Exsam 4 Flashcards

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What is a part of the body made up of several kinda of tissue?

A

Organ

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During (what), chemical and physical processes change the food we eat into a form which can be used for body energy.

A

Digestion

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2
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A group of cells that performs one function is called a?

A

Tissue

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3
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Several organs which carry out a particular function such as respiration, form a?

A

System

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4
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All sham stems of the body are interrelated and their activities are unified by the (what) system and the (what system)

A
  1. Nervous

2. Endocrine

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5
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Chemical messer gets in the endocrine system are called?

A

Hormones

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6
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Over half of the weight of the body is made up the (what) and (what) systems?

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  1. Skeletal

2. Muscular

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7
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What are the three major divisions of the circulatory system?
And what are the vessels?

A
  1. Blood, heart, and arteries

2. Veins, & capillaries.

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8
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Oxygen is carried to the cells by (what)? the pigment in red blood cells.

A

Hemoglobin

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9
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Cuts in the skin heal when (what) cells break up and release a chemical (what) which causes a protein network to firm and close a wound.

A
  1. Platelet

2. Enzyme

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10
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The heart chambers called (what) pump blood out of the heart in the contraction called (what); relaxation or (what) allows blood to enter the chambers called (what)?

A
  1. Ventricles
  2. Systole
  3. Diastole
  4. Auricles ventricle
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11
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Waste materials from the cells are carried by the blood to the (what) system and the (what) system?

A
  1. Urinary

2. respiratory

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12
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The skin and connective tissues?

A

Integumentary system.

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13
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Largest organ of the body?

A

Skin

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14
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The smallest blood vessels?

A

Capillaries

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15
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Cool the skin by releasing fluid?

A

Sweat glands

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16
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Part of the skill which covers and protects the brain?

A

Cranium

17
Q

Spool- shaped bones which make up the spine, or back bone.

A

Vertebrae

18
Q

Tissue which attaches muscles to bones?

A

Tendons

19
Q

Nerve which carries impulses from the retina to the brain?

A

Optic nerve

20
Q

Organs through which stimuli enter the body?

A

Sense organs

21
Q

Light is focused by this part of the eye?

A

Lens

22
Q

What is coughing, eye blinking, sneezing?

A

Reflex actions

23
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Part of the brain responsible for speech, memory and learning?

A

Cerebrum

24
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Parts of the central nervousness system?

A

Brain and spinal cord

25
Q

In order to move easily through the digestive system food is lubricated by saliva and?

A

Mucus

26
Q

Most digested food is absorbed by microscopic villi located in the?

A

Small intestine

27
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In some illnesses, it is important to drink large amounts of water and other fluids to prevent diarrhea, which causes?

A

Dehydration

28
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The second largest organ in the body, the liver, produces a substance which aids digestion in the small intestine. This substance is called?

A

Bile

29
Q

A molecule is considered a good if it released which if the following substances during chemical reactions?

A

Energy

30
Q

Not all vitamins are obtained from good we eat; some vitamins are produced in the?

A

Colon

31
Q

Water is necessary for life because it?

A

Provides a medium for chemical reactions to take place

32
Q

The type of joint found in the knee is?

A

Hinge joint

33
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Tendons connect?

A

Muscle to bone

34
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The small intestine?

A

Digest (break down) most of what we eat, absorbs most of the end products of digestion.

35
Q

The fall bladder?

A

Stores bile

36
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Water is important in our deist because?

A

Most chemical reactions in the body require water

37
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Vitamins are organic compounds that act as?

A

Catalyst (coenzymes)

38
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What do vain’s do?

A

Carry blood to the heart

39
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Blood in the right side of the heart?

A

Is carrying less oxygen than blood in the left side.

40
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What is responsible for the clotting of blood?

A

Platelets