New January Science Review Vocabulary

Question 1

Excretory

Answer 1

It helps maintain Homeostasis

Question 2

Nasal cavity

Answer 2

It’s in your nose and keeps your nose moist.

Question 3

Pharynx

Answer 3

Known as the throat pathway for food.

Question 4

Larynx

Answer 4

The voice box splits into esophagus then the Trachea.

Question 5

Trachea

Answer 5

Know as the windpipe and goes to the Bronchi and Lungs

Question 6

Bronchi

Answer 6

The bronchi, singularly known as a bronchus, are extensions of the windpipe that shuttle air to and from the lungs.

Question 7

Bronchioles

Answer 7

incoming air is supplied to each alveolus.

Question 8

Alveoli

Answer 8

function it is to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide molecules to and from the bloodstream.

Question 9

Diaphragm

Answer 9

separates the thoracic cavity, containing the heart and lungs.

Question 10

Atrium

Answer 10

Blood enters the heart through the two atria and exits through the two ventricles.

Question 11

Ventricles

Answer 11

During systole, the ventricles contract, pumping blood through the body.

Question 12

Artery

Answer 12

Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the tissues, except for pulmonary arteries,

Question 13

Vein

Answer 13

They are responsible for returning deoxygenated blood back to the heart after arteries carry blood out.

Question 14

Capillaries

Answer 14

Capillaries are very thin blood vessels that were first discovered in frog lungs in 1661. They bring nutrients and oxygen to tissues and remove waste products.

Question 15

Urea

Answer 15

a colorless crystalline compound which is the main nitrogenous breakdown product of protein metabolism

Question 16

Urine

Answer 16

a watery, typically yellowish fluid stored in the bladder and discharged through the urethra.

Question 17

Kidney

Answer 17

each of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity of mammals, birds, and reptiles, excreting urine.

Question 18

Ureter

Answer 18

the duct by which urine passes from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca.

Question 19

Urinary bladder

Answer 19

The urinary bladder is a muscular sac in the pelvis, just above and behind the pubic bone.

Question 20

Urethra

Answer 20

the duct by which urine is conveyed out of the body from the bladder, and which in male vertebrates also conveys semen.