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Question | Answer |
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nephron | Filters that control the chemical composition of the blood and removes nitrogen-compound wastes, excess water, and salts and they return nessary substances to the body |
Micturition | expelling urin or peeing |
glomerulus | coil of capillaries |
capillaries | smalest branch of artery |
venules | tiny blood vessels united in capillary beds venules combind to make largest vein |
pericardium | membraneous sac with a fibrous layer out side and serous one inside which protes heart and anchers in place |
pulmanary | lung |
aortic reflex | slows the heart when the pressure is to high |
carotid sinus reflex | increase heart rate when pressure is to low in arteries serving the brain |
Chemoreceptors | increase heart beat if there is a lack of oxygen |
alveoli | small air sacs |
lymph nodes | strain and purify lymphs and remove infectious organisims and bacteria before the lymph returns to the blood |