Animal Tissues, Organs And Organ Syste, Flashcards

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What do a goup of cells make up

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Tissue

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What do a group of tissues make up

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Organ

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What does a group of organs make up

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Organ system

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What is a tissue

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A group of similar cells that work together to carry out a function

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What is an organ

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A group of different tissues that work together to perform a certain function

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What is an organ system

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A group of organs working together to perform a function

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Give a specific example of a type of tissue and give its function

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Epithelial

-covers inside the human gut

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Give an example of a tissue that makes up an organ

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The stomach is an organ and epithelial tissue lines the inside of the stomach

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Give an example of a system that makes up organs

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The digestive system is an organ system found in humans and other mammals

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What does a organ system work together to make

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Entire organisms

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What is the function of tissues in the digestive system

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Tissues form organs which form the digestuve system

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What is the function of organs in the digestuve systme

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Each organ in the digestuve system carries out a function that enable to body to cosume food

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13
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What do digestuve enzymes break down

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Big molecules

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14
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Give 3 examples of big moleculesn

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Starch, protiens and fats

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Why do digestive enzymes break down big molecules

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This is because they are too big to pass through the walls so they are broken down into smaller things like sugar

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16
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Pathway of blood through the heart

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  • deoxygenated blood from vena cava enter the right atrium
  • flows to right vntricle
  • carried through pulmonary artery to lungs where it becomes oxygentated
  • the oxygenated blood returns to the heart through pulmonary vein
  • enter left atrium then left ventricle and through the aorta to body
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How are red blood cells adapted for their function

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  • large surface area for absorbing oxygen
  • no nucleas to carry more oxygen
  • contain red pigment called haemoglobin
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How are white blood cells adapted for their function

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  • change shape to to gobble unwelcome microorganisms
  • production of antibodies
  • have a nucleas
19
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How are platelets adapted for their function

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  • no nucleas

- very small

20
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Name 4 risk factors that can cause a non communicable disease directly

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  • smoking can cause cardiovascular disease
  • obesity can cause type two diabetes
  • drinking two much alcohol can cause liver disease
  • exposure to certain subastances or radiation
21
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Some factors that can’t cause cardiovasular disease directly

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-lack of exercsie and high fat diet cause high blood pressure which then lead to cardiovascular disease

22
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How is CHD(Coronary Heart Disease ) caused

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A build up of fatty deposits on the walls of the arteries around the heart

23
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How can cardiovascular disease be treated?

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  • Stents

- Statins

24
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Two advantages of using statins for cardiovascular disease

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  • reduces amount of bad cholestreol which reduces the amount of strokes, heart attacks and coronary heart disease
  • increase the amount of good cholestreol and removal of bad
25
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Two disadvantages of using statins for cardiovascular disease

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  • it takes a long time for them to acctually start havubg an effects
  • can create headaches or some serious effects like liver failure or memory loss
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What do stents do for the body

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-Keep the arteries open for blood to flow through and a noral pace and not get clogged up

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Two advantages of using stents for cardiovascular disease

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  • lowering risk of heart attack in people

- effective for long term and the recovery

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Two dis advantages of using stents for cardiovascular disease

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  • risk of heart attack during the surgey of putting the stents in
  • risk of blood clot during the surgery (thrombosis)