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  • Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system?
    attacks its own healthy cells
  • Air flows into the __________ and food into the esophagus.
    trachea
  • The scientific name for a hormone that is lipid soluble
    Hydrophobic
  • The __________ is the muscle that controls the lungs.
    diaphragm
  • This blood has little or no oxygen.
    Deoxygenated
  • Your liver acts as a ____________ for harmful substances.
    Filter
  • This neuron can be both a sensory and motor neuron
    Interneuron
  • the word Anterior means?
    Infront
  • What is the tube connecting your mouth to your stomach?
    Eshopagus
  • When you ___________, air enters the body through the mouth or the ___________
    Breath, Nose
  • As part of the immune system, white blood cells fight germs. Another name for white blood cells is?
    Leukocytes
  • What skill does a soccer player utilize by using the inside and outside of their foot, pushing the ball one step ahead?
    Dribbling
  • In the lungs oxygen from the air enters the __________.
    Blood
  • Nerves that control heartbeat and digestion are the ___________ nerves.
    Autonomic
  • Which type of blood vessel brings blood to the heart?
    Veins
  • The ____________ system is made up of the heart and blood vessels.
    Circulatory
  • What is the name of the chamber found at the top the heart?
    Atrium
  • Which side of the heart deals with oxygenated blood?
    Left
  • The study of the Endocrine system and its disorders called ______________
    Endocrinology
  • The purpose of the immune system is to?
    Fight off sickness
  • What are the three main stimuli for formone control and release?
    Hormonal, Humoral, Neural Stimulus
  • In volleyball what is the term used if the server serves the ball and no one on the other team touches it?
    Ace
  • The air travels down the trachea into two branching tubes called ____________ and then into the ___________
    Bronci, Lungs
  • Other than the major endocrine organs, which other organs and tissue secrete hormones?
    Brain, heart, bones, small intestine and adipose tissue
  • Which player is the only person on the field who can use their hands?
    Goalkeeper
  • ___________ are proteins that tag pathogens for immune cell destruction.
    Antibodies
  • These glands use ducts to serete their products.
    Exocrine
  • Which two hormones released by the pituitary gland targets non endocrine hormones?
    Growth Hormone (GH) and Prolactin (PRL)
  • Which type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
    Artery
  • When the defense kicks the ball over their own end-line, the resulting play is a....?
    Corner kick
  • What type of nerves connect directly to the brain?
    Cranial
  • Which type of blood vessel link arteries with veins?
    Capillary
  • Afferent neurons send impulses TO or AWAY from brain & spinal cord?
    To the brain and spinal cord
  • If the ball is kicked out of bounds over the sideline, the ball should be returned to the field of play with a...?
    Throw In
  • Efferent neurons send impulses TO or AWAY from brain & spinal cord?
    Away from the brain and spinal cord
  • The immune system is made up of?
    Cells, Organs and Tissue
  • Your food becomes waste in the area of the large intestine called the __________.
    Colon
  • These hormones are made from cholesterol
    Steroids
  • This is what helps clot blood so we don't bleed to death.
    Platelets
  • These glands secrete their products into the bloodstream
    Endocrine
  • In volleyball how many players are on the court for each team?
    6