Systems Flashcards
Blood in mammals consist of:
- Serum
- Fibrinogen
- Platelets (0.01%)
- White blood cells (0.1%)
- Red blood cella (45%)
The structure and function of whats in blood?
Platelets, aids in clotting blood
Plasma, serum and fibrinogen, clot blood
Red blood cells, no nucleus, cytoplasm with haemoglobin, carries oxygen and carbon dioxide
White blood cells, has nucleus, colourless cytoplasm, defence against diseases
What’s the cycle of blood?
Deoxygenated blood- vena cava- right atrium- right ventricle- pulmonary artery- lungs, turns oxygenated- pulmonary veins- left atrium- left ventricle- aorta
What does the liver do?
It sorts, stores and changed digested food, it removes fats and oils and sends them to fat deposits for storage, it turns protein into urea which travels in blood to kidneys for excretion.
What is your pulmonary artery?
It carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs
Name the chambers of the heart
Right atria, right ventricle, left atria and left ventricle
What’s the difference between the left and right side of the heart?
The left side is thicker and muscular because force is needed to push blood from the heart. The right side has deoxygenated blood flowing through while the left side has oxygenated blood flowing through.
What is diastolic pressure
It’s the blood pressure at its lowest from the heart relaxing
What is systolic pressure?
When your blood pressures goes up when the heart contracts.
What is the scientific name for red blood cells?
Erythrocytes
What’s the scientific name for white blood cells?
Leucocytes
What’s anemia?
Iron deficiency caused by the lack of red blood cells
What is your blood pressure?
Your blood pressure is the force with which blood flows through the arteries
What is the beating of the heart maintained by?
Your pace maker, located in the tight atrium.
What is your pulmonary vein?
It carries oxygenated blood from your lungs to your left atrium
Name and describe the structure and function on blood vessels
Arteries- thick, elastic, muscular walls, they carry blood away from the heart.
Veins- thin walls, carry blood to the heart, have valves so blood can’t flow backwards
Capillaries- very small, carry oxygen and nutrient to cells and removes waste
Which side of the heart transfers oxygenated blood
Left
What is varicose veins
It’s when blood drains backwards
What is your aorta?
It takes oxygenated blood from your left ventricle around your body, it’s the largest artery
What happens in capillaries?
Oxygen diffuses out of the blood and waste produced by cells diffuses into the blood stream
What is haemoglobin?
A pigment containing iron, gives a reddish colour. They carry oxygen around, if it carries oxygen it’s called oxyhaemoglobin
Blood in mammals consists of:
- Red blood cells (45%)
- White blood cells (0.1%)
- Platelets (0.01%)
- Serum
- Fibrinogen
Structure and function of whats in blood?
Platelets- aids in clotting blood
Red blood cells- no nucleus, cytoplasm with haemoglobin, carries oxygen and carbon dioxide
White blood cells- have nucleus, colourless cytoplasm, defence against diseases
Plasma, serum and fibrinogen- clot blood
What’s the name of enzymes in your saliva?
Amylase
What havens when enzymes overheat
They become denatured
What is bile?
Bile emulsifies fat so that lipase can break it down
What are enzymes
They are catalyses, they speed up the digestive process through chemical reactions.
Whats and insectivore
Carnivores that only eat insects, teeth are small and pointed
What’s an omnivore?
Eat meat and plants, have all teeth types
What are the 5 process in supplying nutrients to your cells?
- Ingestion
- Mechanical digestion
- Chemical digestion
- Absorption
- Assimilation