Digestive, Circulatory, And Reperatory Flashcards

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Chemical digestion-

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Chemicals produced by the body break food into smaller chemical building blocks

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Absorption-

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The process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of your digestive system into your blood

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Elimination-

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Materials that are not absorbed, such as fiber, are eliminated from the body is waste

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When your body gets ready to eat, it will increase the production of saliva or ____.

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Spit

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What does saliva do in digestion?

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It Moises the food to help chew it up and make it slippery slippery so that it goes down better. it contains enzymes, which are protein that speeds up chemical reactions to begin breaking it down chemically

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What is your Esophagus lined with that makes it slippery and easy to swallow

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Mucus

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Food passes to the trachea or the windpipe which is blocked by a little flap called the __________.

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Epiglottis

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Who is moved him esophagus it by waves of muscle contractions called

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Peristalsis

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9
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Your stomach is lined with mucus to be up to protect you from this and it helps break down food as well as killing many bacteria that you swallow with your feet

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Hydrochloric acid

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10
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What type of digestion takes place in the small intestine

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Chemical digestion and absorption

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What is the largest organ in the body

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The liver

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What type of digestant factors and plays a role in many body processes

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Chemical digestion

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13
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Is the liver produces to help break down fat particles and where is this item stored

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Bile and it is stored in the gallbladder

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True or false:
Biochemically doesn’t chemically digest fat it physically breaks it down into smaller particles much like dishwashing liquid does not sink

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True

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15
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What is the pancreas produces that breaks down the fat chemically

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Enzymes

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16
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The inner surface of the small intestine covered with

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Villi

17
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In the circulatory system there are three main functions. What are the three main functions of the circulatory system.

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Deliver needed materials
Removing waste products
Fighting disease

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What is a valve

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Flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backward

19
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What are pacemakers

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A group of hearts is this enough signals that make the heart muscle contract

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What are arteries

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Arteries carry blood away from the heart either to the lungs are the

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What are capillaries?

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They are tiny, narrow vessels that allow substances to exchange between blood and body cells

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What are veins

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Veins carry blood back to the heart from lungs and body

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What is plasma

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Liquid part of the blood

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What are red blood cells

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The part that takes up oxygen for transport

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What are white blood cells

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White blood cells are the soldiers of the blood but it’s like microorganisms that enter the body

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What are platelets

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Platelets are so fragments when you get a cut they get trapped form a clot and then dry to Form a scab

27
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What are the jobs of the respiratory system

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Taking an oxygen

removing carbon dioxide and water

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What are the tiny hairlike structures that are in your nose

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Cilia

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What are branchi

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The passages that direct air to the Lungs

30
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What is the diaphragm

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I don’t shaped muscle that plays an important role in breathing

31
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What is breathing

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The movement of air in and out of the lungs

32
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Digestion-

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The breaking down of food into smaller nutrient molecules the body can use. There are two types of digestion