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HUMAN BODY 2 REVIEW SHEET
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CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM:
1. What are the functions of the cardiovascular system?
TRANSPORTING CELLS THAT FIGHT DISEASE CAUSING
MICROORGANISMS, CARRYING WASTE PRODUCTS
AWAY FROM CELLS AND CARRYING NEEDED
MATERIALS TO THE CELLS.
2. What is the function of the atria? Ventricles?
ATRIA- RECEIVE BLOOD COMING TO THE HEART.
VENTRICLE-PUMP BLOOD OUT OF THE HEART.
3. Describe the path of blood as it returns to the heart from the
body. (begin with the right atrium).
RIGHT ATRIUM-RIGHT VENTRICLE- LUNGS-LEFT
ATRIUM-LEFT VENTRICEL-BODY.
4. What are the components of blood?
PLASMA, RED BLOOD CELLS, WHITE BLOOD CELLS,
PLATELETS.
5. In which vessels are materials exchanged between the blood and
the body cells? CAPPILARIES
6. What process are platelets involved in?
BLOOD CLOTING
7. How are blood types determined?
MARKER MOLECULES ON RED BLOOD CELLS
8. What is the blood type of a person with anti-A clumping
proteins? A person with anti-B clumping proteins?
ANTI –A TYPE B
ANTI-B TYPE A
9. What eventually happens to fluid that leaks from capillaries?
RETURNS TO BLOOD THROUGH THE LYMPHATIC
SYSTEM
10. What is the function of lymph nodes?
TO CATCH DISEASE CAUSING MICROORGANISMS
11. What is your pulse rate?
HEART BEATS PER MINUTE.
12. How many loops in the human circulatory system?
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Respiratory system and respiration:
1. What substances are produced during respiration?
CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER.
2. Where in the respiratory system does gas exchange occur? What
gasses are exchanged? ALVEOLI, OXYGEN AND CARBON
DIOXIDE
3. What is the dome shaped muscle involved in breathing called?
DIAPHRAGM.
4. What is each alveolus surrounded by?
CAPPILARIES
Excretory system:
1. What is the function of the excretory system?
TO COLLECT AND REMOVE WASTES FROM THE BODY.
2. Describe the roles of the kidneys, skin, lungs, liver and bladder
in excretion. KIDNEYS- PRODUCE URINE
SKIN- ELIMINATES CHEMICAL WASTES IN
PERSPIRATION
LUNGS- ELIMINATE CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER
LIVER- PRODUCES UREA FROM PROTEINS
BLADDER- STORES URINE TILL IT LEAVES THE BODY.
3. What are nephrons?
FILTERING STRUCTURES IN THE KIDNEY’S
Nervous system:
1. Describe the parts and the functions of those parts, in a neuron.
DENDRITES- CARRY IMPULSES TOWARDS THE CELL
BODY.
AXONS- CARRY IMPULSES AWAY FROM THE CELL
BODY.
CELL BODY- CONTAINS THE NUCLEUS.
2. Describe the function of sensory neurons, motor neurons and
interneurons. SENSORY- PICKS UP STIMULI
MOTOR- SENDS IMPULSE TO A MUSCLE OR GLAND
INTER- CONNECTS NEURONS.
3. What makes up the central nervous system?
BRAIN AND SPINAL CHORD.
4. What is a synapse? THE GAP BETWEEN 2 NEURONS.
5. What is a reflex? AN AUTOMATIC RESPONSE THAT
OCCURS RAPIDLY WITHOUT CONSCIOUS CONTROL.
Endocrine system:
1. What are the chemical products of the endocrine system called?
HORMONES
2. Describe negative feedback in the endocrine system.
A PROCESS WHERE A SYSTEM IS SHUT OFF BY THE
CONDITION IT PRODUCES.
3. What are the roles of the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland
in the endocrine system? HYPOTHALAMUS- LINKS THE
NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS.
PITUITARY- GLAND THAT CONTROLS MANY BODY
ACTIVITIES. (COMMUNICATES WITH THE
HYPOTHALAMUS).
Senses:
1. What is the name of the opening through which light enters the
eye? PUPIL.
2. What are nearsightedness and farsightedness caused by?
A DEFECT IN THE SHAPE OF THE EYEBALL.
3. What produces sound?
VIBRATING MATERIAL.
4. What is detected by the senses of smell and taste?
CHEMICALS.
5. Why is pain important?
ALERTS THE BODY TO DANGER.
6. The image produced by the eye is UPSIDE DOWN.
7. Describe the roles of cones and rods. CONES- SEE COLRS IN
BRIGHT LIGHT. RODS- SEE BLACK WHITE AND GREY IN
DIM LIGHT.
8. Where are the structures that help you to maintain balance
located? INNER EAR.