Unit 7 Flashcards
Important organ systems
Digestive -breaking down food , stomach,small intestine
Circulatory -transports,artories,veins
Lymphatic -lymph nodes
Respiratory -breathing ,lungs and trachea
Other systems
Integumentary -skin, hair,nails Endocrine-chemical communications ,hormones Skeletal Muscular Urinary Nervous Reproductive
Meiosis
Functions-makes eggs or sperm
Haploid
Half number of sperm or egg chromosomes
Diploid
Normal number ,zygote
Homologous chromosomes
Pairs of chromosomes alike
Gonad
Ovaries,tested
Gamete
Same as a half cell
Zygote
Fertilized egg
Fertilization
Forms zygote , takes place in Fallopian tubes
Epididymis
Stores the sperm
Testes
Makes sperm
Ovulation occurs
Day 13-15
4 types of tissues
Epithelial -skeletal , skin +linings . Protection
Muscle-voluntary biceps , movement
Nervous-involuntary , communication
Connective-smooth cardiac ,blood,bone