Introduction
The system of the body including the stomach.
What is the digestive system?
This intestine has the larger diameter and absorbs water.
What is the large intestine?
The chambers of the heart that receive blood.
What are the atria?
Another name for the larynx.
What is the voice box?
The name of the pipe that carries food to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
This system is made up of a variety of blood vessels, like arteries, veins, and capillaries.
What is the circulatory system?
This digestive organ is the site of most nutrient absorption.
What is the small intestine?
The term for the branch of the circulatory system that connects the heart to the lungs.
What is pulmonary?
What is the trachea?
This small flap located in the pharynx ensures that food gets sent to the stomach and not the airways.
What is the epiglottis?
What is homeostasis?
The term describing the rhythmic contraction of the esophagus that moves food.
What is peristalsis?
The type of blood cells involved in immune response.
What are white blood cells?
This large muscle contracts to create more space in the rib cage, facilitating inhalation.
What is the diaphragm?
The site of gas exchange in the lungs. These are home to vast networks of capillaries so that waste carbon dioxide can be exchanged for fresh oxygen.
What are the alveoli?
There are 11 main body systems. Name two others apart from the digestive, circulatory, and respiratory systems.
What are the [endocrine, skeletal, muscular, urinary, integumentary, nervous, lymphatic, reproductive] systems
The gallbladder, liver and pancreas don't ever receive food but are part of the digestive system. They are examples of this.
This binds with iron to help transport oxygen.
What is hemoglobin?
The trachea branches into two of these tubes, which breath will pass through before moving into the lungs.
What are bronchi?
One main difference between arteries and veins.
What is: arteries carry blood away from the heart (high pressure), veins carry blood towards the heart, (low pressure and have valves).
A response that amplifies an initial change from homeostasis, moving the body further from equilibrium. Examples: childbirth, blood clotting.
What is a positive feedback mechanism?
These two anatomical structures are the site of mechanical digestion.
What are the mouth and stomach?
This is the largest artery in the body.
What is the aorta?
The process that occurs in the lungs as a result of the concentration gradients between oxygen and carbon dioxide. (Be specific: two words!)
What is passive diffusion?
The name for the food substance that passes from the stomach to the small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partially digested food.
What is chyme?