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Final Exam Flashcards

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The four different types of tissue

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Connective, Epithelial, Muscle, and Nervous

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What do platelets do?

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They form clots to prevent bleeding

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3
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What do red cells transport?

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They transfer oxygen throughout the body

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4
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What is a ligament?

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A connection of bone to bone

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What is a tendon?

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A connection of muscle to bone

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How many different organ systems are there?

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11 organ systems (Integumentary , Skeletal, Muscular, Nervous, Endocrine, Cardiovascular, Lymphatic, Respiratory, Digestive, Urinary, and Reproductive)

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What is the purpose of the Integumentary system?

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Protect your body from bacteria, infection, and sunlight

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What does the Reproductive system produce?

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They produce eggs in the ovaries and sperm in the testes. They also make sex hormones

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What cells make up your nervous tissue?

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Neurons

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What is a joint?

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The place in which two or more bone meet

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What is adipose tissue?

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Body fat

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Purpose of the Nervous system?

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To send messages from various parts of your body to your brain

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Purpose of the lymphatic system?

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To transport fluids back to blood and act as the bodies defense and resistance to disease.

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14
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What do white blood cells do?

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Fight against diseases

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15
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What is dwarfism?

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A disease caused by having a lack of growth hormone, causing the person to be abnormally small.

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What is Gigantism?

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A disease cause by overexertion of growth hormone, causing the person to be abnormally tall.

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17
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What is Prolactin?

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A hormone that’s responsible for lactation, certain breast tissue development and milk production.

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18
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What is Graves’ Disease?

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Graves’ disease is an immune system disorder that results in the overproduction of thyroid hormones

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What are gonads?

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Glands that produce hormones that are involved in reproduction such as testes and ovaries.

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What are gametes?

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A reproductive cell of an animal such as egg or sperm.

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21
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What is hyperglycemia?

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This happens when there’s too much sugar (glucose) in your blood.

22
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What is Rickets?

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Rickets is the softening and weakening of bones in children, usually because of an extreme and prolonged vitamin D deficiency.

23
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How many pituitary lobes are there?

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Two (Posterior and Anterior)

24
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What is needed to synthesize thyroid hormone?

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Iodine is required along with T hormones

25
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What is the hypothalamus?

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Keep your body in a stable state called homeostasis.

26
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What does oxytocin do?

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Increasing contractions to induce labour and birth, and the release of milk from the breast after birth.

27
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What does calcitonin do?

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Regulates levels of calcium in the blood

28
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What hormone raises blood sugar levels?

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Glucagon

29
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What is Hashimitos Disease?

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The immune system creates antibodies that attack thyroid cells as if they were bacteria

30
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What are the organs that filter blood?

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The kidneys

31
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What is the bladder?

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The storage and expender of waste such as urine.

32
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What type of muscle is found in the urinary tract?

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Smooth muscle

33
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What gland regulates your metabolism?

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The thyroid gland

34
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Largest bone in your body?

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Femur

35
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Alternative name for your collar bones?

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Clavicle

36
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Alternative name for your shoulder blades?

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Scapulas

37
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Alternative name for your knee bone?

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Patella

38
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What is a hydrostatic skeleton?

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A skeleton that is made up mostly of water.

39
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How many pairs of ribs do you have?

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12

40
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What is the mandible?

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Jaw

41
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4 stages to process food

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Ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination.

42
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Waste product of the digestive system?

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Undigested parts of food, fluid, and older cells from the lining of your GI tract. In other words, urine and feces.

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What is peristalsis?

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The involuntary contraction and relaxation of longitudinal and circular muscles throughout the digestive tract.

44
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What is Chyme?

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The semifluid mass of partly digested food expelled by the stomach into the duodenum.

45
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What is mucosa?

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The soft tissue that lines the body’s canals and organs in the digestive, respiratory and reproductive systems.

46
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Alternative name for the digestive tract?

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Alimentary tract

47
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2 types of digestion?

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Mechanical digestion and chemical digestion.

48
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3 purposes of the stomach?

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Temporarily store food. Contract and relax to mix and break down food. Produce enzymes and other specialized cells to digest food

49
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What happens in the large intestines?

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Absorbing water and electrolytes, producing and absorbing vitamins, and forming and propelling feces toward the rectum for elimination.

50
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What is an omnivore?

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An animal that eat plant and animals

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