Unit 11 test terms Flashcards
Pancreas
Creates natural juices
Endocrine system
Regulates growth
Diabetes
Inbalance of glucose
Circulatory system
Regulates blood flow through the body
Large intestine
Absorbs water from the indigestible remains of food
Gall bladder
Stores and releases excess bile
Infectious disease
Caused by Pathogens attacking cells
Infectious disease are spread by
Air, water, food, contact, coughing sneezing
Bodies non-specific defense against pathogens
Mucus, tears, sweat
Liver
Breaks down food and water into nutrients and metabolizes drugs
B-memory cell
When you are infected with a small amount of a cell and fights it off, it becomes easier to fight off larger infections
Inflammation causes
Pain, (temperature rising), swelling
Appendix
Repopulates to the gut by storing good bacteria
Pathogens produce
Antibodies to protect against pathogens
T-cells
help protect the body from infection and may help fight cancer after b-cells
Small intestine
Carries nutrients to the bloodstream and contains villi
Example of passive immunity
A pregnant other passing their immunity on to her offspring
Rectum
The opening where stool leaves the body
Tuberculosis
Remerged due to antibiotics
Stomach
Churns food and water into nutrients and waste
Auto immune disease
Causes the body to attack itself
Esophagus
A tube that Carrie’s food and liquid from your mouth to your stomach
Allergies release
Histamine
Mechanical to chemical to amarise
Mouth breaks down chemicals
Using salvatorary glands, tongue, and teeth
Negative feedback
Feedback systems maintain stable internal temperatures over a long period of time
Anatomy of the endocrine system
The major glands of the endocrine system are the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroids, suprarenals, pineal body, and the reproductive organs
quartisol lowers
Increase glucose, but lowers inflammation
Pituitary system
Regulates growth, reproductive system,
Esophagus
rhythmic contraction that moves food
Capillaries
transport blood, nutrients and oxygen to cells in your organs and body systems
Arteries
Transport fluid (example:, blood for the circulatory system and lymph for the lymphatic system) to and from every organ in the body
Inflammatory response
occurs when tissues are injured by bacteria, trauma, toxins, heat, or any other cause
Active immunity
disease resistance that results from the protection of proteins called antibodies
Ex. A person resistant to COVID due to the vaccine
Three components of the circulatory system
The heart, blood and blood vessels
Vessels that take blood to and from the heart
Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry blood back to the heart
Blood cells that are the most numerous in the body
Red blood cells
How does your body react when it encounters an allergen
It attacks the harmless allergen causing allergies or an allergic reaction
