Body Systems Flashcards
Central nervous system
The brain and the spinal chord that control the flow if information to the body
Alveoli
The tiny air sacs of the lungs where oxagyn and carbon dioxide
Bronchus
on of the two tubes that connect the lungs to the treacha
Resistance exercise
Strength training to strengthen your skeletal muscles
Skeletal system
The system that protects the body and allows movement
Strain
an insure to a muscle when it is stretched to far or torn
Peripheral nervous system
All of the parts of the nervous system parts except for the brain and the spinal chord
Pharynx
The passage from the mouth to the Laryenx and esophagus
Ball and socket joints
A round shaped bone that fits inside another bone and can move in all directions
Blood
A fluid that pumps blood through the body by the heart. It contains plasma red and white blood cells and platelets
Vien
A blood vessel that carries blood to the heart
Capillary
Tiny blood vessels that exchange between body cells and blood
artery
Oxygenated blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
What are the components of blood
What are the blood types
Plasma red blood cells white blood cells and platelets
A. O. B. AB
2 types of blood circulation
Systematic provides blood to the body
Polmanary includes the heart blood
Function shared by all three types of blood vessels
Carrying blood
What is the function of the heart
Pumps blood through out the body
What are the main parts of the cardiovascular system
Heart cappilarys arterys vain
What is u had a blood transfusion from the wrong kind of blood
Your body would reject it and it would clump together and stop flowing
Which organ provides blood to the heart
Lungs
What happens when your diaphram and rib muscles contract and the chest cavity expands
Inhaling
What is the material found in bones that makes blood cells? What do bones store ?
Bone marrow.
Fat and minerals
Which type of muscle moves food through the digestive track
Smooth muscle
How are voluntary muscles diffrent from involentary muscles
Volentary u control involentary it happens naturally