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| What is an antagonistic muscle pair? |
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| Its is a pair of muscles where one muscle is the primary mover and moves directly while an antagonistic muscle is one that moves in the opposite direction |
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| How does the Sarcomiere work? |
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| The small fibers in the sacromere are called myosin and actin. The Myosin are tiny fibers that have a head branching off of them. The myosin attaches to the actin during cellular respiration. This contracts the muscle and makes it shorter. |
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| the lack of oxygen tha causes the accumulation of lactic acid in the muscles and liver. the amount of oxygen debt equals the amount of oxygen needed by the clls to convert the accumulated lactic acid into glucose |
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| The lungs are divided into 9 segments and each segment receives a separate branch of the bronchus. The bronchi subdivided into bronchial tubes to form bronchioles. At the end of the bronchioles are alveoli which are bubble like sacs that increase the surface area of the lungs |
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| What is the function of the lungs |
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| The lungs collect oxygen to oxygenate the blood in order to perform cellular respiration |
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| How do the lungs perform their job? |
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| The diaphragm pulls downward and air is pulled into the lungs. The oxygen is absorbed by the alveoi and is transported through the body in the blood. The deoxygenated blood returns to the lungs where cabon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen. The CO2 is released back into the air by breathing out. |
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| What is the pharynx/what does it do? |
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| Is a passageway for air from the nose to the larynx, it also keeps food from going into the lungs |
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| What is the trachea/what does it do? |
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| is the tube from the larynx to the lungs |
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| What is an epilglottis/what does it do? |
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| The muscle that closes the glottis to prevent food from going into the lungs |
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| a degenerateive condition in which the lungs overexpand and the walls of alveoli lose their elasticity and often rupture. Fluids fill the lungs |
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| an inflammation of the bronchi and bronchial tubes |
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| List the Digestive structures in order. |
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| Mouth, Pharynx, Esophagus, Stomach, small intestine, large intestine |
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| What is the function of the Mouth? |
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| Chews food, breaks down starch |
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| What is the function of the Pharynx? |
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| moves food and liquids to the esophagus |
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| What is the function of the Esophagus? |
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| moves food and liquid to the stomach |
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| What is the function of the stomach? |
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| churns food until its a semiliquid called chyme, moves chyme into the sm. intestine, breaks down proteins into fragments |
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| What is the function of the small intestine? |
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| mixes chume from stomach with juices from intestine nad pancreas wnad with bile from the liver; absorbs most of the food |
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| What is the function of the large intestine? |
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| Prepares waste material for egstion; absorbs water, minerals, and vitamins |
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| What are the accessory organs? |
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| Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas |
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| What is the function of the liver? |
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| engulfs the worn out blood, removes drugs and poisons from blood, converts excess glucose into fats, absorbs amino acids to manufacture proteins, stores the fat-solubnle vitamins, iron, and coper |
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| What is the function of the gallbladder? |
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| holds the bile and sends it into the small intestine |
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| What is the function of the Pancreas? |
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| holds digestive juices that have enzymes to break down carbohydrates, fats, and proteins |
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