does food not pass through while it is being digested?
A. The esophagus C. The liver
B. The large intestine D. The stomach
The liver.
What is the main function of the small intestine in the digestive system?
To absorb nutrients.
What is the blood group of a person that can be given to any other person, during a transfusion?
Group type O.
What is the largest artery in the human body?
Aorta.
What is the function of the valves in the heart?
To prevent backflow of blood.
What is salivary amylase and what is its function?
It is a digestive enzyme and it helps to digest starch.
Where does the digestion of carbohydrates begin?
Mouth.
What would cause an increase in the normal number of white blood cells in the blood?
A bacterial infection.
What is the role of platelets in the blood?
To clot blood. Stops bleeding when you get cut.
Which chamber of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs?
Left atrium.
What two digestive juices contain the enzyme called amylase?
Gastric juice and saliva.
What two digestive juices contain the enzyme called amylase?
Saliva and pancreatic juice.
What is the main component of blood?
Plasma.
A patient needs a blood transfusion. If the patient is a “universal recipient,” what is his blood type?
AB.
Which chamber of the heart pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs?
Right ventricle.
What is the main component of blood?
Plasma
What is pepsin and what is its function?
It is a digestive enzyme and it helps to digest proteins.
What makes the red blood cell able to carry out its function of carrying oxygen around the body?
It has hemoglobin.
In what parts of the heart would you expect to find oxygenated blood?
on the left side of the heart (left atrium, left ventricle and the Aorta.
Hemophilia is a potentially dangerous condition. What is a hemophiliac?
Someone whose blood does not clot.
What part of the human blood is able to manufacture antibodies that can kill germs?
White blood cells