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Assessment criteria (circulatory, excretory and lymphatic systems)


  1. Recall the function of the digestive and respiratory systems.
  2. Distinguish the different blood vessels.
  3. Know the components of blood (plasma, white blood cells and its types, red blood cells and platelets) and their functions.
  4. Know the functions of blood.
  5. Given the drawing of a heart, label its parts (ventricles, auricles, veins, arteries and valves).
  6. Explain the circulation of the blood and make a drawing of the process.
  7. Define excretion and to know the organs and systems involved in it (liver, excretory system, lungs, sweat glands).
  8. Identify the organs of the excretory system.
  9. Explain how urine is produced in a nephron.
  10. Distinguish the components and the functions of the lymphatic system.
  11. Know what the internal medium is and its function.
  12. Explain what cholesterol is, how it is delivered through the blood to the body (LDL. HDL), how it is deposited in the walls of the blood vessels (atherosclerosis).

Lab: Dissection of a heart
















Procedure
Name the parts that are found in the drawing of the left ventricle: semilunar valve, aorta artery, mitral valve, tendon fibers.

Name the parts that are found in this drawing of the right ventricle: pulmonary artery, semilunar valves, tricuspid valve.

Questions
1. Which ventricle has the thickest wall? Why?
2. What is the function of the semilunar valves?
3. Indicates in what order we will have to put the terms listed below, to follow the path of a circulating red blood cell that goes from the liver to the heart and then back to the liver.
-artery aorta, vena cava, left ventricle, lungs, right ventricle, right atrium, left atrium, pulmonary artery, pulmonary veins, mitral valve, tricuspid valve

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List all the  consequences of smoking mentioned on this website.
How would you persuade adolescents not to start smoking?















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Why do bruises change color?

Watch the video and answer these questions:


  1. List all the colors a bruise goes through and explain the cause for each color.
  2. Why is urine yellow?
  3. Why does a bruise move downwards?