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KLS Human Body

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Heart   organ that supplies blood and oxygen to all parts of the body by pumping blood through a series of blood vessels  
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arteries   carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the body  
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veins   carry unoxygenated blood to the heart  
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capillaries   small blood vessels where the transfer of oxygen and nutrients from the blood to body tissues occurs; where blood goes from the arteries to the veins  
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path blood travels through body   heart to arteries to capillaries to veins to heart to lungs to heart to arteries  
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blood's function   transport nutrients and oxygen to the body and transport wastes to remove from body  
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What is heart made of?   made of muscular walls  
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heart beat   the beat of the heart is produced by its pace maker which makes all of the heart muscles contract and relax in unison  
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ventricular fibrillation   caused when a heart muscle beats out of unison interrupting the beat of the heart and making the hearts beat totally ineffective  
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heart attack   condition where one of the arteries supplying the heart muscle with blood becomes blocked  
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heart disease   disease where a lot of cholestorol in the blood causes clogging of the arteries and reduces blood flow  
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why does heart beat increase   increased activity or stress requires an increase in oxygen which in turn causes the heart beat to increase; remember, cells requiring more oxygen send message to brain which causes an increase in heart beat  
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why do doctors shock heart   to stop the heart so that its pace maker can retake over the beat and return the beat to normal  
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lung's function   absorb oxygen and transfer it to the blood and remove carbon dioxide from the blood  
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how do we breath   the diaphragm contracts and relaxes which causes air to enter into and out of the lungs  
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alveoli   small air sacs in the lungs where oxygen is put into the blood and carbon dioxide is taken out of the blood  
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how does oxygen get to all parts of body   blood  
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kidneys' function   kidneys form urine by forcing blood through filters where excess fluid and small molecules are removed from the blood; the kidneys also make some hormones for the body  
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why are people thirsty   the thirst center in your brain causes you to be thirsty when your fluid level runs low  
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signs of dehydration   getting very thirsty; feeling weak, light-headed and dizzy; your urine becomes very yellow  
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treatment for dehydration   drinking water  
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bladder   stores urine until you need to urinate  
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how does virus enter cell   fools the cell by making it think it is a messenger (protein that works as a messenger)  
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what does virus turn cell into   virus cloning factory that makes copies of viruses  
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body's first line of defense   killer cells that spray poison killing cells but it also destroys healthy cells  
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stem cell   cells that can create cells and replace damaged cells such as when a bone breaks stem cells replace the damged cells in the bone  
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what bones are made of   collagen (a protein) and calcium phosphate  
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how do bones stay strong   osteoclasts break down and remove old and damaged bones; then osteoblasts lay down new bone  
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endorphin   natural pain killer that blocks pain in the body to give person chance to escape danger  
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how do wounds form clot   platelets form a spherical shape and lock together forming a wall, the wound then forms a net of fibrin that contracts and squeezes out fluids and enventually pulls sides of wound together  
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why does a wound swell   fluids build up where there is damage in the body causing swelling  
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liver   body's largest gland; detoxifies blood and creates bile which is used to break down fats  
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stomach   j-shaped pouch responsible for storing and digesting food; when food enters stomach, walls of stomach churn food with powerful acids that kill bacteria and break down proteins; release food into small intestine  
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small intestine   thousands of folds and millions of fingerlike projections called villi increase surface area of small intestine absorbs 90% of water and nutrients body will absorb from digested food  
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large intestine   absorbs last bits of nutrients and water from indigestible foods; compacts(squeezes) and stores remaining matter and eliminates it from body as feces  
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pancreas   long organ positioned behind stomach produces insulin and and enzymes that aid digestion  
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insulin   helps regulate amount of sugar in blood  
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gall bladder   hangs from liver; collects, stores and concentrates bile from liver  
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rectum   feces are stored here briefly before removal; at end of large intestine  
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