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lab1 set2
digestion, nutrition, heart and lungs, DNA
Term | Definition |
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mouth | mechanical and chemical digestion |
bolus | swallowable ball of food |
pharynx | where food and air holes meet |
esophagus | tube that moves food into stomach |
peristalsis | squeezing motions that move food towards stomach |
stomach | where most chemical digestion happens |
chyme | bolus mixed with digestive juices |
small intestine | where most nutrient absorption happens |
large intestine | where most water absorption happens |
rectum | waste storage |
anus | waste elimination |
liver | produces bile |
gallbladder | stores extra bile |
pancreas | sends buffers into small intestine so it doesn't get burned |
salivary glands | adds enzymes to start chem digestion in mouth |
carbs and protein | 4 cals per gram |
lipids | 9 cals per gram |
vitamins are: | water soluble or fat soluble |
over 100 grams | major minerals |
under 100 grams | trace minerals |
epiglottis | closes air hole while eating |
larynx | voice box |
lungs | filled with alveolar sacs |
alveolar sacs | bundles of alveoli |
diaphragm | flexes to cause exhalation and relaxes to cause inhalation |
arteries | carry blood away from heart |
veins | carry blood towards heart |
atria | upper chambers of heart |
ventricles | lower chambers of heart |
tricuspid valve | R side of heart |
bicuspid valve | L side of heart |
pulmonary loop | Circulates deoxygenated blood towards lungs and reoxygenated blood back to heart |
systemic loop | Circulates oxygenated blood around body and brings deoxygenated blood back to heart |
tidal volume | normal breath |
vital capacity | max amount of air in lungs |
residual volume | can't be exhaled completely or u risk lung collapse |
nucleotide | phosphate group, sugar, nitrogenous bases (ATCG) |
RNA | single strand, uracil |
DNA | double stranded, thymine |