Intro to Physiology | Nervous and Endocrine Systems | Circulatory and Respiratory Systems | Digestive System and Excretory System | Immune system |
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What is an organ?
A group of tissues performing a specific function.
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What are the structures that make up the central nervous system?
The brain and spinal cord.
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What are the four components of blood?
Plasma, RBCs, WBCs, and Platelets
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What is the stomach?
J shaped muscular bag involved in both mechanical and chemical digestion.
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What is a pathogen?
Any agent that causes disease
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What is the brain?
Organ found in the cranial cavity.
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What are hormones?
Substances secreted by cells that act to regulate the activity of other cells
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What is the functions of blood?
Transport nutrients and oxygen
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What is the liver?
Organ that stores glucose, makes proteins, secretes bile, and breaks down toxic substances.
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What is HIV?
Infects T-cells of the immune system.
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What is homeostasis?
The steady-state physiological condition of the body
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What is an action potential?
Electrical signal that transmits information away from the nerve cell body.
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What is the right atria and right ventricle?
Heart chambers that transport deoxygentated blood.
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What is peristalsis?
The series of rhythmic muscular contractions and relaxations.
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What are first line defense barriers of immune system?
Skin, mucus and sweat
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What is muscular, nervous, epithelial, and connective?
4 main types of tissue
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What is an endocrine gland?
Ductless organ that secrete hormones either into the bloodstream or the fluid around cells.
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What is internal function of the respiratory system?
Exchange of gases between the blood and the cells
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What are the organs of the excretory system?
The lungs, kidneys, and the skin.
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What is an antigen?
Any substance that the immune system can recognize and react with.
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What is a negative feedback loop?
A secondary substance decreases production of the first substance
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What is the somatic nervous system?
Voluntary control of the skeletal muscles is performed by this division of the nervous system.
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What is type O blood?
Can give blood to any blood type
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What is diabetes mellitus?
If glucose levels are found to be high in urine, then the person could have...
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What is phagocytosis?
The process by which a WBC engulfs a bacteria.
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