ATI TEAS SCIENCE(BRAIN ORGANS)2022 (GRADED A)

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Thespinalcord:Extendedfromthebaseofthebrainanddownthecenteroftheback, thespinalcordhelpswithmanyautomaticfunctions,suchasreflexes.Italsosends mesagestoandfromthebrain. Thep Thepons:Locatedaboveth... emedulainthebrainstem,thisareahelpscontroleyeand facialmovement. arietalobe:Situatedinthemiddleofthebrain,theparietalobesupportsthe identificationofobjectsandspatialreasoning.Italsoplaysaroleininterpretingpainand touchsignals. Thefrontalobe:Thefrontalobe,whichisinthefrontofthehead,isthelargestsection ofthebrain.Itplaysaroleinmanyconsciousfunctions,includingpersonalityand movement.Italsohelpsthebraininterpretsmels. Theocipitalobes:Positionednearthebackofthebrain,theocipitalobeprimarily interpretsvisionsignals. Themedula:Thisisthelowestpartofthebrainstem.Ithelpscontrolheartandlung function. Thetemporalobes:Locatedoneithersideofthebrain,thetemporalobesplayarolein numerousfunctions,includingspech,scentrecognition,andshort-termmemory LUNGS Theleftandrightbronchi:Thetracheasplitsintothesetubes,whichextendintothe lungsandhavebranches.Thesesmalerbronchisplitintoevensmalertubescaled bronchioles. Thealveoli:Thealveoliaretinyairsacsatheendofthebronchioles.Theyworklike baloons,expandingwhenapersoninhalesandcontractingwhentheyexhale. Thebloodvesels:Therearenumerousbloodveselsinthelungsforcaryingbloodto andfromtheheart. LIVER producingbile helpingthebodyfilteroutoxicsubstances,includingalcohol,drugs,andharmful metabolites regulatingbloodlevelsofvariousimportantchemicals,includingaminoacids makingcholesterol removingsomebacteriafromtheblood makingsomeimmunefactors clearingbilirubinfromtheblood regulatingtheprocesofbloodcloting,sothatapersondoesnotbledtoomuchand doesnotdevelopdangerousbloodclots KIDNEYS Theyhelpfilterbloodandremovewastefromthebody. Bloodflowsfromtherenalarteryintothekidneys.Eachkidneycontainsaboutmiliontinyunits forfiltrationknownasnephrons.Theyhelpfilterwastetotheurineandthenreturnthefiltered bloodtothebodythroughtherenalvein. Thekidneysalsoproduceurinewhentheyremovewastefromtheblood.Urineflowsoutofthe kidneysthroughtheureters,thendowntotheurinarybladder GALLBLADDER Inahealthyperson,thelivereleasesbileintothegalbladder,whichthegalbladderstoresand [Show More]

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