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muscular and skeleton
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Biology
9th Grade
12/08/2009

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Adductor longus
Definition
moves thigh toward midling
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Biceps femoris
Definition
Bends leg at knee
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Deltoid
Definition
Moves arm up and down
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Extensor carpi group
Definition
straightens hand and wrist
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Extensor digitorum
Definition
straighten fingers and wrist
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Extensor digitorum longus
Definition
raises toes and foot
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Gastrocnemius
Definition
turns foot downward
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Gluteus maximus
Definition
extends thigh back
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How do the lungs use diffusion?
Definition
as gases move concentration gradienst goes from greater to lesser concentration.
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Kidneys
Definition
reddish brown bean shaped organs
produce urine which regulate according to the bodies needs
Most important organ to homeostasis
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Latissimus dorsi
Definition
brings arm down and back
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Masseter
Definition
chewing
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Orbicularis Oris
Definition
Kissing
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Orbicularis oculi
Definition
Blinking, Winking
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Pulmonary circuit
Definition
blood goes to the lungs and back to the heart
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Quadriceps femoris
Definition
straightens leg
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Rectus abdominis
Definition
bends abdomen
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Sartorius
Definition
rotates leg close to body
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Serratus anterior
Definition
pulls shoulder blade forward
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The epiglottis
Definition
a flap of tissue that prevents food from passing into the larynx.
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The esophagus
Definition
a muscular tube that passes from the pharynx through the throacic cavity and diaphragm into the abdominal cavity, where it joins the stomach.
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Tibialis anterior
Definition
turns foot upward
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Triceps brachii
Definition
straightens arm at elbow
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Ureters
Definition
Muscular taht extend from the kidneys tot he bladder. transport urine to bladder
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Urethra
Definition
a small tube extends from the urinary bladder is much longer in male (8 in) than in females.
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Urinary bladder
Definition
store Urine, has 3 openings 2 ureters and one Urethera
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What are the chordate tendineae?
Definition
The "heartstrings" that hold the atrioventricular valves in place while the heart contracts
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What is an epithelial tissue?
Definition
forms a continuous layer, or sheet, orver the entire body surfaces and most of the body's inner cavities.
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What is the Pseudostratified ciliated columnar tissue?
Definition
appears to be layered, while actually all cells touch the basement membrane.
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What is the job of the SA node
Definition
is the pacemaker of the heart initiates the heartbeat and sends a excitation impulse every 0.85 seconds, causing the atria to contact
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What is the skeletal muscle?
Definition
made up of many cells, usually called muscle fibers. Occurs in muscles attached to skeleton.
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biceps brachii
Definition
bends forearm
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external oblique
Definition
rotation of abdomen
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flexor carpi group
Definition
bends wrist and hand
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systemic circuit?
Definition
blood flows throughout the entire body exept the lungs
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the left side of the heart consist of what 2 parts?
Definition
The left atrium and left ventricle
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the right side of the heart is split into what 2 parts?
Definition
the right atrium and the right ventricle
Term
the trachea
Definition
commonly called the windpipe
is a connects the larynx to the primary bronchi
lies ventrecal to the esophagus
Term
trapezius
Definition
raises shoulders
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what is the pathway that the blood goes through the heart?
Definition
vena cavae, Rt. Atrium, Rt. AV valve, Rt, ventricle, Rt. Semilunar valve, Pulmanary artery, alveoli of lungs, Pulmanary veins, Lt. Semilunar valve, Lf. Atrium, Lf. AV Valve, Lt. Ventricale, Aorta
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