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| the process whereby food is broken down into subunits that can pass through membranes and body cells. |
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| the process of getting rid of ammonia. |
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| What is the function of teeth? |
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| Teeth are responsible for the mechanical breakup of food. |
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| Provides a hard surface that assists the tongue in manipulating or mashing up food. |
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| soft to allow expansion, allowing more food to pass during swallowing. |
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| Rear of the Oral cativity |
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| Each human kidney contains about one million ________. |
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| the functional unit of the kidney |
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| ______ decreases urine volume. |
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| "salt bath" one of the highest concentration of salts. |
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| ______ requires the least amount of water of excrete. |
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| By the end of a regular day, ____L of water is lost in urine. |
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| What four (4) components are required for Gas Exchange? |
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1. A Concentration Gradient
2. A moist membrane
3. Adequate Surface Area
3. Internal Transport System |
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| The process of gas exchange is all organisms is called _______. |
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| If trapped without water under a building after an earthquake, should you drink your own urine? |
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Depends on how soon you drink the urine.
Light Yellow = Excess water can be reabsorbed.
Dark Yellow = The urine is concentrated. |
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| What does a cell divide as it grows? |
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| to maintain adequate gas exchange surface. |
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| These two systems both have a huge internal surface area. What are they? |
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1. Digestive
2. Respiratory |
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| To prevent back flow of blood, what is the strongest heart valve? |
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AV valve on the LEFT side of the heart.
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Left = bigger/stronger |
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| What happens during the P wave of an ECG? |
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| The ATRIA ARE CONTRACTING. |
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| What sound does a heart make while pumping blood? |
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| The _________ is responsible for almost all of the chemical breakdown and absorption of food into the blood stream. |
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| The ______ helps maintain blood sugar levels by storing and releasing glucose. |
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| What organ releases digestive enzymes? |
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| Before being released, feces are stored in the ______. |
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| What are nitrogenous wastes? |
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| Urea, Uric Acid, and Ammonia. |
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| A disease of the small intestine is _____. |
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| What occurs during the QRS wave of an ECG? |
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| What hormone is found in females and not in males? |
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| In humans, the second pair of gill pouches becomes the |
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| The ectoderm of an embryo becomes the |
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| The endoderm of an embyro becomes the |
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| During the formation of the eye, the optic cup grows out of the brain and becomes the |
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| The umbilical cord in humans is derived from which extra-embryonic membrane? |
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| What is the first stage of human development? |
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