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Where is the thymus located?

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Upper chest, behind the sternum

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What is lymph made of?

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White blood cells and chyle

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What does bone marrow do in the lymphatic system?

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Produces blood cells

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What pumps lymph throughout the body?

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Pressure from muscle action and respiratory movement

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What parts of the body are most lymph nodes located in?

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The neck, armpits, and groin

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What is the function of lymph nodes?

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To filter substances that travel through lymphatic fluid, and hold white blood cells

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What is an example of active immunity?

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Gaining resistance to an ailment because you have been exposed to it before

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What is an example of passive immunity?

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Receiving antibodies as a baby through your mother’s breastmilk

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What is the function of white blood cells?

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Help the body fight infection

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What happens in your immune system when you get a vaccine?

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Your immune response learns what the disease is and how to fight it later on

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What is a pathogen?

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An organism that causes disease

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How do leukocytes protect against disease?

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By killing and digesting pathogens

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Why are there different types of lymphocytes, and what do they do?

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T cells focus on specific foreign particles while B cells create antibodies

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What are surface barriers against pathogens and what do they do?

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They are physical barriers to block pathogens from entering the body, like skin and mucous membranes

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Where are T cells made?

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In bone marrow

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Where do T cells mature?

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In the thymus

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What is an antigen?

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A substance that causes the immune system to make antibodies against it

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What are memory cells and what do they do?

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Immune cells which recognize pathogens that have entered the body before to mount a better response against them

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How many layers of the skin are there?

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3

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What is the top layer of the skin?

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Epidermis

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What is the middle layer of the skin?

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The dermis

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What is the deepest layer of the skin?

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The hypodermis, or subcutaneous tissue

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What are the 2 types of membranes that cover the human body?

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Epithelial and connective tissue membranes

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What is subcutaneous tissue?

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Also known as the hypodermis, the deepest layer of skin in the human body

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Where is melanin produced?
Melanocytes
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What are 4 accessory organs of the skin?
Hair, nails, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands
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What body structure is responsible for goosebumps?
Arrector pili muscles
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What are the 4 organs of the urinary system?
Kidneys, ureter, bladder, and urethra
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What is the function of the kidneys?
Cleanse the blood of toxins and turn waste into urine
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What connects the kidney to the bladder?
The ureter
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What is the functional unit of the kidneys?
Nephrons
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What is normally in urine?
Water, urea, creatine, uric acid, and others
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What is NOT normally in urine?
Blood cells, albumin, and glucose
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What is the outermost layer of the kidney called?
The renal cortex
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What is the triangle-like structure in the kidney called?
Medulla
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What is the center of the kidney called?
Renal pelvis
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What is the tube leading out of the kidney called?
The ureter
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What is the thin top tube in the kidney called?
The renal artery
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What is the thick bottom tube in the kidney called?
The renal vein
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What are the proximal and distal tubules separated by?
The loop of Henle
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What part of the kidney is urine stored in?
The renal pelvis
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Stop and go do a nephron labelling exercise!
Complete
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What does the endocrine system release?
Hormones
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Why is the pituitary gland called the master gland?
It controls the functions of many other endocrine glands
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What endocrine gland is important in regulating blood sugar?
The pancreas
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What endocrine gland is important in dealing with stress?
The adrenal glands
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Where are androgens produced?
Primarily the adrenal glands, as well as testicles and ovaries
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What glands are responsible for regulating blood calcium levels?
The parathyroid and thyroid glands
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Where are estrogen and progesterone produced?
The ovaries
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Which gland releases the body's major metabolic hormones?
Adrenal gland
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What hormones does the posterior pituitary gland store and secrete?
Oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone
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What stimulates the release of cortisol?
The pituitary gland producing adrenocorticotropic hormone
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What 2 hormones are responsible for the fight-or-flight response?
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
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What hormone stimulates the testes to produce sperm or follicles to develop in a female?
Follicle-stimulating hormone
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What is the major function of the reproductive system?
Produce sperm and egg cells
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What is the release of an egg from the ovary called?
Ovulation
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Where does the embryo develop into a baby?
The uterus
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Where does fertilization take place?
The fallopian tube
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What 2 hormones are produced by the ovaries?
Estrogen and progesterone
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What are 2 functions of the fallopian tubes?
Transport oocytes and be a space for fertilization
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What are the 3 male sex organs?
Penis, scrotum, and testicles
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What is the passageway for both sperm and urine?
The urethra
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Where do sperm mature?
The epididymis
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What hormone is produced in the testes?
Testosterone
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What is the purpose of fluid secreted by the prostate gland?
Nourish and help transport sperm
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Stop! Go do a male reproductive system labeling exercise
Completed
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Stop! Go do a female reproductive system labeling exercise
Completed
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The luteal phase corresponds to what phase of the uterine cycle?
The secretory phase
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What is a fertilized egg called?
A zygote
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What is the function of the epididymis?
Transport, store, and mature sperm cells
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What gland is the size of a pea and weighs half a gram?
The pituitary gland
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How does the egg move towards the uterus?
Cillia moves it
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What is the difference between somatic and autosomal cells?
Somatic refers to a type of cell, autosomal refers to a type of chromosome
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What types of cells go through meiosis?
Reproductive cells
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What types of cells go through mitosis?
Practically all of them
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Are gametes haploid (1n) or diploid (2n)?
Haploid
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What hormone is responsible for uterine contractions during childbirth?
Oxytocin
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What do parathyroid hormones do?
Maintain balance of calcium in the bloodstream
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What does calcitonin do?
Decreases blood calcium levels
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How many cells are produced by mitosis, and are they identical to the parent cell?
2, and they are identical
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How many cells are produced by meiosis, and are they identical to the parent cell?
4, and they are not identical
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How many chromosomes are in a cell produced by mitosis?
46 each
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How many chromosomes are in a cell produced by meiosis?
23 each
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What does 1n or 2n mean, and how many chromosomes is that?
It refers to haploid or diploid. 1n is 23 and 2n is 46 chromosomes

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