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What are two of the names that are used to refer to the set of functions that pump blood through your body

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Circulatory System and and the cardiovascular system

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The 3 main units of the Cardiovascular system are

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Heart, blood and vessels

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A muscle that contracts to pump blood

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Heart

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Blood moves through the blood vessels from the large arteries to __________ _________ to capillaries to small veins to large veins and back to the heart

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Small arteries

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Blood moves through the blood vessels from large arteries to smaller arteries to _____, to small veins to large veins and back to the heart.

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capillaries

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Blood moves through the blood vessels from large arteries to smaller arteries to capillaries to small veins to _____ _____ and back to the heart.

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large veins

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respiratory system consists of the

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nose, throat, trachea

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nose, throat, trachea better known as the ______ and the lungs

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Windpipe

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The trachea branches into ___ tubes called the______

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Two; bronchi

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two tubes called the _____, one of which goes into each lung

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bronchi

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The bronchi branch into smaller tubes called the _______, each of which ends in an _____, a tiny spherical sac.

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bronchioles; alveolus

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Inside the capillaries, the _____diffuses oxygen into the blood and carbon dioxide diffuses out of the blood.

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alveoli

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In the nervous system there are 3 main parts

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the brain, the spinal cord and the nerves.

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What function does the nervous system serve

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Its function is to receive, process and transmit information, controlling body activities.

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The brain has _ main parts

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3

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The, _______. Which controls functions such as thinking, seeing, and speaking

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Cerebrum

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Coordinates movement and positions

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Cerebellum

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18
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The Brainstem controls what

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Breathing and Heart Rate

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Information is __________ from the brain throughout the nerve which is bundled into the ______ and branches out from there into all parts of the body.

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Transmitted; spinal cord

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Physical characteristics of organisms are called ______. The passing of traits to offspring through sexual reproduction is called _____

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Traits ;heredity

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The factors that control traits are called

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Genes

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Alleles are?

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Different forms of genes

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Individuals receive two versions of each gene, known as alleles, from each parent. If the alleles of a gene are different, one allele will be expressed; it is the _____ gene.

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Dominant

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A type of allele that when present on its own will not affect the individual. Two copies of the allele need to be present for the phenotype to be expressed.

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Recessive

25
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A “______ allele” refers to a genetic variant where an individual inherits two different versions (alleles) of the same gene, essentially creating a combination of genetic material from two different sources

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hybrid

26
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The genetic makeup of an organism or the complete set of genes it carries.

BB bb Bb bB

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Genotype

BB bb Bb bB

27
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_________; are rod shaped structures in the nucleus of each cell, as responsible for carrying genes from parent organisms to their offspring

The sides are called deoxiribose

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Chromosomes

28
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____________ _____;have half the number of chromosomes of an organism’s other cells.

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Reproductive Cells

29
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How many chromosomes does a human sex cell have?

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56

30
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How many chromosomes does a, non sex cell, have?

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46

31
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When a sperm cell and ovum unite, the resulting offspring has a full set of _________

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Chromosomes

32
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___ chromosome can contain thousands of genes on a single long molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

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One

33
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DNA molecules are shaped like a

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Spiral Ladder

34
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What are the sides of a DNA ladder called?

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Deoxyribose

35
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In the DNA ladder, what are each one of the rings made up of?

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A pair of nitrogen bases

36
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Adenine A; genuine G; thymine T; and cytosine C

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4 nitrogen bases for the deoxyribose of DNA

37
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If Adenine always pairs with Thymine, in DNA, what is the other pair?

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Genuine and Cytosine

38
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If Genuine and Cytosine always pair together as a nitrogen base, then what is the other pair?

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Adenine and Thymine

39
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DNA controls the cell’s production of ______, which help determine all the __________ and processes of the organism

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Proteins; characteristics

40
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What happens during protein synthesis?

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The info from a gene in the cells nucleus is used to make a protein on the ribosome in the cytoplasm

41
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What is Ribonucleic Acid

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RNA

42
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RNA or DNA the messenger

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RNA

43
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The name of a set, of three base pairs on the RNA is called a ?

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Condon

44
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What is the function of a codon?

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Contains instructions for creating amino acids

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A
46
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What is an amino acid?

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Protein Building Block

47
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The sequence of ____determines the sequence of amino acids in the protein and thus the specific protein to be made. So, the order of bases on the gene forms a genetic code for the synthesis of a particular protein.

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Codons

48
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The sequence of codons determines the sequence of _____ in the protein and thus the specific protein to be made. So, the order of bases on the gene forms a genetic code for the synthesis of a particular protein.

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Amino Acids

49
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The sequence of codons determines the sequence of amino acids in the protein and thus the specific protein to be made. So, the order of bases on the gene forms a ________ for the synthesis of a particular protein.

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Genetic Code

50
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info from a gene in the cells of the nucleus are used to create a protein on the ribosome
This simple terms describes what?

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Protein Synthesis

51
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T, nitrogen base

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Thymine

52
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C, nitrogen base

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Cytosine

53
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A, nitrogen base

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Aedine

54
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G, nitrogen base

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Genuine

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