Digestive System
This organ of the digestive system churns and mixes food with digestive enzymes.
What is the STOMACH.
Sweat and a little urea are released through these glands in our skin.
What are SWEAT GLANDS?
The blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood
What are ARTERIES
Another name for the windpipe
What is the TRACHEA
The tube connecting the pharnyx to the stomach where peristalsis begins.
What is the ESOPHAGUS?
What are the LUNGS?
One of 2 types of neurons that cause movement when stimulated
What is a MOTOR NEURON?
References circulation between the heart and the lungs
What is the PULMONARY CIRCULATION LOOP
Only one cell thick, these tiny sacs are surrounded by capillaries for gas exchange
What are the ALVEOLI?
Structures of the small intestine that increase surface area to maximize absorption of nutrients into the blood.
What is the VILLI (or MICROVILLI)?
With approximately one million of these in each kidney, they filter nitrogenous wastes from the blood.
What is the NEPHRON?
This is created and travels down a neuron's axon when a lot of NA+ rushes into the cell.
What is an IMPULSE or ACTION POTENTIAL?
The chambers of the heart that have thicker muscle to send blood to either the pulmonary artery or the aorta
What are the VENTRICLES?
Not to be confused with the pharnyx, this box over the trachea produces sound during exhalation
What is the LARNYX
The wave-like contraction of muscles that moves food through the digestive system.
What is PERISTALSIS?
this organ removes toxins from the blood, produces bile and stores glycogen.
What is the LIVER?
What is the AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
If defective, blood flow can move backwards into the left atrium
What is the MITRAL or BICUSPID Valve
Build-up of this waste product in the blood causes a decrease in pH and an increase in respiration rate
What is CARBONIC ACID (or carbon dioxide)
Produced in the mouth, this enzyme is the first to act on the breakdown of carbohydrates.
What is SALIVARY AMYLASE?
The order of anatomical parts that urine moves through in the excretory system.
What is the KIDNEYS, URETERS, URINARY BLADDER, URETHRA.
The space between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of its neighbor where neurotransmitters are sent and received.
What is the SYNAPSE or SYNAPTIC CLEFT?
The regulation of heart rate in response to activity to maintain internal stability
What is HOMEOSTASIS?
Spasms in this thin muscular wall cause hiccups but its real job is to create greater lung capacity
What is the DIAPHRAGM