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In a heart attack, the coronary arteries get clogged, blocking off the O2 supply for the heart’s cells, which causes them to die off, causing potentially fatal damage to the heart.
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•An implanted device which maintains a correct heart beat in an individual.
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•Medium by which the nutrient molecules processed by digestion and the oxygen molecules taken in by way of the lungs are delivered to the individual cells.
•Blood carries a number of other important substances, such as hormones, enzymes, antibodies and waste materials.
•Regulates body temperature
•Regulates pH
•Fluid levels
•Destroys micro-organisms
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•Blood plasma which is 90% water
•Red blood cells
•White blood cells
•Platelets
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•Pulmonary circuit or loop transports deoxygenated blood from the heart to lungs.
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Systemic circuit or loop brings oxygenated blood from heart to the entire body.
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Blood flow in an artery in the brain is blocked or partially blocked, resulting in brain damage |
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Two Processes of Respiration |
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Cellular respiration and External respiration (breathing)
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•Large surface area for gaseous exchange
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•A very short distance between the air and the blood
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•Concentration difference for oxygen and carbon dioxide between air and blood.
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They trap and dispose of dust particles to keep them from getting into the lungs and moisten/warms the air |
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Dome shape muscle at the bottom of the ribcage that moves up and down to inflate the lungs
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Inflates (inhale) by contracting and moving down to increase chest volume
Deflates (exhale) by relaxing and moving up to decrease chest volume
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What do the Liver, Gall Bladder, and Pancreas do?
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Liver: The first place the nutrient from the food go; filters out harmful substances, produces bile to help with digestion
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Gall Bladder: Stores excess bile
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Pancreas: Makes enzymes to help the body digest carbohydrates and proteins |
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FROG AND HUMAN DIGESTION SYSTEM |
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•FOR FROG: Solid wastes from the large intestine pass into the cloaca. Both liquid and solid waste material leave the body by way of the cloaca and the cloacal vent. Plus egg and sperm also exit thru the cloacal vent.
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