What is the respiratory system responsible for?
Taking in oxygen from the environment and releasing carbon dioxide
What are the structures of the respiratory system?
mouth, nose, nostrils, throat, larynx, thracea, bronchi, bronchiole, right lung, and left
lung
What does the nose do?
Let in oxygen and let out co2
What is the larnyx?
voice box
what is the trachea?
windpipe
What is is the bronchioles?
Extension of the bronchi
What are alveoli?
sacs at the end of each bronchoiles
What is. the function of the respiratory system?
-exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide.
- to maintain pH in the blood oxygen passes from the alveoli into the blood the air will
flow into your lungs
What disease affect the respiratory system?
Asthma, Bronchitis, Pneumonia
Allergies
(The passage way is narrow)
What is the Cardiovascular system made of?
the heart, blood vessel, and the blood
What are the four chamber?
Right Atrium, Left Atrium, Right Ventricle, and Left Ventricle
What is the Septum?
Separates the right and left chambers
What are the blood vessels?
Veins, Arteries, and capillaries
What are veins?
they take blood to the heart
the blood is deoxygenated
What are arteries?
they take blood away from the heart
the blood is oxygenated
What are capillaries?
they connect veins and arteries
What is the function of the Cardiovascular system?
, blood carries oxygen and nutrients to cells and carbon dioxide and waste away from the
cells.
Regulate B/P, Maintain body temp, Fight infection, Transport Hormones
What is the contraction of the heart?
Systole (lub) sound
What is the relaxation of the heart?
Diastole (dub) sound
What is the is the mitral valve closing?
when the heart contraction
When is the semilunar valve closing?
when diastole relax
What is the blood flow throught the heart?
Superior Venna Cava to the Inferior Venna Cava to the Right Atrium to the Tricuspid
Valve to the Right Ventricle to the Pulmonary Semilunar Valve to the Pulmonary Artery
to the Left Atrium to the Mitral Valve to the Left Ventricle to the Aortic Valve to the Aorta
What does the Digestive System consist of?
Mouth, Pharynx, Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestines, Large Intestines, Rectum
What organs are included in the Large intestine?
cecum and colon
What does the large intestine do?
absorb water and electrolytes
What is gastric acid?
kill bacteria and activate protein
What is Gastrin?
hormone produced in the stomach and stimulates acid
what is chloecystokininn (CCK)
produced in the small intestine, stimulates the release of enzymes from at pancreas and
bile from liver
What is Secretin?
produced in the small intestine, stimulates production of bicarbonate by the pancreas
what is Insulin?
Produced in the pancreas to help regulate blood sugar levels
What is glucogon?
produced in the pancreas to regulate glucose
what is Bile?
produced in the liver, stored in the gallbladder, breaks down fat in the small intestine>
What are the two parts of the nervous system?
Central Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous system
What is the Central Nervous System?
consist of the brain and spinal cord. This is where all communication and action occur
What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
Nerves that break off from the spinal cord and supply the body with nerves.
What does the peripheral nervous system do?
sends signals to targeted locations from the brain
What does a neuron consist of ?
cell body, dendrites, and organelles
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