Human Body Sys. And Dieseases Flashcards
What are anthropods?
An animal with invertabrates
What are animals with invertabrates?
Insects, spiders, and crustaceans
Invertabrates have what type of skeleton?
Exoskeletons or external skeletons
What is a vertabrate?
Internal skeletons or endoskeletons
Bones provide what?
Primary support to the body
Where is cartilage found?
At the end of all bones, at the joints, in the nose and ears.
Bones not only provide structural support but?
protect vital organs, produce blood cells and store minerals.
What are tendons?
tough fibrous cords of connective tissues, connect muscles to the skeleton.
What are ligaments?
connect the bones to other bones at joints such as elbows, knee, fingers and verebral column.
What is respiration?
The process by which blood cells absorb oxygen and eliminate carbon dioxide and water vapor.
When air pases through the nose it passes through the?
Nasal Cavity
What does the nasal cavity do?
filters, moistens, and warms air.
What does the pharanx do?
filters the air and aids in protection against infection.
What does the epoglottis do?
closes when swallowing to prevent food from going down the airway?
The trachea brances where?
left and right bronchi
