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How much blood does the human body contain? - correct answer-8 to 10 pints
What is a nutritive fluid flowing through the circulatory system? - correct answer-Blood
What are platelets? - correct answer-Blood components that contribute to the blood clotting process
What is the study of tiny structures found in living tissues? - correct answer-Histology
What is one reason esthetician's should study body systems, organs, and tissues? - correct answer-
To understand the effect that services have on the body
What is protoplasm? - correct answer-Substance of which the cells of all living things are composed
What is the process of cell reproduction called? - correct answer-Mitosis
What is the sternum? - correct answer-Flat bone that forms the ventral support of the ribs
What is the fluid part of the blood that carries food and secretions to the cells and carbon dioxide fro
m the cells? - correct answer-Plasma
What is true of the origin part of a muscle? - correct answer-It is attached to the skeleton
What are the structures composed of specialized tissues and performing specific functions? -
correct answer-Organs
, Why does the parathyroid gland regulate blood calcium and phosphorous levels? - correct answer-
So the nervous and muscular systems can function properly
What is true of the pituitary gland? - correct answer-
It is the most complex organ of the endocrine system
What organ in the endocrine system secretes enzyme-
producing cells that are responsible for digesting carbohydrates, proteins, and fats? - correct answer-
Pancreas
What are the secretions that the endocrine glands release directly into the bloodstream and that influ
ence the welfare of the entire body? - correct answer-Hormones
What is the primary function of the respiratory system? - correct answer-Breathing
What is the primary function of the lymph/immune system? - correct answer-
Protecting the body from disease
What is the primary function of the skeletal system? - correct answer-
Providing the physical foundation of the body
What is the primary function of the circulatory system? - correct answer-
Moving blood through the body
What is covered, shaped, and supported by the muscular system? - correct answer-Skeletal tissue
What body system is responsible for changing food into nutrients and waste? -Dcorrect answer-
Digestive
What is the primary function of the excretory system? - correct answer-
Purifying the body by elimination of waste matter