Biology Flashcards

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Trachea

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a large membranous tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.

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Rib cage

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A protective layer of ribs surrounding the heart/lungs

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Heart

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An organ that pumps oxygenated blood around the body

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Diaphragm

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A dome shaped muscle that increases the volume of your chest therefore letting your lungs expand

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Lung

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It holds the oxygen

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Bronchiole

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any of the minute branches into which a bronchus divides.

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Bronchus

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any of the major air passages of the lungs which diverge from the windpipe.

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Alveoli

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any of the many tiny air sacs of the lungs which carry the air into the cells

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Intercostal muscles

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They help the rib-cage Move

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Cell

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The building blocks of everything

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Tissue

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What your organs and muscles are made of

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Organ

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Vital things (eg heart) made out of tissue

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Organ system

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A set of organs(eg skeletal system) working together to do one thing

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Hierarchy of organisms

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Organism
Organ system
Organ
Tissue
Cell
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Tendon

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What holds your muscles to your bone

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Ligament

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Holds your bones together in a joint

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Bone

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A part of your body that keeps you uprite

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Joint

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The thing that connects your bones

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Muscle

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These makes your bones move

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Antagonistic pairs

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A pair of muscles that work oppositely to move your bones. Eg biceps and triceps

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Synovial fluid

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A fluid that keeps your bones from wearing each other out

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Cartilage

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Cartilage stops your bones from rubbing therefore wearing each other out

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Bone marrow

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These are in side your bones and make red blood cells

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Inhalation

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When you breath in your chest expands and moves up then out

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Exhalation

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You breathe the carbon dioxide out and your chest goes back to normal

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Ball point joint

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Eg shoulder. Allows 360 degrees movement

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Pivot joint

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Allows 180 degrees movement

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Hinge joint

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You can move it back and forth

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Immoveable joint

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Doesn’t move at all

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Virtibrae

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It protects the spinal chord

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Humerus

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Bone in your upper arm

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Cranium

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Skull

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Mandible

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Jaw

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Clivicle

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Shoulder blade

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Sternum

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Part in the middle of your rib cage

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Rib cage

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Bone that protect your heart and lungs

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Radius

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Bone on the under arm connected to the thumb

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Ulna

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Part of the under arm that connects to your wrist

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Patella

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Knee cap

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Fibia

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Part of the lower leg bone

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Tibia

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part of the lower leg

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Pelvis

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Your hip bone

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Femur

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Upper leg bone