Cardiovascular
Another name for the Cardiovascular System
What is the Circulatory System?
A part of the blood with hemoglobin, which carries oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the body
What are Red Blood Cells?
Responsible for facilitating gas exchange, the main organ of the respiratory system
What are the Lungs?
What is the Stomach?
The major organ of the excretory system that removes waste from blood
What are the kidneys?
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
The watery, liquid part of the blood
What is Plasma?
A tube, lined with cilia and mucous, that is held open by rings of cartilage
What is the Trachea?
An organ that produces enzymes that flow into the small intestine to help break down food
What is the Pancreas?
A sac-like, muscular organ that stores urine before it is excreted
What is the bladder?
Found in the heart and in some blood vessels, their main purpose is to prevent blood from flowing backwards
What is a valve?
The process of giving or receiving blood
What is blood transfusion?
The passage air flows through connecting the trachea and the interior of the lungs
What is the Bronchi?
What is the Small Intestine?
A small tube through which urine leaves the body
What is the Urethra?
A muscular "wall" that separates the right and left sides of the heart
What is the Septum?
The universal recipient blood type
A tube-like passageway for air, food, and liquid
What is the Pharynx?
What is Mechanical Digestion?
An organ that excretes carbon dioxide through exhalation
What are the lungs?
The measure of the force of blood pushing against the walls of blood vessels
What is blood pressure?
A clear, watery fluid that circulates throughout the body as part of the lymphatic system
The movement of the chest that brings air into the body
What is breathing?
Proteins that speed up chemical reactions in the body
What are Enzymes?
Waste that is filtered out of the bloodstream by the kidneys and stored in the bladder
What is urine?