Exsam 4 Flashcards
What is a part of the body made up of several kinda of tissue?
Organ
During (what), chemical and physical processes change the food we eat into a form which can be used for body energy.
Digestion
A group of cells that performs one function is called a?
Tissue
Several organs which carry out a particular function such as respiration, form a?
System
All sham stems of the body are interrelated and their activities are unified by the (what) system and the (what system)
- Nervous
2. Endocrine
Chemical messer gets in the endocrine system are called?
Hormones
Over half of the weight of the body is made up the (what) and (what) systems?
- Skeletal
2. Muscular
What are the three major divisions of the circulatory system?
And what are the vessels?
- Blood, heart, and arteries
2. Veins, & capillaries.
Oxygen is carried to the cells by (what)? the pigment in red blood cells.
Hemoglobin
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.
- Platelet
2. Enzyme
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)?
- Ventricles
- Systole
- Diastole
- Auricles ventricle
Waste materials from the cells are carried by the blood to the (what) system and the (what) system?
- Urinary
2. respiratory
The skin and connective tissues?
Integumentary system.
Largest organ of the body?
Skin
The smallest blood vessels?
Capillaries
Cool the skin by releasing fluid?
Sweat glands
Part of the skill which covers and protects the brain?
Cranium
Spool- shaped bones which make up the spine, or back bone.
Vertebrae
Tissue which attaches muscles to bones?
Tendons
Nerve which carries impulses from the retina to the brain?
Optic nerve
Organs through which stimuli enter the body?
Sense organs
Light is focused by this part of the eye?
Lens
What is coughing, eye blinking, sneezing?
Reflex actions
Part of the brain responsible for speech, memory and learning?
Cerebrum
Parts of the central nervousness system?
Brain and spinal cord
In order to move easily through the digestive system food is lubricated by saliva and?
Mucus
Most digested food is absorbed by microscopic villi located in the?
Small intestine
In some illnesses, it is important to drink large amounts of water and other fluids to prevent diarrhea, which causes?
Dehydration
The second largest organ in the body, the liver, produces a substance which aids digestion in the small intestine. This substance is called?
Bile
A molecule is considered a good if it released which if the following substances during chemical reactions?
Energy
Not all vitamins are obtained from good we eat; some vitamins are produced in the?
Colon
Water is necessary for life because it?
Provides a medium for chemical reactions to take place
The type of joint found in the knee is?
Hinge joint
Tendons connect?
Muscle to bone
The small intestine?
Digest (break down) most of what we eat, absorbs most of the end products of digestion.
The fall bladder?
Stores bile
Water is important in our deist because?
Most chemical reactions in the body require water
Vitamins are organic compounds that act as?
Catalyst (coenzymes)
What do vain’s do?
Carry blood to the heart
Blood in the right side of the heart?
Is carrying less oxygen than blood in the left side.
What is responsible for the clotting of blood?
Platelets
