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Unit 12 Review Flashcards

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1
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What is the difference between monkeys and apes

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Monkeys have a tail apes do not

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What is knuckle walking

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When you walk on your knuckles

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3
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What skeletal features contribute to bipedalism

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The spine is attached to the bottom of the skull not the back

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What are the 2 main organs in the CNS

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Brain and spinal cord

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What 2 types of nerves are found in the PNS

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Nerves that send information out of the CNS and nerves that bring information to the CNS

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Why can a reflex happen so quickly

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Because reflexes happen without the use of the brain so the information dose not have to travel to the brain and back it is just a reflex

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What are the 2 types of cells in the brain

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Neurons and glia

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What do neurons do

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Send process and receive information

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What is the connection between neurons called

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Synapses

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What are erythrocytes

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Red blood cells

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What are leukocytes

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White blood cells

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What is the cycle for red blood cells

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It comes from the lungs into the left ventral, gets pumped through the body, goes through the right ventral and to the lungs

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What are blood vessels that go away from the heart called

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Arteries

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What are blood vessels that go to the heart called

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Veins

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What dose blood go through when it is between arteries and veins

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Tissue

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What 2 types of immunity dose your immune system give you

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Innate immunity and adaptive immunity

17
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What are the 5 lymphoid organs

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Tonsils, MALT, thymus, spleen, appendix

18
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Which of the 2 types of immunity are memory B-cells and memory T-cells associated with

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Adaptive immunity

19
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List the parts of the digestive system that food travels through

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Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, large intestines

20
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What is bile

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The liver makes bile and it helps to digest lipids

21
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What muscle helps with breathing

A

The diagram

22
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Where dose the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occur in the lungs

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In the alveoli

23
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What are nephrons

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They are inside the kidneys and they help them work

24
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In what 2 organs are the hormones for the human reproductive system made

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Testes and ovaries

25
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What is menopause

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When females stop producing egg

26
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What is imago die

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The ability to recognize yourself and the world around you

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