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Circulatory System
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| Stuff | Stuff |
|---|---|
| Heart | An Organ that pumps blood to all parts of the body, main organ of circulatory system |
| Blood | Liquid tissue that moves nutrients, oxygen, waste hormones, to and from the body cells. |
| Plasma | the watery part of a blood cell. |
| Red Blood Cell | Carries oxygen to body cells. |
| White Blood Cell | Fights germs. |
| Platelet | Helps Stop bleeding. |
| Artery | Carries Blood away from the heart, thicker walls, carries blood at higher pressure |
| Vein | Carries blood back to the heart. |
| Liver | The Largest Gland in your body. Helps Filter waste out of the bloodstream and the small and large intestine. 2 - 4 lbs |
| chyme | yellowish/brown liquid that food is turned into when it leaves your stomach |
| Rectum | Disposes Of unused Food |
| Digestive System | Made up of the mouth, teeth, tongue, salivary glands, esophagus, stomach, liver, and the large and small intestine. |
| Esophagus | Has muscles that help move food down the throat. |
| Kidneys | Filter out waste |
| Vein | Carries blood words the heart |
| Diaphram | Makes the lungs contract & expand |
| digestion | process of breaking down foods to get the nutrients we need for our bodies to function, involves physical and chemical changes |
| tongue | part of digestive system, helps move the food around for the teeth to begin physical digestion |
| salivary glands | help digestion by adding chemicals called saliva to your food. begins chemical digestion |
| muscles | esophagus has that help move food down from your mouth to your stomach |
| stomach | has muscles that churn the food and also adds gastric juices that help break down the food |
| small intestine | digested food goes here, where digestion process is completed and nutrients are absorbed into the blood through capillaries |
| large intestine | gets what is now waste and removes the remaining water from it before disposal |
| jobs of liver | take poisons out of blood, clean away dead blood cells, store vitamens and sugar for future use, 500 total jobs. produces bile |
| bile | another digestive juice stored by gall bladder made by liver |
| circulatory system | bodys transportation system, carries nutrients and oxygen to all your cells while removing carbon dioxide and other wastes |
| vein | carries blood toward the heart, thinner walls, carries blood at lower pressure |
| capillaries | links to arteries and veins, smallest of the blood vessels |
| plasma | liquid part of the blood, 90% water |
| platelets | small cell fragments that clot blood |
| excretory system | made up of kidneys, bladder, live and skin, removes cellular waste from the blood |
| kidneys filter | your blood and send excess water salt and urea to your bladder for removal |
| respiratory system | responsible for breathing |
| main organ of respiratory system | lungs |
| lungs | expand to take in air and contract to force air out. we inhale and exhale |
| diaphragm | muscle that makes the lungs expand and contract |
| capillaries | carry blood into the lungs |
| alveoli's | blood takes oxygen from the lungs and gives carbon dioxide to the lungs, where the capillaries and these meet (tiny air sacks) |
| exhale | get rid of carbon dioxide |
| inhale | take in fresh oxygen |
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