Chapter 6 - Cardiorespiratory, Endocrine, and Digestive Systems

Pulmonic side, receives blood from the body (deoxygenated blood), and pumps it to the lungs

Systemic side, receives oxygenated blood from lungs, and pumps it to rest of body

Breathing out against closed windpipe with lips, creating additional abdominal pressure and spinal stability

Superior chamber(s) of heart that gathers blood returning to the heart

Inferior chamber of the heart that pumps blood to the lungs and body

Located in the right atrium, this node initiates and electrical signal that causes the heart the beat

Located between the atria and ventricles, this node delays the impulse from the sinoatrial node before allowing it to pass to the ventricles

The pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts

The arterial pressure during relaxation of the heart, when the heart fill with blood between beats

a gland located in the brain that communicates with the pituitary gland

a small gland in the brain that secretes the hormone melatonin, which helps regulate sleep cycles

an organ that produces insulin, glucagon, and digestive juices

located in the anterior neck, responsible for the secretion of many hormones, including thryroxin and calcitonin

controls the secretion of many hormones, including growth hormones

located just above the kidneys, responsible for the secretion of catecholamines and cortisol

hormones produced by the adrenal glands that are part of the stress response known as fight or flight response

anabolic hormone produced by the liver, which is responsible for growth and development

metabolic process that synthesizes smaller molecules into larger units used for building and repairing tissues

the amount of energy required the maintain the body at rest