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| If Lymph is not pumped, how is it moved in the body? |
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| It is moved by muscle movement and valves keep it flowing in one direction. |
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| A special system which fights invading microorganisms in the body |
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| The organs of the lymphatic system are part of what system in the body? |
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| What side of the heart receives the blood from the lungs and pumps it to the body's cells? |
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| What do you call the blood that comes from the lungs? |
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| Oxygenated blood since it has picked up oxygen from the lungs |
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| How does the heart get oxygen? |
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| Some of the oxygenated blood flows into small arteries which takes oxygen to the heart muscle itself. |
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| This system is the common bond that links the cells of your body together. |
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| Blood travels through these to reach every cell of the body. |
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| Blood vessels connect all the body together allowing a blood cell to reach all areas of the body. |
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| Where can a single blood cell travel in the body? |
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| Anywhere in the body through the circulation system that connects the body together. |
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| Are blood cells in a fixed place? |
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| No, Blood cells are in constant movement through the body. On one trip they may go to the toe, the next trip around the ear, etc. |
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| What is the main job of the respiratory system? |
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| to exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide from the cardiovascular system |
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| Besides the main job, what are other functions of the respiratory system? |
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| Talking, coughing, sneezing, and filtering particles of dust, dirt, and pollen, etc. |
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| Fluid between the cells that helps keep the cells clean and balanced with water. |
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| When does tissue fluid become lymph? |
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| When after cleaning the cells it is forced into lymph capillaries by muscle contraction and valves where its name is changed to lymph. |
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| What are the functions of the lymphatic system? |
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| The lymphatic system assists in circulating certain body fluids and in protecting your body from disease. |
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| Other than the lymphatic system, what parts of your body contribute to the immune system? |
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1. Skin(prevents microorganisms from entering body)
2. Mucous membranes (linings of your body passageways that open to the outside and trap invaders with sticky fluid called mucus
3. Hydrochloric acid from stomach destroys harmful bacteria from food
4. tears and perspiration contain the antibacterial enzyme called lysoszyme |
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| This system breaks down food so that it can be absorbed by the cardiovascular system and used for energy by the body. |
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| What is the purpose of the mouth in the digestive system? |
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| to chew the food, mix it with saliva, and send it down the esophagus |
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| What is the purpose of the esophagus in the digestive system? |
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| The esophagus is a long, muscular tube that leads from your mouth to your stomach. |
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| What it the purpose of the stomach in the digestive system? |
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| The stomach churns food and mixes it with digestive juices to change it into a thick creamy liquid. |
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| What is the purpose of the small intestine? |
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| The small intestine is where most of the digestion and absorption into the bloodstream happen |
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| What is the purpose of the liver in the digestion system? |
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| The liver is the largest organ in your body. Blood takes food through the liver for further processing before taking it to the body's cells |
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| What happens to food that can't be digested? |
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| Parts of food can't be digested. This becomes solid waste. The colon(large intestine)removes the water and any remaining nutrients and the other solid wastes are eliminated from the body..poop |
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| What happens to air when it enters the nasal cavity? |
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| It is warmed, moistened, and filtered (particles of dust and other things are trapped on the sticky mucus secreted by the muscus membrane of the nasal cavity) |
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| After air enters the nose, where does it travel? |
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Air travels through the pharynx(throat), and larynx(voice box) and into the trachea(windpipe)
Then branches into the right and left bronchi and into the lungs where the gas exchange between the air and the blood occurs in tiny air sacs of the lungs. |
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| What part of the respiratory system does the actual gas exchange occur between the air and the blood? |
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| In the tiny air sacs in the lungs. |
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| the breathing muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity |
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| How does the diaphragm work to make you breathe? |
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When it contracts, the chest cavity enlarges forcing fresh air into the lungs.
When the diaphragm relaxes, the air with the carbon dioxide is exhaled. |
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| By what process does the oxygen pass to the blood and carbon dioxide passes out of the blood into the air sacs of the lungs? |
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| If the cells of the body are constantly dumping wastes in the blood, what happens to that waste? |
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| The blood has to get rid of it through the excretion system |
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| What are the main structures of the excretion system? |
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| kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra; these form the urinary system. |
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| Other than the urinary system what else makes up the excretory system that cleans waste from the circulatory system? |
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| lungs, liver, kidneys, and sweat glands |
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