Digestive, Circulatory, Redporatory Flashcards

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1
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What is digestion

A

The breaking down of food into smaller nutrient molecules the body can use

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2
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What is chemical digestion

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Chemicals produced by the body breaks food down into their smaller chemical building blocks

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3
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When your body gets ready to eat, it will increase the production of saliva, or_____

A

Spit

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4
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What is mucus

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A sick slippery substance that makes it easy to swallow

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5
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Food is moved down the Esau for guests by waves of muscle contractions called

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Peristalsis

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6
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What does hydrochloric acid do

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Health break down food as well as killing many bacteria that you swallow

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7
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Almost all________digestion and__________of nutrients takes place in the small intestine

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Chemical, absorption

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8
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What is the largest organ in the body

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Liver

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9
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Liver is like an extremely busy chemical

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Factory

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10
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Deliver produces____, A substance that breaks down fat particles

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Bile

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11
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Where is bile stored

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Gallbladder

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12
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The pancreas produces_______that then breaks down the fat chemically

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Enzymes

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13
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What are villi

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Millions of tiny finger shaped structures filled with tiny blood vessels

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14
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The large intestine contains________that feed on the material passing through

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Bacteria

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15
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As the remaining material moves through the large intestine,_____is absorbed into the bloodstream

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Water

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16
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The large intestine inns in a short to call the______where the remaining waste material, feces, is compressed into a solid form

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Rectum

17
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What are the jobs of the circulatory system

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Deliver needed materials, removing waste products, fighting disease

18
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What is a valve

A

It prevents backflow and separates right atrium from right ventricle

19
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What are the key components of the circulatory system

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The heart, the blood vessels, and blood

20
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Two upper chambers called______, which receive blood into the heart

A

Atrium

21
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To lower chambers called________, which pump blood out of the heart

A

Ventricle

22
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What is a valve

A

A flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backward

23
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Blood is pumped from where into the long

A

The right ventricle

24
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What do arteries do

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Carry blood away from the heart either to the lungs or body

25
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What is plasma

A

The liquid part of blood

26
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What are red blood cells

A

The part that takes up oxygen for transport

27
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What are white blood cells

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The soldiers of the blood that attack micro organisms that enter the body

28
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What are platelets

A

Cell fragments

29
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What are the primary jobs of the respiratory system

A

Taking in oxygen, removing carbon dioxide and water

30
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Cells in nasal cavities have_____, tiny hairlike structures that sweet mucus down into your throat

A

Cilia

31
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What are alveoli

A

Tiny sacs of lung tissue specialized for the movement of gases between air and blood

32
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As bronchi move into the lungs they divided into smaller and smaller tubes in a pattern that resembles branches of a

A

Tree

33
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What are lungs

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Saclike organ that inhale and exhale air. The main organs of the respiratory system

34
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What is the diaphragm

A

I domes shaped muscle that plays an important role in breathing

35
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What is breathing

A

Movement of air into and out of lungs

36
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What are the three main functions of the digestive system

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Digestion, absorption, and elimination