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1
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What are the top chambers of the heart called?

A

Atrium.

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What are the bottom chambers of the heart called?

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Ventricle.

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3
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What are the tendons?

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On the edge of chambers and stop valves turning inside out.

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4
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What is the septum?

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Completely separates the two sides of the heart.

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5
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What do the valves in the heart do?

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When certain parts of the heart contract, valves close to stop blood flowing the wrong way.

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6
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What is different about the wall of the left ventricle?

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It contains more muscle than the right and is thicker as it has to pump blood further and against more pressure

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7
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Where does the blood flow into?

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The two atria, which then contract pushing blood into the ventricles.

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What does the aorta do?

A

Pump blood to the rest of the body

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9
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Inferior vena cava?

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Brings blood from lower body.

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10
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Superior vena cava?

A

Brings flood from the upper body.

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11
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What happens after blood is pushed into the ventricles?

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They contract pushing blood out of the heart.

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12
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What are the horseshoe tubes in the kidney called and how many is there?

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2 and convoluted.

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13
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What is the role of ADH?

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It is released from the pituitary gland and it changes the permeability of the collecting duct in nepghrons and increases the concentration of the urine.

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14
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What does the pulmonary vein do?

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Carries oxygenated blood to the left atrium from the lungs.

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15
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What is used to help remember route that blood takes?

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VA VA VA

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16
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What happens in VA 1?

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Deoxygenated blood enters the heart at the vena cava, passes through the right atrium

17
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What happens in VA 2?

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then the right ventricle leaving the heart. The blood then enters the pulmonary vein as oxygenated blood, and enters the left atrium

18
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What happens in VA 3?

A

goes through the left ventricle passing out of the heart via the aorta

19
Q

What is the artery(in) and vein(out) from and to the kidney?

A

Renal artery and renal vein.

20
Q

What is a glomerus?

A

Network of capillaries.

21
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What is the first part of the kidney?

A

Glomerus surrounded by bowmans capsule.

22
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What wraps around parts of the kidney?

A

Capillary.

23
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What is the second part of the kidney?

A

First convoluted tubule.

24
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What is the third part of the kidney?

A

Loop of henle.

25
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What is the fourth part of the kidney?

A

Second convoluted tubule.

26
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What is the fourth part of the kidney?

A

Collecting duct and then it goes out to ureter.

27
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What does the pulmonary artery do?

A

Deoxygenated blood from heart to lungs.

28
Q

What does progesterone do to the uterus lining?

A

maintain it

29
Q

What does oestrogen do to the uterus lining?

A

Repair it

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