Flashcards
The Human Body
Cards in this deck (20)
- 1a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heartartery
- 2a bitter fluid that helps with digestionbile
- 3the fluid that carries oxygen and other elements to the tissues and carbon dioxide away from the tissues through the heart and vascular systemblood
- 4the mass of nerve tissue located in the head of animals with spinal cords; it is the center of thought and controls movementbrain
- 5the system of organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the bodycardiovascular system
- 6the part of the nervous system comprising of the brain and the spinal cordCNS (central nervous system)
- 7the part of the body that stores and processes fooddigestive system
- 8an organ or group of cells that releases substances or waste from the bodygland
- 9the organ that controls the flow of blood in the bodyheart
- 10the portion of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anusintestine
- 11a movable or fixed place or part where two bones or elements of a skeleton joinjoint
- 12an organ in the body that secretes bile to help digest carbohydrates, fats and proteins.liver
- 13a pair of organs in which oxygen from the air that is inhaled is transferred into the bloodlungs
- 14fiber forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the bodynerve
- 15this organ both regulates insulin and secretes enzymes to break down carbohydrates, proteins, and lipidspancreas
- 16the set of organs that allows a person to breathe and exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the bodyrespiratory system
- 17the thick column of nerve tissue that extends from the base of the brain about two thirds of the way down the backbonespinal cord
- 18an organ near the stomach that has various roles in purifying and storing the bloodspleen
- 19either of a pair of oval masses of lymphoid tissue, one on each side of the throat at the back of the mouthtonsil
- 20a blood vessel that carries depleted blood back to the heartvein