Unit 2 End Flashcards
What happens between capillaries and alveoli
Diffusion
What is the major role of the circulatory system
Transporting nutrients to cells and waste products away from cells
What is the major role of the digestive system
Digesting food into smaller particles which can be changed into energy by mitochondria
What is the major role of the respiratory system
Taking in oxygen into the bloodstream and expelling carbon dioxide (gas exchange)
What is the major role of the excretory system
Filtering and expelling liquid waste out of body
What are the major organs of the urinary system in order from top to bottom.
Kidneys,ureters,bladder,urethra
What is the controlled, manipulated and responding variable if a person is doing a test and they give each plant the same sunlight, water, and soil but they use different fertilizer and they are trying to see which one can grow the highest
The controlled is the water, soil and sunlight. The manipulated is the fertilizer and the responding is the height they achieve. (The responding is caused by the manipulated variable).
Changes to body function in response to changing condition
Increased heart rate in response to increased exercise.
Increased metabolism in response to lower temperature
What are the primary organs from top to bottom in the respiratory system.
Mouth/nose, Trachea,right and left bronchi,right and left lung, alveoli,diaphragm.
What is the function of the muscle cell
Movement
What is the function of the blood cells
Transport of substances, disease prevention
What are the primary organs from top to bottom in the digestive system.
Mouth, esophagus, liver,stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum
What is the function of the skin cell
Disease prevention, temperature regulation
What is the function of the bone cells
Structure
What are the main organs in the circulatory system.
Heart, arteries, veins, capillaries.