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Name the structure that are part of the circulatory system

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Heart, veins, arteries, capillaries

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In which structure does blood move towards the heart?

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Pulmonary veins

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In which structure does blood move away from the heart

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Pulmonary arteries

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In which structure does gas exchange occur

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Capillaries

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Name the four chambers of the heart

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Right atrium, left atrium, right ventricles, left ventricles

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Which chambers always receive blood?

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Atrium

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Which chambers always pump blood out of the heart

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Ventricles

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Which chambers receive blood from the body

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Right Atrium

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Which chambers receive blood from the lungs

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Left Atrium

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Which chambers pumps oxygen rich blood to the body

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Left ventricle

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Which chambers pumps blood to the lungs

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Right ventricle

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Which side of the heart will contain blood low in oxygen

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Right side

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Why is blood pumped to the lungs

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Pick up oxygen and drop off waste

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Write the correct path in which blood travels through the heart starting when returns to the heart from the body

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What valve is located between the right atrium and the right ventricles

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Tricuspid Valve

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What valve is located between the left atrium and the left ventricles

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Bicuspid Valve

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This is known as the heart’s pacemaker

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Sinoatrial node

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What is the layer of the heart that is made up of branched cardiac muscle

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Myocardium

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These type of valves are found in the heart at the end of the vessels that lead out of the heart

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Semi lunar Valve

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The sac that surrounds the heart is called the

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Pericardial Sac

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What does diastolic and systolic pressure measure?

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Blood pressure
Systolic - Contracts

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List the layers of the heart starting from the inside

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Endo, Myo, pericardium

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Functions of the Mouth

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Digestion/Ingestion

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Functions of the stomach

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Digest

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Function of the small intestines
Digestion/Absorption
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Functions of the large intestines
Reabsorption
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Mouth macromolecules that begine to be digested
Cardohydrates
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Stomach macromolecules that begine to be digested
Proteins
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Small intestines macromolecules that begine to be digested
Lipids and Nucleic Acid
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Large intestine macromolecules that begine to be digested
None
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Mouth chemical and/or mechanical digestion
Mechanical and Chemical
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Stomach chemical and/or mechanical digestion
Chemical and mechanical
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Small intestines chemical and/or mechanical digestion
Chemical
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Large intestine chemical and/or mechanical digestion
None
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List the accessory organs of the digestive system. What is their primary function?
Pancreas and liver
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This structure connects the mouth with the stomach
Esophagus
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This is formed in the mouth to aid in swallowing
Bolus
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This structure keeps food from entering the trachea
Epiglottis
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Bile is made in the _____ and allows for the digestion of ________
Liver Lipids
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This type of motion helps push food through the digestive tract
Peristalsis
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Chief cells secrete this substance
Pepsinogen
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Parietal cells secrete this substance into the stomach
Hydrochoric Acid
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These structures are found in the small intestines and allow for absorption
Villi/Microvilli
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Absorption occurs here in the small intestines
Duodenum, Ileum, and Jejunum
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This is where the small intestines empties into the large inestines
Cecum
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The nutrient-rich broth released by the stomach
Accessory Chyme
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Carbohydrates are broken into _____ while proteins are broken into _____
Sugar Amino Acids
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List the structure that air flows from the atmosphere into the lungs (must be in the correct order)
Nose, pharynx, and larynx
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The respiratory system works closely with this system
Circulatory system
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Gas exchange occurs here in the lungs
Alveoli
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This type of vessels surrounds the structure in #3
Capillaries
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List the structures that warm and clean the air when entering the respiratory system
Celia, Mucous, and nasal concha
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Which part of the pharynx is located behind the nose
Nasopharynx
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Which part of the pharynx is located behind the mouth
Oropharynx
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Which lung has three lobes
Right lung
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This vessel takes blood from the lungs to the heart?
Pulmonary veins
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Blood going from the heart to the lungs will be _____ in oxygen
Low
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Structures and cells involved with the 1st line of defense
Skin, mucous membrane, celia, acid in the stomach External barrior
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Structures and cells involved with the 2nd line of defense
Macrophager, Macrocytes, and neutrophils Attacks bacteria and infections Inflammatory response
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Structures and cells involved with the 3rd line of defense
B and T cells Produces antibodies and memory cells
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These types of cells begin cell-mediated and humoral immunity
B Cells
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These types of cells kill cells directly and are part of the Adaptive Immune System
Killer T cells
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These types of cells engulf invading organisms
Phagocytes
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These molecules limit cell to cell spread of a pathogen
Antigen presenting cells
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These cells produce histamines
Basophils and mast cells
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B-Cells produce these substances that are specific to a particular pathogen
Antibodies
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These cells will allow for a quicker response to a second infection to a specific pathogen
Memory cells
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A fever can be induced bu this molecule
Pyrogen
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The migration of phagocytic cells and clotting factors causes
Inflammation
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When antibodies bind and block an antigen it is called
Neutralization
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The result is when the immune system, loses tolerance for self
Immune disease
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This foreign molecule will cause a response from a lymphocyte
Antigen
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These types of cells display specificity towards a pathogen
B-Cells and T-cells
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Lymphocytes can finish their development in either the ______ or the ______
Bone marrow Thymus gland
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Oxygen and glucose will enter the body's cells and carbon dioxide and other wastes will enter the circulatory system through these vessels
Capillaries
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Deoxygenated blood is found in these chambers of the heart
Right atrium and right ventricle
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This structure is referred to as the heart;s pacemaker
Sinoatrial node
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These valve is located between the left atrium an left ventricle
Bicuspid
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Oxygen combines with this molecule found in the hemoglobin molecule
Iron
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The pericardium is`
The sac that surrounds the heart
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The function of the valves are
To prevent blood from moving backwards through the heart
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