3 Systems Flashcards
Platelets
Involve with clotting blood
White blood cells
Leukocytes
An immune system that fights infections
Red blood cells
Erythrocytes Carries oxygen (hemoglobin) and has no nucleus
Artery
Muscular and high pressure
Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart and to the body
Veins
Low pressure
Carries deoxygenated blood to the heart.
Valves
Stop backflow
Lungs
Remove carbon dioxide from blood and adds oxygen
Esophagus
Part of the digestive system.
A tube connecting the mouth and pharynx with the stomach
Small intestines
Part of the digestive system.
In between the stomach and large intestine, where the digestion of food and absorption of nutrients such as glucose and water
Oral cavity
Where food enters and get broken down.
Stomach
Stores food and mixes it with gastric acid
Large intestine
Absorbs water, vitamins and minerals from undigested food. Has an appendix at the beginning of the large intestine
What do gastric juice contain
Mucus, Hydrochloric acid and digestive enzymes
Mucus
Protect stomach cells from acid and digestive enzymes
Hydrochloride acid
Kills bacteria, protecting the stomach from infections
Digestive enzymes
Found in gastric juice is pepsin
Pepsin
Breaks down protein in food into amino acids
Inspiration
Air rushing into the lungs
Expiration
Air forced out of the lungs
To inhale what do we do
We contract out diaphragm pulling it down and making it flat
We contract our intercostal muscles pulling our ribs up.
To exhale what do we do
We relax our diaphragm so it moves upwards and curves
We relax our intercostal muscles pulling our ribs down
Position when inhaling
Mouth Nasal cavity Pharynx Larynx Trachea Bronchi Bronchioles Alveoli
Position when exhaling
Alveoli Bronchioles Bronchi Trachea Larynx Pharynx Nasal cavity Mouth
Gas exchange
Oxygen that we breathe in is moved into the bloodstream for cells to take up and carbon dioxide is removed from the bloodstream into the lungs so it can be breathed out