Chapter 13: Processing, Support, and Reproduction: The Digestive, Urinary, Skeletal. Muscular, and Developmental Systems Flashcards

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digestive system

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-takes food into the body, breaks it down, and absorbs nutrients

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urinary system

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-removes metabolic waste from the blood

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skeletal system

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  • supports the body
  • protects body
  • allows movement (along with the muscular system)
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muscular system

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-makes movement possible

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skin

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-protects body and regulates body temperature

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reproductive system

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-produces the cells necessary to produce offspring

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alimentary canal

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  • long, muscular tube that begins at the mouth, goes to esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), rectum, and ends at the anus where feces is eliminated
  • all can perform peristalsis
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accessory organs

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  • organs that play a role in digestion, but are not directly involved
  • teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, pancreas
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peristalsis

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-rhythmic, wavelike contractions that push the food down to the stomach from the esophagus

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exocrine system

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-pancreas tucked into a loop of small intestine

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exocrine secretion

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  • secretion that occurs outside the blood (released into body cavities or onto the body surface)
  • ex: digestive enzymes, saliva, mucus, tears, and sweat
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ingestion

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-intake of food into the system

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bolus

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-lump of food that has been ground by the teeth and tongue

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saliva

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  • made up of water and mucus

- moistens food and clumps it together to form bolus

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amylase

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-digestive enzyme in saliva that catalyzes the breakdown of starch (carbohydrate)

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stomach

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  • pH between 1 and 2 (bc HCl)
  • pepsin (gastric protease): enzyme that breaks down proteins into amino acids and is formed when pepsinogen is transformed due to low pH
  • chyme: mush that leaves the stomach
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small intestine

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  • site of most digestion and absorption
  • chyme is then subjected to bile
  • has internal folds and villi to increase absorption of nutrients by the small intestine which goes to blood and then liver for processing
  • hepatic portal system: capillaries from intestines merge to form portal veins that divide into capillaries again once they reach the liver (helps transfer of nutrients)
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bile

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  • produced by the liver
  • stored in the gallbladder
  • used to emulsify (break up) fats contained in chyme (hydrophillic) so it can mix with fats (hydrophobic)
  • also allows for real fat-digesting enzymes (lipases) to gain easier access to fat
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liver

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  • stores glycogen
  • produces glucose
  • metabolizes fat
  • produces blood proteins
  • stores vitamins
  • detoxifies the blood
  • produce bile
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pancreas

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  • secretes at least one enzyme for each type of food digested by the small intestine
  • secretes amylase, lipase, protease
  • secretes bicarbonate to neutralize stomach acid so enzymes can function
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large intestine (colon)

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  • responsible for reabsorbing water from chyme to create feces
  • no digestion occurs
  • contains large amount of E.coli (nonpathogenic) that help keep pathogenic bacteria from growing and supply our body with vitamin K
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fish, amphibians, turtles, snakes, and lizards

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-same organs in alimentary canal

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crocodiles, alligators, and birds

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  • same organs in alimentary canal

- crop to store food and gizzard for grinding in their digestive tract

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nutrients

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-water, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins

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water, mineral, vitamins
-require no digestion because they're small molecules
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digestion
- breaking of large complex molecules into molecules small enough to cross the cell membranes and enter the bloodstream - requires water (hydrolysis)
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amylase
-breaks down carbohydrates into glucose
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protease
-breaks down proteins into amino acids
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lipase
-breaks down lipids into fatty acids and glycerol
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vitamin A
- needed to make retinal, a chemical necessary for sight | - deficiency: causes night blindness
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vitamin B
- many different forms - needed for cellular respiration and DNA replication - deficiency: skin disorders, mental confusion, anemia
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vitamin C
- needed to make collagen (fiber in connective tissue) | - deficiency: wounds won't heal
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vitamin D
- needed for calcium absorption | - weak bones and teeth
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vitamin E
- needed to protect cell membranes from damage | - deficiency: anemia
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vitamin K
- needed for blood clotting | - deficiency: bruise easily and bleed excessively
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iron
- mineral needed in hemoglobin | - deficiency: anemia
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calcium
- mineral needed for strong bones and teeth, needed for muscle contraction - deficiency: rickets (in children) and osteomalacia (bone weakening in adults)
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iodine
- mineral needed to make thyroxin | - deficiency: decreased metabolic rate (hypothyroidism)
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kidneys
- filters waste products from the blood and eliminates it as urine - monitors blood pressure by releasing renin (causes production of angiotensin II chemical that causes the constriction of blood vessels) when the blood pressure is low--> ex of positive feedback - contain a million nephrons each - blood enters through the renal arteries that branch into capillaries
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urine
- 3 main waste products - urea: from breakdown of amino acids - uric acid: from the breakdown of nucleic acids - creatinine: waste product from muscle metabolism
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filtration
- glomerulus: tiny "knot" of capillaries at the beginning of nephron - sits in "cup-like" structure called Bowman's capsule - have pores in their walls that allows plasma to exit based on blood pressure, leaving behind cells and proteins - filtrate: plasma that enters the Bowman's capsule and travels down tubules of the nephron and exits the body as urine - left in tubules: body wants to eliminate - urine travels down uterus to be stored in the bladder and eliminated through erethra
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reabsorption
- process of taking substances out of the filtrate and returning them to the blood - glucose and amino acids are always reabsorbed
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secretion
- taking substances out of the blood and adding them to the filtrate - creatinine is always secreted
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nephron
- proximal convoluted tubule: small, twisted-up tube that is close to the glomerulus - loop of Henle: where a lot of water is reabsorbed and salt is transported out of the filtrate to the tissues of the kidney creating a concentration gradient that increases the amount of water that can be absorbed - distal convoluted tubule: farther from glomerulus, site of reabsorption and secretion, where aldosterone can affect - collecting duct: receives filtrate from nephrons, controls water reabsorption based on concentration gradient created by loop of Henle (impermeable to water without antidiruretic hormone) - ADH levels are high when the body is dehydrated
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other animals
- fish: excrete nitrogen in form of ammonia - adult amphibians and turtles, mammals: urea - reptiles and birds: uric acid - worms: metanephridia - insects: malphigian tubules
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vertebrates
-animals with backbones that have endoskeletons
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exoskeleton
- skeletons outside body made of chitin (hard shells) | - arthropods
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ligaments
-hold bones together at joints
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tendons
-attach muscles to bones
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postural muscles
-help support the body in an upright position
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smooth muscle
-found in the walls of hollow organs such as stomach intestines and bladder
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skeletal muscle
- voluntary movement | - long cells with many nuclei (multinucleate)
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muscle tisse
- made mostly of proteins - actin forms long chains - myosin form thick fibers - actin and myosin--> sacromere--> myofibril--> muscle cell--> fasicle--> whole muscle
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sliding filament theory
- actin binds to Z-lines, myosiin is in between actin filaments (contraction drags actin inward) - actin shortening makes sacromeres shorten, then myofibrils, etc.
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epidermis
-thick layer of dead skin cells
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dermis
-thick layer of connective tissue underneath the epidermis that contains blood vessels, nerves, hair follicles, and glands
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hypodermis
-deep layer of fat that insulates the body
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skin
- protect against abraision, heat loss, water loss, infection, radiation - produce vitamin D - sensation - thermoregulation
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poikilothermic
-ectothermic
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utuerus
-controlled by estrogen and progesterone
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ovaries
-controlled by hormones from the pituitary gland (FSH and LH)
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uterine cycle
- menstruation: shedding of old uterine lining (endometrium) - proliferative phase: new uterine lining is built (Day 6-13) - secretory phase: uterine lining is maintained and enhanced in preparation for possible pregnancy
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ovarian cycle
- follicular phase: development of a follicle (maturing oocyte and its surrounding cells) in the ovary - ovulation: release of the oocyte from the follicle into the uterine, large surge of LH - luteal phase: part of the follicle left behind matures into the corpus luteum (secretes more estrogen and progesterone) - when corpus luteum degenerates, the cycle begins again