human body systems pt 2

Question 1

endocrine system

Answer 1

regulates metabolism

Question 2

levels of organization in living things

Answer 2

cells, tissue, organ, organ system

Question 3

muscles

Answer 3

allow you to move

Question 4

homeostasis

Answer 4

maintains relatively constant internal conditions

Question 5

neurons are classified by

Answer 5

the direction they carry impulses

Question 6

neurotransmitters

Answer 6

transmit nerve impulses across synapses

Question 7

how do nerve impulses travel

Answer 7

axon - dendrite

Question 8

cerebrum

Answer 8

controls higher thought processes

Question 9

rods

Answer 9

see black and white

Question 10

cones

Answer 10

see color

Question 11

stimulants

Answer 11

drugs that increase heart rate, blood pressure, breathing

Question 12

depressants

Answer 12

drugs that slow the CNS

Question 13

axial skeleton

Answer 13

skull, vertebral column, rib cage

Question 14

bones

Answer 14

store minerals, move body parts, protect organs, made of cartilage

Question 15

osteoblast

Answer 15

cell type that builds bone

Question 16

types of joints

Answer 16

ball & socket, hinge, gliding

Question 17

tissue types

Answer 17

muscle, nervous, connective, epithelial

Question 18

cardiac

Answer 18

found in the heart

Question 19

actin & myosin

Answer 19

proteins involved in muscle contraction

Question 20

blood flow through heart

Answer 20

right atrium - right ventricle - pulmonary artery - left atrium - left ventricle - aorta

Question 21

types of striated muscle

Answer 21

skeletal and cardiac

Question 22

valves

Answer 22

found in veins

Question 23

arteries

Answer 23

thicker than veins

Question 24

capillaries

Answer 24

smallest vessels

Question 25

kidneys

Answer 25

regulates blood pressure & filters blood

Question 26

hypertension

Answer 26

condition when blood pressure is too high

Question 27

red blood cells

Answer 27

most numerous, contain hemoglobin

Question 28

functions of lymphatic system

Answer 28

protect from pathogens, maintain fluid levels, removing cellular waste

Question 29

pharynx

Answer 29

passageway for air and food

Question 30

esophagus

Answer 30

food tube

Question 31

stomach

Answer 31

mucus, pepsin, hydrochloric acid

Question 32

liver

Answer 32

produces bile

Question 33

gallbladder

Answer 33

stores bile

Question 34

amylase

Answer 34

enzyme in saliva that breaks down starches

Question 35

large intestine

Answer 35

primarily extracts water

Question 36

pancreas

Answer 36

produces insulin

Question 37

pituitary gland

Answer 37

master gland, regulates other glands

Question 38

gametes

Answer 38

sex cells

Question 39

seminiferous tubules

Answer 39

produces sperm

Question 40

fallopian tube

Answer 40

where fertilization occurs

Question 41

placenta

Answer 41

connects fetus to uterus