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Units 5 thru 10 RMA review

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Blood is a type of what tissue?   Connective tissue  
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The cellular components of blood are:   Leukocytes, erythrocytes, and platelets.  
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The cellular components of blood are manufactured where?   Bone Marrow  
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What is the main function of erythrocytes?   To transport oxygen from the lungs to the tissues and to carry carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs for expiration.  
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What is the main function of leukocytes?   To protect the body from infection.  
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What is the main function of platelets?   Coagulation  
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What are the three major types of blood vessels?   Capillaries, Veins, and arteries.  
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What is the function of Capillaries?   Exchanges oxygen, nutrients, and carbon dioxide with the tissues.  
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What is the function of veins?   To carry blood back to the heart.  
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What is the function of arteries?   To carry oxygenated blood away from the heart.  
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Where is the heart located?   In the mediastinum 2/3 to the left and 1/3 to the right of sternum.  
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What divides the heart into it's four chambers?   septum  
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When blood leaves the right atrium to the right ventricle, what valve does it pass through?   Tricuspid valve.  
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When blood leaves the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery, what valve does it pass through?   Pulmonary semilunar valve.  
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When blood passes through the left atrium to the left ventricle, what valve does it pass through?   Bicuspid (Mitral) valve.  
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When blood passes from the left ventricle to the aorta, what valve does it pass through?   Aortic semilunar valve.  
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What are the three layers of the heart?   Epicardium, myocardium, endocardium.  
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What blood vessel provides oxygen and nutrients to the heart?   The coronary arteries.  
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What is considered the working part of the heart?   The myocardium.  
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What is the two layered sac with lubricated space covering the heart?   Pericardium.  
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What are the organs of the upper respiratory system?   Nose, pharynx, larynx, upper trachea  
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What are the organs of the lower respiratory system?   Lower trachea, bronchi, lungs  
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What in the upper respiratory system traps bacteria and foreign particles harmful to the body?   Nasal hairs and cilia.  
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What cells are "the sense of smell"   olfactory receptor cells.  
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What are hollow areas within a bone lined with mucous membrane?   Sinuses.  
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What is the function of sinuses?   To produce mucous, lighten the skull, and provide for different quality of sounds in speech.  
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What is the function of the epiglottis?   To direct food to the esophagus, and air past the larynx to the trachea.  
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After bronchi, what is the next lower branch in the respiratory system? After that?   Bronchioles. Then alveoli.  
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What surrounds the alveoli that absorbs oxygen and releases wastes?   Capillaries.  
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What is the serous membrane that keeps the lungs moist, aids in the mechanics of breathing, separates and covers the lungs?   Pleura  
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What are the three divisions of the pharynx?   Oropharynx, Nasoharynx, laryngopharynx.  
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What are the four paranasal sinuses?   Maxillary, frontal, sphenoidal, ethmoidal.  
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The larynx is commonly known as the voice box. What is commonly known as the vocal cords.   Glottis.  
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What is the wall of cartilage that divides the nasal cavity?   Septum.  
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What are the organs of the GI tract?   Oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines.  
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What are the accessory organs of the GI tract?   Liver, gallbladder, pancreas.  
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