Unit 12 Review Flashcards
(26 cards)
What is the difference between monkeys and apes
Monkeys have a tail apes do not
What is knuckle walking
When you walk on your knuckles
What skeletal features contribute to bipedalism
The spine is attached to the bottom of the skull not the back
What are the 2 main organs in the CNS
Brain and spinal cord
What 2 types of nerves are found in the PNS
Nerves that send information out of the CNS and nerves that bring information to the CNS
Why can a reflex happen so quickly
Because reflexes happen without the use of the brain so the information dose not have to travel to the brain and back it is just a reflex
What are the 2 types of cells in the brain
Neurons and glia
What do neurons do
Send process and receive information
What is the connection between neurons called
Synapses
What are erythrocytes
Red blood cells
What are leukocytes
White blood cells
What is the cycle for red blood cells
It comes from the lungs into the left ventral, gets pumped through the body, goes through the right ventral and to the lungs
What are blood vessels that go away from the heart called
Arteries
What are blood vessels that go to the heart called
Veins
What dose blood go through when it is between arteries and veins
Tissue
What 2 types of immunity dose your immune system give you
Innate immunity and adaptive immunity
What are the 5 lymphoid organs
Tonsils, MALT, thymus, spleen, appendix
Which of the 2 types of immunity are memory B-cells and memory T-cells associated with
Adaptive immunity
List the parts of the digestive system that food travels through
Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, large intestines
What is bile
The liver makes bile and it helps to digest lipids
What muscle helps with breathing
The diagram
Where dose the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occur in the lungs
In the alveoli
What are nephrons
They are inside the kidneys and they help them work
In what 2 organs are the hormones for the human reproductive system made
Testes and ovaries
