ANIMAL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS Flashcards
EPITHELIAL TISSUE
FUNCTIONS: COVERS AND LINES BODY SURFACES AND CAVITIES; PROTECTS AND FORMS DIFFERENT BODY STRUCTURES
CELL TYPES: SQUAMOUS, CUBODIAL, COLUMNAR CELLS
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
FUNCTIONS: PROTECTION, STORAGE, SUPPORT, BINDING, AND SYNTHESIS OF BLOOD CELLS
CELL TYPES: CONNECTIVE TISSUE PROPER, LOOSE AND DENSE, CARTILAGE, BONE, ADIPOSE, BLOOD CELLS
MUSCLE TISSUE
FUNCTIONS: FUNCTIONS FOR THE MOVEMENT AND CONTRACTION OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE ORGANISM
CELL TYPES: SKELETAL, SMOOTH, CARDIAC
NERVOUS TISSUE
FUNCTIONS: CONTROLS RESPONSES OF THE ORGANISMS TO DIFFERENT STIMULI
CELL TYPES: NEURONS
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTAKE OF FOOD, PROCESSING FOOD INTO NUTRIENTS, AND THE ABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTS
MOUTH
MECHANICAL CRUSHING AND TEARING OF FOOD INTO SMALLER PIECES
ESOPHAGUS
SERVES AS THE TRANSPORT CHUTE INTO THE STOMACH
STOMACH
LARGE ELASTIC SACK WHERE FOOD IS MIXED WITH DIGESTIVE CHEMICALS; SITE FOR DIGESTION OF PROTEINS
SMALL INTESTINE
ABSORBS NUTRIENTS FROM THE DIGESTED FOOD; SITE FOR DIGESTION OF FATS
LARGE INTESTINE
REABSORBTION OF FLUIDS AND TEMPORARY STORAGE OF UNDIGESTED MATERIALS
RED BLOOD CELLS
SMALL ENUCLEATED DISK-SHAPED CELLS CARRYING GASES THROUGHOUT THE BODY
WHITE BLOOD CELLS
BODY DEFENSE BY ACTIVELY ELIMINATING HARMFUL INVADING MICROORGANISMS
PLATELETS
RESPONSIBLE FOR WOUND REPAIR BY FORMING BLOOD CLOTS
PLASMA
YELLOW AQUEOUS LIQUID RESPONSIBLE FOR CIRCULATING DISSOLVED SUBSTANCES
ARTERIES
BLOOD VESSELS GOING OUT OF THE HEART (EXCEPT FOR PULMONARY ARTERIES THAT CARRY BLOOD TOWARD THE LUNGS)
VEINS
BLOOD VESSELS GOING INTO THE HEART (EXCEPT FOR PULMONARY VEINS THAT CARRY BLOOD BACK TO THE HEART, FROM THE LUNGS)
CAPILLARIES
NARROW, NETTED BLOOD VESSELS SURROUNDING TISSUES FOR NUTRIENTS AND GAS EXCHANGE
BLOOD FLOW
BODY -> INFERIOR VENA CAVA -> SUPERIOR VENA CAVA -> RIGHT ATRIUM -> RIGHT VENTRICLE -> PULMONARY ARTERY -> LEFT ATRIUM -> LEFT VENTRICLE -> AORTA -> REST OF THE BODY
BLOOD TYPES
DETERMINED BY THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF CERTAIN ANTIGENS AND ANTIBODIES IN THE BLOOD; THESE COMBINATIONS ALSO DETERMINE WHETHER A PERSON OF A CERTAIN BLOOD TYPE CAN DONATE OR RECEIVE BLOOD