Test 2 cards from exam review

Question 1

what does the pharynx do?

Answer 1

moves food down your stomach

Question 2

surfactnat does what?

Answer 2

reduces surface tension in your lungs

Question 3

the duodenum breaks down carbs, if a hormone that neutralizes the acid is added what does that do to the duodenum?

Answer 3

it activates the enzymes that catalyze the hydrolosys of carbohydrates

Question 4

what is glucose transported by to the inside of a cell?

Answer 4

Na+, remember Sodium Sucks!

Question 5

co2 is basic or acidic?

Answer 5

acidic

Question 6

what are microvilli?

Answer 6

hairlike structures on the small intestine

Question 7

what does the ileum do?

Answer 7

is the main digester in the small intestine

Question 8

stomach acid does what?

Answer 8

disrupts the secondary and tertiary structure of the protiens in the stomach to allow them to be broken down

Question 9

both spermatogenesis and oogenesis do what?

Answer 9

involve mitosis and meiosis

Question 10

when the diaphram contracts the lungs do what?

Answer 10

expand and inahle

Question 11

the diaphram is below what organ?

Answer 11

the lungs

Question 12

what is the sac in the amniotic egg that surrounds the embryo?

Answer 12

amnion

Question 13

what is the sac int he amniotic egg that stores waste?

Answer 13

allantois

Question 14

what is the sac in the amniotic egg that surrounds the embryo and other sacs?

Answer 14

chorion

Question 15

what makes a good diffusion surface?

Answer 15

large surface area and thin cells

Question 16

how is the cardiovascular system a good diffusion surface?

Answer 16

the capillaries are both large and thin to diffuse oxygen

Question 17

how is the respiratory system a good diffusion surface?

Answer 17

the alvioli are super thin and there are many to make the large surface area

Question 18

how is the digestive system a good diffusion surface?

Answer 18

the villi and the microvilli increase the nutrients and are thin to diffuse nutrients.

Question 19

what is the path of a red blood cell in the heart?

Answer 19

left atrium, left ventricle, the aorta, the arteriole, capillaries, venule, the superior/inferior venae cava, the right atrium, the right ventricle, the left pumonary artery, the arteriole, the capillary in the lungs, venule, pumonary veins, repeat.