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Human Body Systems: Part 2 Flashcards

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1
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What is the hormone that causes the development of facial hair and a deep voice?

A

Testosterone

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What is a hormone that causes the development of the female reproductive system?

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Estrogen

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What is the monthly discharge of blood and tissue from the uterus?

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Menstruation

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What is the cell created after the cell division of the zygote?

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Embryo

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What is the organ where the human embryo grows?

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Uterus

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What provides the embryo with oxygen and nutrients, and carries away wastes through the umbilical cord?

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Placenta

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What is the developmental stage between age 2 and puberty?

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Childhood

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What is the development stage from puberty to adulthood?

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Adolescence

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What is the fertilized combination of an egg cell with a sperm cell?

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Zygote

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What are the three 3-month periods that divide the nine months of pregnancy?

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Trimesters

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What does STI stand for?

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Sexually Transmitted Infections

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What body system is a part of the external defense of the Immune System?

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Integumentary System

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What are foreign materials that can trigger and activate an immune response in your body?

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Antigen(s)

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What are white blood cells that coordinate the immune response and attack infected body cells?

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T Cells

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What is a substance prepared from killed or weakened pathogens?

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Vaccine

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What body system is the body’s defense against diseases and harmful germs?

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Immune System

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What are cells that make antibodies that attach to specific antigens?

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B Cells

18
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What is an immune system reaction to a harmless or common substance?

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Allergy

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What is an organism, virus, or protein that causes disease?

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Pathogen

20
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What is a life-threatening, severe allergic response of the immune system?

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Anaphylaxis

21
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What are the respiratory symptoms of anaphylaxis?

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shortness of breath, wheezes, lung constriction, and low blood oxygen levels

22
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What is a way of delivering epinephrine immediately into the body?

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An Autoinjector, or EpiPen

23
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What is a hormone that causes blood vessels to narrow and the blood pressure to increase?

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Epinephrine, also known as Adrenaline

24
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What are disorders of the immune system that generally protect us from disease and infection?

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Allergies

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