| Term | Definition |
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Tissue |
a group of cells working together to perform a function; example: Blood |
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solid |
red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets make up this part of the blood |
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platelet |
cell fragment that is involved in the blood clotting process |
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red blood cell |
carries oxygen; are red because they contain the pigment hemoglobin; do not have a nucleus |
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hemoglobin |
pigment in red blood cells that binds to oxygen increasing the surface area of blood by nearly 60 times |
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white blood cell |
protects our body against invading pathogens; contain a nucleus |
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AIDS |
blood has few white blood cells present |
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AIDS |
person has admitted to injecting drugs for the past six years, has pneumonia and skin cancer |
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sickle cell anemia |
red blood cells are shaped like crescent moons |
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sickle cell anemia |
african americans have it most often, always tired, has shortness of breath |
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leukemia |
few red blood cells, many white blood cells |
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leukemia |
has fever, sore throat, and frequent nose bleeds |
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Polycethemia |
very many red blood cells |
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Polycethemia |
has frequent headaches and nose bleeds, high blood pressure, very red complexion |
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thrombocytopenia purpurea |
very few platelets |
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thrombocytopenia purpurea |
has sudden appearance of purple marks under skin, bruises easily, does not clot after being cut |
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19:1 |
ratio of red to white blood cells in normal blood |
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phagocytes |
type of white blood cell that eats, or engulf and destroys, pathogens |
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lymphocytes |
type of white blood cell that produce antibodies that help destroy pathogens |
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plasma |
the liquid part of the blood |
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heart attack |
when your heart stops working and blood is not pumped. you can die shortly because you can not survive without the substances (oxygen mostly) that your blood carries. |
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4 |
How many chambers are there in the human heart? |
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2 |
How many chambers are there in a fish's heart? |
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poor |
is blood that returns to a fish's heart from the body oxygen rich or poor? |
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gills |
before blood is pumped back to the body cells of the fish it first goes through the heart and then to the... |
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oxygen |
what does blood get at the gills of a fish? |
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yes |
does oxygenated and de-oxygenated blood mix in a fish's heart? |
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3 |
how many chambers are there in an amphibian's heart? |
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poor |
is blood that returns to an amphibian's heart from the body oxygen rich or poor? |
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atrium |
when blood returns to the heart from the body, which does it pass through first, a ventricle or an atrium? |
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oxygen |
what does blood get at the lungs? |
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yes |
does oxygenated blood mix with deoxygenated blood in an amphibian's heart? |
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3 |
How many chambers are there in a reptile's heart? |
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poor |
is blood that returns to a reptile's heart from the body oxygen rich or poor? |
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yes |
does oxygenated blood mix with deoxygenated blood in a reptile's heart? |
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partial septum |
what structure partially separates the left and right ventricles in reptiles and makes it so that the heart can correctly be called an incomplete four chambered heart? |
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valve |
what structure is found between atriums and ventricles that makes sure blood flows in one direction? |
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4 |
How many chambers are there in a bird's heart? |
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deoxygenated |
contains oxygenated or deoxygenated blood: superior vena cava |
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deoxygenated |
contains oxygenated or deoxygenated blood: inferior vena cava |
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deoxygenated |
contains oxygenated or deoxygenated blood: right atrium |
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deoxygenated |
contains oxygenated or deoxygenated blood: right ventricle |
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deoxygenated |
contains oxygenated or deoxygenated blood: pulmonary arteries |
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oxygenated |
contains oxygenated or deoxygenated blood: pulmonary veins |
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oxygenated |
contains oxygenated or deoxygenated blood: left atrium |
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oxygenated |
contains oxygenated or deoxygenated blood: left ventricle |
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oxygenated |
contains oxygenated or deoxygenated blood: aorta |
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septum |
separates the left side of the heart from the right side of the heart |
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superior vena cava |
brings oxygen poor blood from the upper part of the body to the right atrium |
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inferior vena cava |
brings oxygen poor blood from the lower part of the body to the right atrium |
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right atrium |
recieves blood from the body cells |
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right ventricle |
pumps blood away from the heart to the lungs |
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pulmonary arteries |
bring oxygen poor blood to the right or left lung |
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pulmonary veins |
bring oxygen rich blood from each of the lungs to the left atrium |
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left atrium |
recieves blood from the lungs |
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left ventricle |
pumps blood away from the heart to the body |
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aorta |
sends oxygen rich blood from the left ventricle to the rest of the blody |
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bacteria |
which type of pathogen causes typhoid fever? |
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pathogen |
a disease causing agent |
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cancer |
a disorder in which some of the body's own cells lose the ability to control growth |
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first |
the body's ______ line of defense is to keep pathogens away from the body by using the skin, mucus, tears, sweat... |
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second |
the body's ______ line of defense is the inflammatory response |
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inflammatory response |
the body's reaction when a pathogen enters the body, millions of white blood cells are produced to fight the infection. The white blood cells get rid of the bacteria, and the tissue that is infected may become swollen and painful |
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third |
the body's ______ line of defense is to react with a series of specific defenses called the immune response that is triggered by an antigen |
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antigen |
a substance that triggers the immune response. it is located on the outside of a cell, and when it is unrecognized by the body, the cell is attacked. |
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antibody |
a protein that recognizes and binds to a specific antigen |
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vaccine |
an injection of a weakened form of a pathogen to produce immunity |
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HIV |
this virus can be spread through any form of sexual intercourse with an infected person or through contact with the blood or blood contact with an infected person |
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carbon dioxide |
gas produced as a result of burning fuels |
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aerobic |
carbon dioxide is produced when going through ____________ respiration |
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basic |
if a solution has a pH of 10, is it basic, acidic, or neutral? |
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acidic |
if a solution has a pH of 4, is it basic, acidic, or neutral? |
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neutal |
if a solution has a pH of 7, is it basic, acidic, or neutral? |
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acidic |
when carbon dioxide is dissolved in water, is the solution basic, acidic, or neutral? |
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base |
Phenolphthalein is a chemical that indicates the prescense of an acid, base, or a salt? |
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clear |
What color is phenolphthalein when added to an acid? |
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pinkish- purple |
What color is phenolphthalein when added to a base? |
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BTB |
We did not use phenolphthalein in the lab. instead, we used a mixture of this indicator of CO2 and water. What are the initials of this indicator? |
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yellow |
What color is BTB when it comes in contact with a super acidic solution/gas? |
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blue |
What color is BTB to begin with? |
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increase |
if your physical activity increases, then your rate of respiration will _______. |
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increase |
if your physical activity increases, then your amount of CO2 in your breath will _______. |
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Medulla |
what part of the brain controls the breathing rate, the cerebrum, medulla, cerebellum, or crainiumhypoteneuseelephantthingy? |
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Diffusion |
once oxygen is in your lungs, it moves from the air spaces in your lungs into the blood stream by this process. (high to low concentration) |
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red blood cells |
in what cells in your blood is oxygen found? |
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diffusion |
oxygen moves from the red blood cells to the body cells by this process. (high to low concentration) |
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mitochondria |
once oxygen enters the body cells, it combines with glucose (in the process of aerobic respiration) to form ATP. within which organelle does this chemical reaction known as aerobic respiration take place? |
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carbon dioxide |
what waste gas is produced from aerobic respiration? |
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diffusion |
carbon dioxide is made in body cells and then enters the blood by this process. (high to low concentration) |
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diffusion |
Once at the lungs, the carbon dioxide in the blood leaves the blood and enters the air spaces in the lungs by this process. (high to low concentrations) |
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nostril |
opening that lets air in and out of the body |
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pharynx |
passageway for air and food. space at the back of the throat where cilia hairs push mucas that has caught dust and other particles that are not wanted in the lungs and clump it all together to be spit/ caughed out or swollowed. |
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epiglottis |
flap that covers the trachea when you swollow to prevent food from going down "the wrong pipe" |
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larynx |
contain two highly elastic folds of tissue known as the vocal chords that produce sound. |
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trachea |
passageway for air to the lungs |
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lung |
organ where gas exchange occurs |
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pleura |
outer membrane protecting the lung. I(t attatches to the ribs and angers the lung. It is highly elastic. |
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bronchi |
branch out from the trachea to the lungs where they carry air |
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bronchiole |
branch out from the bronchi and carry oxygen to the alveoli |
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alveoli |
exchange oxygen and CO2 with capillaries and blood |
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diaphragm |
pulls out from lungs when sucking in air and pushes in on lungs when letting out CO2/ air. |