Organs Flashcards
Transports food from the mouth to the stomach
Esophagus
Pathway from the nose and mouth to the lungs.
Trachea
Protect the thoracic cavity
Ribs
Expand the rib cage
Intercostal muscles
Produces bile and hormones
Liver
Stores bile
Gall bladder
Stores and digests food
Stomach
Stores and releases red blood cells into the the blood stream
Spleen
Produces digestive enzymes and insulin
Pancreas
Most digestion and nutrient absorption occurs
Small intestine
Move air from the pharynx to the trachea
Larynx
Absorbs water and excretes solid waste material
Large intestine
Filters water and waste from blood
Kidney
Drains a kidney.
Kidney ureter
Stores urine
Urinary bladder
Supplies oxygen to fetus
Umbilical artery
Produces and stores eggs
Ovary
Produces sperm
Testes
Major vein returning blood from the lower extremities and from the abdominal area
Posterior
Systemic vein above the heart.
Anterior
3 flaps and releases the blood from the left ventricle to the aorta
The aortic valve
Largest and strongest chamber, receives blood from the left atrium and pumps blood to the aorta via the aortic valve
Left ventricle
Receives blood from the right atrium via the tricuspid valve and releases the blood into the lungs to pick up oxygen via the pulmonary valve
Right ventricle
2 bottom chambers of the heart. Pump blood out of the heart to the body and lungs
Ventricles
Receives oxygenated blood from the Pulmonary veins and releases it into the left ventricle via the mitral valve
Left atrium
Receives blood returning from the body and releases it into the right ventricle via the tricuspid valve
Right atrium
The 2 top chambers of the heart. ____ receive the blood that has returned to the heart from the body and lungs.
Atria
Separates oral cavity from the nasal cavity
Hard palate
Separates oral cavity from the nasal cavity, except without a bone
Soft palate
Tastes and moves food in mouth
Tongue
Taste buds
Papillae
Prevents food from getting into the trachea
Epiglottis
