Microsoft Word - Study Guide 2012
Microsoft Word - Study Guide 2012
Microsoft Word - Study Guide 2012
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19. This organ moves blood around the human body:____________________________________ 20. Oxygen passes from the blood into organs through the walls of _________________________. 21. Where does most chemical digestion take place? 22. What structure is mostly responsible for mechanical digestion?__________________________ 23. What two treatments are common for blocked coronary arteries? 24. What problems occur with the heart and arteries as a result of high blood pressure? 25. List three voluntary risk factors for heart disease. 26. What prevents blood from flowing back into the heart?____________________________ True or False. Revise each FALSE statement to make it true. 27. ______ When you exercise your pulse is likely to go down. 28. ______ In order for food to be absorbed by your body, it must undergo BOTH mechanical and chemical breakdown. 29. ______ Touch receptors are part of the musculoskeletal system. 30. ______ Hepatitis is a disease of the stomach.
31. ______ Feces, urine and carbon dioxide are all wastes produced by the body. 32. ______ Alcohol affects the excretory, nervous and cardiovascular systems. 33. ______ The human heart is a muscle and an organ. 34. ______ A taste bud is part of the digestive system. 35. ______ Mechanical breakdown slows down chemical breakdown. 36. ______ Nutrients are transported by the blood, needed by every cell and absorbed from the small intestine. 37. ______ The lub-dub of the heart beat is caused by the ventricles contracting. ESSAY Answer on a separate paper. Use a minimum of 3 complete sentences each. 38. Why is the heart considered to be two pumps rather than one? 39. Explain how the respiratory and circulatory systems work together. 40. Sometimes the lungs of a baby do not develop alveoli. What effect would this have? 41. What are elements of a good experimental design?