Anatomy Block 7
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- Larynx
- voice box
- Bronchi
- brings air to lungs works to change o2 to co2
- ear
- listening
- trachea
- windpipe-passage way for air
- esophagus
- connector between stomach and pharynx- passageway for food
- Aorta
- pumps blood from heart to the rest of the body
- Cerebrum
- learning/memory, sense, movement, sense
- Hypothalamus
- connects nervous system to endocrine system by way of the pituitary gland
- Medulla Oblongata
- controls breathing and blood pressure
- lungs
- converts o2 to Co2
- Adrenal Gland
- produces hormones [glucocorticoids, androgen, aldosterone]
- Spleen
- filters blood in the lymphatic/immune system
- Pancreas
- produces glucagon and insulin to control the blood sugar level
- Kidneys
- Regulates blood volume, blood pressure, blood pH, excretion of waste
- Large Intestine
- absorption of nutrients, formation and expulsion of feces
- Appendix
- no function
- small intestine
- digestion and absorption; intestinal juice
- Liver
- filters toxins out of the blood stream; metabolism of carbs, lipids, and proteins
- Stomach
- breaks down food; converts food to energy
- Heart
- Pumps blood