Circulatory, Respiratory, Digestive, Excretory

Question 1

Arteries

Answer 1

Large vessels that carry blood from the heart to the tissues of the body

Question 2

Veins

Answer 2

A blood vessel that returns blood to the heart

Question 3

Capillaries

Answer 3

• smallest blood vessel
• carries nutrients and oxygen to the tissues
• absorbs carbon dioxide and waste products

Question 4

Valves

Answer 4

Flap of connective tissue between an atrium and a ventricle or vein that prevents back flow of blood

Question 5

What causes blood pressure? What does it mean when you have high blood pressure?

Answer 5

• the force of blood on the arteries walls

Question 6

Where is hemoglobin found?

Answer 6

Red blood cells

Question 7

Two types of respiration

Answer 7

• Gas exchange

- cellular respiration

Question 8

Where does oxygen diffuse into the blood and carbon dioxide diffuses out?

Answer 8

Alveoli (air sacs) then capillaries

Question 9

Large intestine

Answer 9

• removes water from undigested food

Question 10

What organ is blood filtered in?

Answer 10

Glomerulus; inside the kindey

Question 11

Alveoli

Answer 11

Tiny scars within out lungs that allow carbon dioxide to move between the lungs and bloodstream

Question 12

Villi

Answer 12

The folded, finger like, surfaces of the small intestine

Question 13

What two process take place in the nephrons?

Answer 13

Filtration and absorption

Question 14

Pulmonary Circulation

Answer 14

The right side of the heart which pumps blood from heart to lungs

Question 15

Systemic Circulation

Answer 15

left side of the which pumps oxygen rich blood to the rest of the body

Question 16

Three parts of the circulatory system

Answer 16

• heart
• series of blood vessels
• blood that flows through the vessels

Question 17

The upper chamber of the heart….

The lower chamber of the heart….

Answer 17

Upper - Atrium which receives blood

Lower - Ventricle which pumps blood out

Question 18

Atherosclerosis

Answer 18

Condition in which plaque builds up on the inner walls of the arteries

Question 19

Hemoglobin

Answer 19

Iron containing protein that binds to oxygen in the lungs and transports it to tissues throughout the body where oxygen is released

Question 20

Amylase

Answer 20

Enzyme in Saliva that breaks the chemical bonds in starches and releases sugars

Question 21

Pancreas

Answer 21

• produces hormones that regulate blood sugar levels
• produces enzymes that breaks down carbs, lipids, and nucleic acids
• produces sodium bicarbonate

Question 22

Liver

Answer 22

Produces bile which dissolves fat found in fatty foods