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C. L. TEST 101-120 Flashcards

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  1. What is blood?
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Fluid circulating through the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries

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  1. What does blood carry?
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Oxygen and nutrients

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  1. What is botulism?
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A severe form of food poising

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  1. What causes botulism?
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A kind of bacterium that creates a toxin

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  1. What is the brain?
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The central organ in the nervous system protected by the skull

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  1. What does the cerebral cortex do?
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It is the location of memory, sight, speech, and other higher functions

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  1. What does the cerebrum do?
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Contains the right brain and the left brain

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  1. What does the right side of the brain do?
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It controls the left side of the body

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  1. What is bubonic plague?
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A highly contagious disease affecting the lymphatic system

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  1. What is bubonic plague caused from?
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Bacteria transmitted to humans from rat-borne fleas

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  1. What is cancer?
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A disease characterized by the rapid growth of cells in the body often in a form of a tumor

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  1. What is cancers treatment?
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Radiation, chemotherapy and surgery

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  1. What are capillaries?
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The tiny blood vessels throughout the body that connect arteries and veins

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  1. What do capillaries carry?
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Oxygen and nutrients

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  1. What are chicken pox?
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Mild but highly contagious disease caused by a virus and characterized by slight fever and eruption of blisters on the skin

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  1. What happens if children have already had chicken pox?
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They are immune to future infection of it

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  1. What does hold your horses mean?
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An expression that means restrain or hold back on someone’s expression of enthusiasm

18
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  1. Where did hold your horses originate from?
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The west

19
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  1. What does Hit the sack mean?
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Getting sleep

20
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  1. What is hit the sack?
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An expression

21
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  1. What does in the doghouse mean?
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Someone who has committed an error

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  1. What does in the doghouse mean by holding against?
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They are being held in disregard or restrain

23
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  1. What is skating on ice?
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The possibility of error is great

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  1. What does skating on ice mean obviously?
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Would result in possible catastrophe

25
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  1. What does don’t have a cow man mean?
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Used to denote a condition of stressing oneself beyond normal levels of comfort

26
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  1. What famous character has used don’t have a cow man?
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Bart Simpson

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  1. What does butterflies in ones stomach mean?
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Indicates nervousness

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  1. What does butterflies in ones stomach mean obviously?
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Would result in incomplete digestion, illness and maybe even death

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  1. What is driving someone up the wall?
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So serious and upsetting or irritating a person

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  1. In driving someone up the wall, what’s the person who’s irritating referred to as?
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The driver

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  1. What is it isn’t over until the fat lady sings?
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Expression to indicate the game isn’t over until its over

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  1. Where did it isn’t over until the fat lady sings probably originate from?
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From the opera

33
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  1. What does eyes bigger than ones stomach mean?
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Wanting more things that you can actually use or wanting more things that one needs

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  1. What does eyes bigger than ones stomach mean obviously?
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To want more food that our stomachs can actually accumulate

35
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  1. What dos cat got your tongue mean?
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Someone who is being overly quite when a response is expected

36
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  1. Why did vat got your tongue originate?
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To reflect the reality that cats don’t “say” anything

37
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  1. What does for as a fiddle mean?
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An individual who is fit or tuned

38
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  1. What is a fiddle?
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An instrument that sounds best when it’s tuned

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  1. What is you can’t cover the sun with one finger mean?
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To try and cover up a mistake

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  1. War is you can’t cover the sun with one finger demonstrate?
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Rather uselessness

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