Lab test 2 Functions

Question 1

An internal organ about the size of a fist found in the human abdomen.
Functions as a part of the immune system and contributes to the production and storage of blood cells as part of the circulatory system.
It is not vital for human survival.

Answer 1

Spleen

Question 2

The swallowing tube through which food passes on its way from mouth to stomach. The main function of this organ is to propel food down into the stomach

Answer 2

Esophagus

Question 3

Also known as the windpipe.
Helps with air flow.
Basically serves as a pathway through the lungs.
The air we breathe passes through here and to the lungs for oxygenation.

Answer 3

Trachea

Question 4

An important component of the digestive system. It manufactures and secretes digestive enzymes such as amylase, which digests starch. Also produces lipase, which breaks down fats and trypsin as a protein processor. This also creates and secretes insulin, glucagon and other hormones.
Insulin and glucagon are expecially important for the maintenance of blood sugar, as insulin lowers the blood sugar and glucagon increases the blood sugar according to the body’s needs.

Answer 4

Pancreas

Question 5

It is the most active in youth, serving as the incubator in which T-Cells, and lymphocytes crucial for the body’s defense against infection, mature and differentiate (acquire their functional characteristics).
Typically enlarges as a child approaches puberty, its peak time of activity, then begins to recede. By midlife, more than strands of this tissue remain.
It also produces hormones-key among them being thymosine, thymulin, thymopoietin, and thymocyte humoral factor that regulate t-cell maturation

Answer 5

Thymus

Question 6

Is a sort of a pouch found in the end of the genito-urinarian tract. Its function is to retain the urine of the body until it released to the urethra and out of the body.

Answer 6

Bladder

Question 7

When we eat, food exits the smll intestine and enters the cecu,. As progresses, this ingested matter moves up the ascending colon and into the __________. During this process, water is removed and feces form.

Answer 7

Transverse colon

Question 8

The ________ is comprised of strong muscles that motor waste products upward and onward out of the body. As part of the larger gastrointestinal tract, the _____ connects and continues the work of the small intestine in moving along on its journey throught the body.

Answer 8

Ascending colon

Question 9

The _____ is the part of the colon from the splenic flexure to the beginning of the sigmoid colon. The function of the _____ in the digestive system is to store food that will be emptied into the rectum

Answer 9

Descending colon

Question 10

This is a small organ situated near mid-abdominal area of the body. Its main function is to store the bile that comes from the liver.

Answer 10

Gallbladder