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name the bones in your arm.
ulna, humerous and radius
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name the muscles in your arm.
biceps, triceps
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oxygen+glucose=
oxygen+glucose=carbon dioxide+water
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when your diaphram contracts does it go upwards or downwards?
downwards
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what is the respratory system?
it supplies oxygen and removes carbon dioxide
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what is the digestive system?
it provides glucose
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what is the circlatory system?
carries glucose and oxygen to the muscle cells and carries the carbon dioxide away from the lungs
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what is exhalation
breathing out. air flows out of the lungs and rib muscles relax and move ribs down and inwards.
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what does nicotine do?
it makes arteries narrower and causes heart disease.
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what does tar do?
causes cancer
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what does carbon monoxide do?
strops red blud cells carrying so much oxygen
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what are drugs that slow down the nervous system called?
depresents
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what are drugs that speed up the nervous system called?
stimulants
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what might happen if you dont have enough of a certain nutrient?
you will get a difficentcy disease
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what is the job of your bones?
they protect organs, support your body and allow you to move.
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what are pairs of mucles called?
antagonistic pairs
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what do antagonistic pairs do?
one muscle contracts while the other relaxes.
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what is another word for your windpipe?
trachea
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in your lungs what are the leaves called?
aveoli
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in your lungs what are the branches called?
bronchiols
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in your lungs what is the trunk called?
bronchus
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what attaches muscle to bone?
tendon
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what attaches bone to bone?
ligaments
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what stops bones rubbing together?
cartalige
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what is the scientific word for a sex cell?
a gamete
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what is a hybrid?
the offspring of two different species
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what is an embryo?
a ball of cells formed by a cell division from a fertilised egg
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what is DNA?
DNA is is a substance that cromosomes are made from they hold instructions on how to make you
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what is cell division?
when a cell grows in size and splits in two thats how cells decrease
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what is a cromosome?
a huge molecule of DNA found in a neucleus
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what is a gene?
a section of a cromosome that controls the inherited characteristics of an organism.
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what is it called when there is a change in gene?
a mutation
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what is selective breeding?
when you choose plants and animals to breed together for a certain reason.
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what is asexual reproduction?
reproduction with only one parent. all offspring are clones.
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