Circulatory/digestive/excretory Flashcards

(37 cards)

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What does inferior vena cava do

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Bring blood from lower body (from kidneys)into right ventricle low in O2

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What does the Superior vena cava do in circulatory sys?

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Brings in blood from head to right atrium (low in O2)

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What does Right ventricle do?

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pumps blood to lungs to pick up O2 via the pulmonary artery

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What does left atrium do

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Receives oxygenated blood from lungs via pulmonary vein

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What does left ventricle do

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Pumps oxygenated blood to the body via the aortic arch

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5
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How many chambers in the heart

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4

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True or false

Ventricles are larger than atriums?

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True- left ventricle is the most muscular and the biggest

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Function of teeth

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Chew and grind food

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Function of Lips

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Close mouth and aids in speech

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Function of Tongue

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Push food to back of mouth

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Function of salivary glands

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Moisten and break down food- enzyme amylase breaks down starch in mouth

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Function of epiglottis

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Keeps food out of trachea

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Function of peristalsis

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Muscular contractions that move food down esophagus to stomach

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Function of cardiac sphincter

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Gate that keeps acids and food in stomach

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Function of stomach

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Breaks down protein

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What protects stomach wall from acids

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Function of HCl (hydrochloric acid)

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Kills bacteria in food and helps break it down in stomach

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Purpose of pepsin

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Enzyme that breaks down protein in stomach

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Function of Pyloric sphincter

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Circular muscle that lets food go into small intestine

keeps food on stomach

19
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What are ulcers

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Holes in stomach lining

20
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Purpose of circulatory system

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To pump oxygenated blood to your body

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Purpose of excretory system

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Cleans blood - makes waste(urine) &

Regulates body water

22
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Function of pancreas

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Help digest food by secreting sodium bicarbonate to small intestine

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Function of liver in digestion

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Produces bile & changes protein ammonia to urca for digestion

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Function of gall bladder
Store and secrete bile
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Function of small intestine
Absorbs nutrients
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Function of large intestine
Absorb water and salt
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Function of rectum
Storage for feces
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Function of kidneys
Filter blood
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Excretory system - where does blood enter
Aorta artery brings bold in from heart
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Exc sys- name part/ vein that sends clean blood to heart
Vena cava vein
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What part cleans blood in kidneys
Nephrons
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Name the tubes from kidney to bladder
Ureters
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Name tube that goes from bladder to outside carrying urine
Urethra
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What is the waste kidneys produce
Urine
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Specialized white blood cells that engulf invading pathogens - fungi, bacteria, viruses, protists
Macrophage
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Which system does the respiratory work with to deliver O2
Circulatory