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Unit Four- Definitions Flashcards

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Cellular respiration

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Cellular respiration is the process of Metabolizing to store energy in the form of ATP

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Pharynx

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It is the common pathways for food and air

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Epiglottis

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It opens up to allow aid Into the larynx; guardians of the airways

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Larynx

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Voice box( contains vocal cords, glottis, that vibrate with expelled air)

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Trachea

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Windpipe

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Bronchi

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Lead to lungs

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Bronchioles

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Last and the smallest part of the the bronchi

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Alveoli

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Respiratory membrane; the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide

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Diaphragm

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Important in breathing

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Blood pressure

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Is the force the blood exerts against the walls of our blood vessels

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Systole

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Atria are relaxed, the chambers are filling with blood again

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Diastole

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It is the relaxation of the ventricles

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Artery

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It carries blood away the heart, it is oxygenated blood so it is red

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Vein

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It carries blood towards the heart it is deoxygenated so it is blue

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Capillaries

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It connects the Arteries and veins. The location of gas, nutrient, and waste exchange( bad stuff leaves the blood)

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Plasma

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It is the clear yellowish fluid portion of the blood. It makes up to 55% of the blood and it is made of 90% water

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Red blood cells

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The most numerous of the blood cells, they are produced in bone marrow. The blood cells contain a red colored protein called hemoglobin. The hemoglobin is responsible for the transport of oxygen.

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Platelets

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Platelets collect and stick to a cut blood vessel. They are responsible for clotting in blood

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Leukocytes ( white blood cells)

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Produced in bone marrow and in lymph nodes. Important to the immune system.

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Neuron

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The basic unit of the nervous system. Nerve cells

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