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| Use positive and negative feedback |
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| Increases the amount of water reabsorbed by the kidneys back into the body (decreased urine output) |
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| What hormone helps to metabolize fat? |
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| What hormone helps to regulate the body's internal clock? |
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| The function of albumin is |
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| Include antibodies that help protect us from infection |
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| Number of red blood cells in a cubic millimeter of blood |
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| Number of white blood cells per cubic millimeter |
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| Number of platelets per cubic millimeter |
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| Unique Shape; contain hemoglobin to transport oxygen to cells and remove CO2 and transport to lungs |
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| Deficiency of red blood cells - intrinsic factor for lack of B-12 absorption |
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| Which white blood cells are phagocytes? |
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| Neutrophils and monocytes |
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| Stimulates liver to secrete Prothrombin to thicken the blood |
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| Blood clot that stays in one place |
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| Another name for a red blood cell? |
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| Another name for white blood cell? |
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| Another name for platelets |
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| Names of Granular Leukocytes |
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| Basophils, Eosinophils and Neutrophils |
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| Name the chambers of the heart |
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| Right and left Atrium (upper, smaller) Right and left Ventricle (lower, larger) |
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| What is the innermost layer of the heart? |
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| The Superior Vena Cava carries: |
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| Oxygen poor blood back to the right atrium |
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| When the left ventricle contracts, it pushes blood through a valve to: |
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| The Pulmonary Vein returns oxygen rich blood |
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| The tonsils located on each side of the throat |
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| To filter bacteria out of the blood |
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| Example of Artificial active immunity |
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| Tonsils that are located near the posterior opening of the nasal cavity: |
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| Example of Natural Passive Immunity |
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| Mother passes it on to the fetus |
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| An example of Natural Active Immunity |
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| Having the disease creates an immunity for future outbreaks |
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| An example of Artificial Passive Immunity |
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| Snake bite and antivenom. Hepatitus exposure and gamaglobulin shot |
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| Cause formation of antibodies |
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| The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide |
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| The amount of air breathed in and out in a normal breath |
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| Food undergo what processes? |
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| Digestion, absorption and metabolism |
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| The main organ of the digestive system |
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| The function of the soft palate |
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| To prevent food and liquids from enter the nasal cavity above the mouth |
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| What is the medical name for the molars |
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| Most of chemical digestion occurs |
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| gets its name because it looks like a worm |
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| Drains bile from the gall bladder |
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| Proper nutrition requires the balance of what 3 types of food? |
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| Carbohydrates, Fats & proteins |
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| What are the two types of Metabolism |
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| What is metabolic alkalosis? |
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| Excessive vomiting resulting in a massive loss in HCI |
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| What is the Ductus Defrens |
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| The tube that leaves the scrotum sac and enters the abdominal cavity |
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| Tightly coiled tube that lies along the top and to the side of the testes |
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| The tube that carries sperm and semen and is also part of the urinary system |
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| Essential sex organ of the female |
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| Fringed ends of the funnel shaped tube of the ova ducts at the ends of the fallopian tubes |
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| Name of the narrow lower portion of the uterus |
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| Name of the bulging top of the uterus |
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| Name of the muscular layer of the uterus |
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| Name of the structure that anchors the developing fetus and acts like a bridge between mother and baby |
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| Fluid that can carry cancer cells that can be trapped in the lymph nodes and bacteria and spread cancer |
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| Largest lymph vessel in the body |
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| The pulse can only be felt |
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| Blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart |
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| Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart |
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| Sinoatrial Gland is known as |
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| Which side of the heart deals with oxygen poor blood |
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| Receiving chambers of the heart |
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| What is the name of the white blood cell that directly attacks microbes? |
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| Definition of Polycythemia |
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| Making of too many red blood cells |
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| The blood cells with the longest circulating life |
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| Non-Granular white blood cells |
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| Digested food, metabolic waste products and proteins |
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| Another name for the Pineal Gland |
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| Name of hormone produced by interstitial cells and is the masculinizing hormone |
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| Location of the Thyroid Gland |
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| Released by the posterior pituitary gland to stimulate uterine contractions creating positive feedback |
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| Increase in the pressure inside the eyeball |
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| Midpiece of the sperm contain |
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| The tough white membrane surrounding the testes in the scrotum |
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| Allow them to stay 3 degrees cooler |
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| Name of an acid that does not break down to form a gas |
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| Solution with a pH of 7.0 |
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| Is neutral and has an equal number of hydrogen and hydroxide ions |
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| The process that breaks down food molecules into smaller molecules to release energy |
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| The process which builds food up into more complex molecules |
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| essential vitamins and minerals |
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| The name of the tube that drains bile from the liver |
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| Chemically digest fat; emulsify fat and remove cholesterol from the body |
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| Name the 3 sections of the small intestine |
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| Duodenum, Jejunum and Ileum |
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| Where is the Fundas of the stomach located? |
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| To the left and above the opening of the esophagus into the stomach |
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| Dentin is found in what part of the tooth? |
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| Enamel is found in what part of the tooth? |
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| Where the exchange of gas and oxygen takes place in the respiratory system |
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| What happens during expiration |
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Diaphragm relaxes moves up into thoracic cavity
chest cavity is reduced in volume
pressure is increased in thoracic cavity |
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| What happens during inspiration |
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| Definition of External Respiration |
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| Exchange of oxygen and co2 between alveoli and blood in the lungs |
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| Function of the Epiglottis |
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| Keeps food from entering the trachea |
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| Name of condition in which the lens of the eye becomes cloudy |
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