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Our Body Systems, Heart and Circulation Flashcards

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What are the systems in our body?

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Digestive
Circulatory
Nervous
Muscular
Respiratory
Skeletal
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What is the skeletal system?

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It protects vital organs and keeps your body in shape and helps your body move

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What is the respiratory system?

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It takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide using our two lungs

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What is the nervous system?

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It consists of the brain, the spinal cord, and many other nerves that help us control our body.

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What is the digestive system?

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The digestive system helps us absorb nutrients and removes excess waste.

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What is the circulatory system?

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It pumps blood to the rest of the body parts and consists of the heart, the lung, blood vessels, and blood

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What is the muscular system?

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You have 600 muscles and helps you do almost everything

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How is oxygen transported to the rest of the body parts?

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Using blood

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What are the arteries?

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They are blood paths that take blood from the heart and to the organs. They are oxygen-rich and travels at high pressure. They have muscular walls to withstand the pressure.

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What are veins?

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Veins are blood paths that take blood from the organs to the heart. They have oxygen-poor blood and travels at low pressure. They have valves to prevent the backward flow of blood.

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What are capillaries?

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They are small vessels that allow the veins and the arteries to exchange substances.

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What are the components in our blood?

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Red blood cells
White blood cells
Platelets
Plasma

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What do red blood cells do?

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Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to your heart and then your muscles.
They help you remove carbon dioxide from your body.
They contain hemoglobin.

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What do white blood cells do?

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Certain types of blood cells fight infections in your body.

They produce memory cells that fight the infection quickly.

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What do platelets do?

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They help the blood clot when you get a cut

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What does plasma do?

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They carry nutrients, vitamins, hormones, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets to where they are needed.
They also carry waste products like carbon dioxide.

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Name all the four chambers in the heart?

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Right atrium
Right ventricle
Left atrium
Left ventricle

18
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Explain the right atrium and ventricle?

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The right atrium receives oxygen-poor blood and then pumps it into the right ventricle. Then the right ventricle pumps the blood into the lungs.

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Explain the left atrium and ventricle?

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The left atrium receives oxygen-rich blood and then pumps it into the left ventricle

20
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Where is your heart located?

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In your chest, behind your chest

21
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How can you measure your heartbeat?

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Using your pulse

22
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What term do you use to measure heartbeats?

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BPM (Beats per minute)

23
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What is the average adult BPM?

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70 BPM

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What is breathing?

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Breathing is the process of both inhaling and exhaling

25
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What is respiration?

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It is when food is broken down into energy and is released

26
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Give info about carbohydrates?

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They give you energy and is classified as starch and sugar

27
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Give info about protein?

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They help your body grow and repair

28
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Give info about dairy?

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They help your teeth and your bones to be healthy

29
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Give info about fruits and vegetables?

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They keep our body healthy and gives you vitamins

30
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Give info about fiber?

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They keep our digestive system healthy and prevents constipation

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Give info about fats and sugars?

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They give you energy but not a lot of nutrition

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