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Biology final exam13

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What is the function of the circulatory system? To transport materials nutrients,oxygen,CO2
Liquid part of blood/55% of the blood? Plasma
What is the scientific name for red blood cells? Eurethrocytes
Lack of oxygen to the body cells is called? Anemia
Hand sized organ that stores red blood cells until their needed? Spleen
White blood cells? Luekocytes
Platelets are called? Thrombocytes/Help blood to clot
What are four different blood types? A,AB,B,O
What type of blood is the universal donor?? Type O blood
What type of blood is the universal recipent? AB
What factor is based on the absence or presence of RH?? RH factor
Protective sac around the heart? Pericardium
Outermost layer of the heart? Epicardium
Actual heart muscle? Myocardium
Lining of the heart chambers? Endocardium
How many chambers does a human heart have? 4
How many atria does the heart have? 2
How many ventricles are in the heart? 2
Thick wall that divides the ventricles? Septum
What are the valves that close off the atria and the ventricles?? 2 Atrioventricular (AV)
Valves that close pulmonary and aortic? 2 Semilunar (halfmoon) valves
Another name for veins?? Vena Cava
What Vena Cava are in the upper body? Supperior
What Vena Cava Are for the lower body? Inferrior
Blood FROM lungs travels through these?? Pulmonary veins
Blood flows Away from lungs through these?? Pulmonary arteries
Blood flows to body tissue from?? Aorta
Explain the path of blood?? 1.Body tissue 2.Right Atrium. 3. right ventricle. 4.Lungs. 5.Left atrium 6.Left ventricle 7.Aorta 8.Body tissue
Contraction of the heart? Systole
Heart relaxes and fills with blood? Diastole
What is normal blood pressure? 120/80
What is high blood pressure? Hypertension 140/90
What are the symptoms of a heart attack? Chest pain,sweat,weakness,nausa
What are small arteries? Arterioles
Small veins are called?? Venules
Pulmonary circulation is to the? Lungs
Systemic circulations is to the? Body tissue
Coronary is to the ? Heart
Renal is to the ? Kidneys
Partal is to the? Digestive system and liver
What is the function of the lympahtic system? To protect against disease/Transport excess fluid from body tissue
What is the excess fluid that surrounds cells? Lymph
Mass of tissue along lymph vessels is called? Lymph nodes
What are the function of lymph nodes? To filter foreign matter from lymph/Serve as base for luekocytes
Large cells that ingest foriegn substances? Macrophage
A reaction by the body that injests foreign substances is called?? Immunity
Y-shaped cells that nutralize a pathogen and mark it for destruction? Antibodies
Cells that stay in the body to be divided when needed are called?? Memory t cells
Immunity by encounter with a pathogen? Acquired Immunity
Immunity by your body producing atibodies and memory cells? Active Immunity
Immunity by recieving someone elses memory t cells? Passive Immunity
Stimulates body to develop immunity? Vaccine
Blood extracts that contain antibodies against a specific pathogen Serum
The body reacting to a harmless foreign substance Allergy
Releases when contact with an allergen is made;causes reaction Histamine
Drug that prevents the realease of histamine Antihistamine
2 brown shaped organs in the back/ Filter waste through blood Kidneys
Sphereical container that captures water and dissolved material? Baumans Capsule
Waste removed by kidney? Urine
Bladder where urine is stored? Urniary bladder
Where urine exits the body? Urethra
Filtration of blood with acallophane membrane? Dialysis
The nerveous system containing the brain/spinal cord? Central nerveous system
3 layer protective layer that covers the brain and spinal cord? Meninges
Clear fluid that circulates throguh meninges and cushions brain? Cerebrospinal fluid
nerve cells are called? Nuerons
Branched extensions of a cell body;recieve impulses and direct them Toward the cell body? Dendrites
Long extension;carrys impulses AWAY from the cell? Axon
White fatty covering of axons? Myelin sheath
Cell bodies without myelin? gray matter
myelin covered axons? White matter
Junction between axon of one nureon and dendrite of another nueron? Synapse
Nuerons that that transmit form sense organs to CNS? Sensory nuerons
Transmit between nuerons? Internuerons
Transmit CNS to other body parts? Motor neurons
Quick atuomatic response? /Decision is made by spinal cord not brain. Reflex
Cerebrum controls? Memory voluntary actions,thinking.
Brain has how many hemispheres? 2
Line that seperates left hemisphere from right hemisphere? Longitudinal fissure
Cerebellum controls? Balance ,coordination/ more conveluted than the cerebrum
What does the medula oblongata control? Breathing heartbeat,blood pressure,swallowing/lowest part of the brain
Senses pain temp,touch,presure in the skin? Cutaneous recepters
sense bitter,sour,salty,umami,in the tongue? Taste buds
After a short period where smell sensors become insensitive is called? Accomodation
eardrum is called? Tympanic membrane
Three bones in the inner ear? Maleus,Incus,Stapes
Small snail shaped structure that senses vibrationsand generates nerve impulses? Cochlea
white of the eye is called?? The sclera. it maintains the eyes shape.
transparent front portion of the sclera? Cornea
the middle eye is called? Choroid
The colored part of the eye is the? Iris
Where light enters the eye? Pupil
Cells that allow us to see in color? Cone cells
Cells that are sensitive to dim light in the eyes? Rod cells
Part of retina where vision is clearest? Fovea
Focuses sight? Lense
Curvature changes in the eye? Accomodation
Glands that produce tears? Lacrimal glands
Nearsightedness? Myopia
Farsightedness? Hyperopia
farsightedness from old age? Presbyopia
Incorrectly curved cornia;blurs vision? Astigmatism
Clouded lenses? Cataracts
Excessive pressure on the retina is called? Glaucoma
What body system deposits hormones into the blood stream? The endocrine system
Chemical messengers produced by the endocrine glands and transported in the bloodstream to other parts of the body? Hormones
Master gland? Pituitary gland
Hormone in the master gland that regulates growth? Somotropin
Organ that produces thyroxin? Thyroid
What is thyroxin? Controls body's metabolism and development.
Clumps of glands in pancreas? Islets of Langerhans
What stimulates the conversion of glucose onto glycogen and lowers blood sugar? Insulin
What raises blood sugar? Glucogen
Disorder that causes low blood sugar? Hypoglycemia
Disorder that causes low insulin;high blood sugar? Diabitis mellitus
Glands located on the top of the kidneys? Adrenal glands
Hormone produced by the adrenal glands? Adrenaline/epinephrine
Gland located between cerebral hemispheres in brain that regulate sleeping and waking? Pineal gland
Hormone that induces sleep? Meletonin
Reproductive glands? Gonads
Testostarone? Male
Estrogen? Female
Created by: Kyle Witt
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