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• Pancreas A gland that makes enzymes for digestion and the hormone insulin (which helps the body turn food into energy).
• Small Intestine The organ where most digestion accurs
• Rectum The tower end of the large intestine, leading to the anus.
• Anus The opening at the end of the digestive tract where bowel movements leave the body
• Stomach The organ where digestion of protein begins
• Esophagus Carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
• Appendix A pouch attached to the first part of the large intestine. No one knows its function.
• Large Intestine Also called the colon, It absoros water and sodium from stool
• Gallbladder Stores the bile made in the liver, then empties it to help digest fats
• Liver The largest organ inside the body. Makes bile (fluid that helps break down fats and gets rid of wastes in the body); changes food into energy: and cleans alcohol, some medicines. and poisons from the blood.
• Ribs Protects the respiratory organs
• Right primary bronchus Allows air to enter the right lung
• Pleural Membrane

  Helps keep the lungs flexible
• Pharynx Channel

  the air down the airways
• Nostrils - Way

  for air to enter the body
• Epiglottis Keeps food from entering the airways
• Oral cavity Lets air and food enter
• Nasal cavity Purifies, humidifies the air
• Diaphragm Helps pump the lungs
• Intercostal Muscles Moves the ribs during breathing
• Bronchioles Lets air reach the alveoli
• Left primary bronchus Allows air to enter the left lung
• Larynx Letting air pass through speech production
• Pulmonary circulation


  Blood circulates from the heart to the lungs to pick up oxygen
• Systemic circulation


  Blood circulates to the rest of the body
• Blood circulation

  1. Blood picks up oxygen in the lungs

  2. Blood delivers oxygen through arteries to the rest of the body

  3. Blood drops off oxygen and picks up carbon dioxide

  4. Blood returns to the heart through veins

  5. Blood circulates through the heart, which pumps it
• Arterial blood


  Blood leaving the heart to circulate through the body, full of oxygen
• Venous blood


  Blood coming back to the heart from the body, has dropped off oxygen and is carrying carbon dioxide
• Aorta


  The largest artery leaving the heart
• Vena cavae


  The two large veins that blood enters the heart through
• Circulatory system


  The heart and blood vessels working together
• Role of the circulatory system


  • Move nutrients, hormones, oxygen and other gases to your body's organs, muscles and tissues, to use for energy, growth and repair
  • Remove carbon dioxide and other waste products
• >Artery


  >A blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.
• >Aorta


  >The largest artery leaving the heart.
• Precipitation (Rain)


  Highest in the area where the southwest monsoon strikes
• Wet season

  1. Air is hot and humid

  2. Brings heavy rain and typhoons
• Wet season


  • Farmers are able to plant crops
• Dry season


  Characterized by hot and cloudless days
• Dry season


  1. Between January and May

  2. Climate is generally dry with occasional rain showers
• January to February


  Air is cold and dry