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What structure in the oral cavity directs material downward to the pharynx

Uvula

What organ manipulates what is ingested and provide the sense of taste

Tongue

What are all the components of saliva

Mainly water


Amylase


Lingual lipase


Mucus


Lysozymes


Antibodies

What structure is part of the respiratory and digestive system

Pharynx

What sphincter controls the opening from the esophagus to the stomach

Cardiac sphincter

Know what feature inside the stomach allows for more surface area

Gastric Rugae

Function of hydrochloric acid

Convert pepsinogen to pepsin


Activates lingual lipase


Converts iron in the duct to be absorbed

What is the function of the intrinsic factor

Allows vitamin B12 to be absorbed in the small intestine

Know what function of the mucus is in the stomach

Protects the stomach walls

What organ has a digestive and endocrine function

Pancreas

Know what the function of the pancreas is

Neutralize acid of chyme


Chemical digestive carbs, proteins, n lipids

Know the parts of the small intestine in the correct order

Duodenum


Jejunum


IIeum

Where in the small intestine does most of the absorption take place

Jejunum

What substances do the liver remove

Body fatty acids, emulsify lipids, waste products bilirubin, cholesterol, neuro fats, bile pigment, minerals

What part of the nervous system control digestion

Parasympathetic n sympathetic

Know how the kidneys function as part of the excretory system

Remove nitrogenous waste


Excess minerals


Bilirubin


Hydrogen ions

Know how the liver functions as part of the excretory system

Removes bilirubin

Know how the lungs functions as part of the excretory system

Removed carbon dioxide

Know what the primary organ is for the excretory system

Kidneys

Know how the kidney functions

Excretion of waste


Regulation of blood volume and pressure


Delivery of urine from the body


How it control urine production

The location and position of the kidneys

Retroparitoneal

What structure protects the kidney

Renal capsule surrounded by adipose

Know what structure anchors the kidneys to the abdomen

Renal fascia

Layers of the kidney

Cortex


Medulla


Pyramids

Know the structure that use the functions unit of the kidney

Nephron

The process of urine formation

Filtration


Reabsorption


Secretion

What drives filtration in the kidney

Blood pressure

Doing reabsorption know how glucose and amino acids get transported back into the capillaries

Active transport

Hormones that regulate ursine production

Antidiuretic hormone ADH


Aldosterone


Atrial natriuretic hormone ANH

What is a diruretic

Increased urine volume

Which cell determines gender

Sperm cell

Which two systems do the tested belong to

Endocrine


Reproduction

Sperm travels from the testes through what ducts

Efferent ductules

Sperm travels from the testes through what ducts

Efferent ductules

What gland surrounds the urethra in men

Prostate gland

Make germ cell

Spermatogonia

Make secondary sex characteristics

Skeletal and muscle development


Deep voice


Develop of axillary, facial, and pubic hair


Aggression


Development of libido

What process primary spermatocytes divide by

Meiosis I

What make reproductive disorder is characterized by enlargement of the prostate

Benign prostatic hyperplasia BPH

Know the name of male reproductive disorder that is characterized by infants born with undescended testes

Cryptorchidism

Know what 2 systems the ovaries belong to

Female reproduction n endocrine

The layer of the uterus and it’s functions

Perimetrium the outermost layer of the uterine wall


Myometrium smooth muscle that contract to expell contains of the uterus, thickest


Endometrium the lining of the uterus that sheds every month

Know which hormone targets the follicle in the ovary to produce estrogen

FSH

The term for painful periods

Dysmenorrhea

Know everything that imitates the Birth process

Hypothalamus release CRH


fetal anterior pituitary release ACTH


Fetal adrenal cortex release glucocorticoids


Placenta level off producing progesterone and increasing estrogen and prostaglandis


Stretching of the uterus


Hypothalamus signals to mother posterior pituitary to release oxytocin


Oxytocin and estrogen with prostaglandins causing more uterine contractions resulting positive feedback

The term that is thinning of the cervix during the birth process

Effacement

The term that is thinning of the cervix during the birth process

Effacement

Stages of birth

Stage 1 the uterine contracts, cervix canal widens/ dilation


Stage 2 the baby expel


Stage 3 the placenta detaches

Uterus removal

Hysterectomy

Uterus removal

Hysterectomy

Breast removal

Mastectomy

Preeclampsia

Hypertension from protein in the urine during pregnancy

Preeclampsia

Hypertension from protein in the urine during pregnancy

Ectopic pregnancy

Fertilized egg outside of their uterus