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semester 1

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What are the functions of the skeletal system? give structure to the body
What organs are involved in the skeletal system? bones
What are the functions of the muscular system? movement of the body
What organs are involved with the muscular system? muscles
What are the functions of the integumentary system? protects and warm the body
What are the organs involved with the integumentary system? skin, hair, nails
What are the functions of the cardiovascular/circulatory system? pump blood and get oxygen to the cells
What organs are involved in the cardiovascular/circulatory system? heart
What are the functions of the respiratory/pulmonary system? bring oxygen into the body, rib of CO2 (gas exchange)
What organs are involved in the respiratory/pulmonary system? lungs
What do true ribs connect to? costal cartilage and spine
What do false ribs connect to? True ribs/coastal cartilage and spine
What are floating ribs connected to? spine
Examples of ball and socket joints hip, shoulder
Examples of hinge joints elbow, knee, fingers
Examples of pivot joints neck, radius and ulna
Examples of Ellipsoid joints wrist
If you bend the elbow, is it flexing or extending? Name the extensor muscle and the contracted muscle Flexing Bicep Triceps Bicep
Name layers of skin from outside to inside epidermis, dermis, hypodermis
What is the main function of skin? protect from bacteria
What is the main function of hair? regulate body temperature
What is the main function of nails? protect the tips of your fingers and toes
What type of cells are in the epidermis? keratinocytes, melanocytes, merkel cells
What type of cells are in the dermis? fibroblasts, mast cells, macrophages
What type of cells are in the hypodermis? fibroblasts, mast cells, macrophages, adipose
What is the eccrine gland? sweat gland, thin watery, no odor, secretes through pore, all over body
What is the apocrine gland? sweat gland, thick/fatty, odor, secretes through hair follicle, found in armpits, pubes, and groin
What does the sebaceous gland produce? sebum
What does sebum do? keeps hair and skin soft and water resistant
What type of blood do arteries carry? oxygenated blood
What type of blood do pulmonary arteries carry? deoxygenated blood
What type of blood do veins carry? deoxygenated blood
What type of blood do pulmonary veins carry? oxygenated blood
Where do pulmonary arteries carry blood to? Why? lungs, to be oxygenated
What cells are in blood? platelets, red blood cells, white blood cells
What takes blood away from the heart? arteries
What takes blood towards the heart? veins
What is blood mostly made of? water
What happens in the capillaries? material exchange
Air intake flow 1. mouth/nose 2. pharynx 3. larynx 4. trachea 5. bronchus 6. bronchioles 7. alveoli
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