M8 Terms

Question 1

Integumentary System

Answer 1

Consists of skin and structures embedded in the skin; hair and nails

Question 2

Epidermis

Answer 2

Outer layer of skin; mostly dead cells

Question 3

Dermis

Answer 3

Middle layer; where hair follicles are

Question 4

Hypodermis

Answer 4

Inner layer; fatty skin tissue

Question 5

Endocrine System

Answer 5

Number of glands and secretory tissue

Question 6

Hormones

Answer 6

Signaling molecules

Question 7

Nervous System

Answer 7

Sensory structures containing nervous tissue; in vertebrates includes eyes, all nerves, spinal cord, and brain

Question 8

Skeletal System

Answer 8

Framework of support for vertebrates that includes the bones, cartilage, and ligaments

Question 9

Muscular System

Answer 9

Produces the force that moves structures within the body

Question 10

Diastole

Question 11

Systole

Question 12

Immune System

Answer 12

Includes the spleen and thymus; defends the body from invaders

Question 13

Reproductive System

Answer 13

Generates gametes; in many vertebrates facilitates the merger of the gametes inside the female body

Question 14

Herbivore

Answer 14

Animals that eat plants and fungi

Question 15

Carnivore

Answer 15

Animals that eat other animals

Question 16

Omnivore

Answer 16

Eat both plants and animals; 30% diet from animals, 70% from produces

Question 17

Detritivore

Answer 17

Eat organic matter that is left over as dead organisms decompose; earthworms and millipedes

Question 18

Saliva

Answer 18

Enzymes that break down starches; moistens and lubricates the food

Question 19

Salivary Glands

Question 20

Epiglottis

Question 21

Esophagus

Question 22

Stomach

Answer 22

Muscular sac that stores food

Question 23

Accessory Organ/Gland

Question 24

Small Intestine

Answer 24

Thin, highly coiled and very long tube; majority of nutrient absorption takes place

Question 25

Villi

Answer 25

Sheet of epithelial cells that makes up lining extends in fingerlike projections

Question 26

Microvilli

Answer 26

Plasma membrane of the epithelial cells has fingerlike projections

Question 27

Large Intestine

Answer 27

Prepares residual matter for removal from the body as waste; feces

Question 28

Crop

Answer 28

Modified portion of the esophagus that can expand and store food until it can be safely digested

Question 29

Gizzard

Answer 29

Grinds food with small pebbles or sand grains that the animal ingests for said purpose

Question 30

Closed Digestive System

Answer 30

Only one opening, functioning as both a mouth and anus

Question 31

Open Digestive System

Question 32

Kidney

Answer 32

Responsible for maintaining water and solute homeostasis in terrestrial vertebrates

Question 33

Nephron

Answer 33

Shaped like a funnel with a long tube

Question 34

Glomerulus

Question 35

Tubule

Question 36

Collecting Duct

Question 37

Respiratory System

Question 38

Bronchi

Question 39

Bronchioles

Question 40

Alveoli

Question 41

Hemoglobin

Question 42

Cutaneous Respiration

Question 43

Circulatory (Cardiovascular System)

Question 44

Arteries

Question 45

Capillaries

Question 46

Veins

Question 47

Closed Circulatory System

Question 48

Atria

Question 49

Ventricles

Question 50

Open Circulatory System

Question 51

Pulmonary Circuit

Question 52

Systemic Circuit