Organs Flashcards
(37 cards)
brain (2)
- encephalo
* thought and reasoning, message center
cerebrum
intellect and reasoning
cerebellum
balance and coordination
brainstem
control autonomic nervous system
pituitary gland (2)
- pituito
* master gland of endocrine system
spinal cord (2)
- myelo
* message highway
vertebra (6)
- protects spinal cord
- 7 cervical
- 12 thoracic
- 5 lumbar
- sacrum - triangular formation at base
- coccyx - tailbone
trachea (2)
- tracheo
* connects nasal cavities to lungs
esophagus (2)
- esophago
* connects mouth to stomach
epiglottis
flap that allows you to swallow w/o food going down trachea
thyroid gland (2)
- thyroido
* regulate metabolism
lungs (4)
- pneumo
- 3 right lobes
- 2 left lobes
- exchange gases
heart (2)
- cardio
* pump blood
diaphram
regulate breathing
liver (2)
- hepato
* filter toxins in body
gall bladder
produces and stores bile
stomach (2)
- gastro
* break down food into chyme
spleen (2)
- spleeno
* rejuvenate red blood cells
pancreas (2)
- pancreto
* regulate blood sugar
small intestines (2)
- entero
* food enters body and is digested
colon (large intestines) (2)
- colo
* gets rid of waste and recirculates fluid
appendix (2)
- appendo
* no function
kidneys (2)
- nephro/rheno
* filter liquid waste
adrenal glands (2)
- adreno
* produce adrenaline