Digestive
This organ creates bile and helps to detoxify chemicals in the body
What is the liver?
This blood vessel pumps oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs
What is the pulmonary artery?
These tiny pockets are responsible for most gas exchange in humans
These tubes carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder
What are the ureters
These cells are the primary defenders of the immune system, destroying antigens and foreign bodies
What are lymphocytes
When the pancreas is not functioning correctly, a person might experience difficulty regulating this aspect of homeostasis.
What is blood glucose level
A person with anemia may experience a deficiency in this vital oxygen-carrying protein
What is hemoglobin?
These are the three functions that the nose performs when breathing in air
What is warming, filtering, and moistening the air?
These microscopic structures are the main functional units of the kidneys, and allow the kidneys to filter blood
This organ helps to filter blood and fight pathogens but is not essential to survival
What is the spleen?
These are the sections of the small intestine in order
What is the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum?
When coronary arteries are blocked, this medical emergency may occur
What is a myocardial infarction?
When breathing, these muscles expand and contract the thoracic cavity
What are the intercostal muscles?
This structure acts as the primary filter of the nephron, utilizing blood pressure to force waste out of the blood
What is the glomerulus?
The swelling of these organs is a sign that the body is fighting off a pathogen
What are the lymph nodes
Heartburn is the result when stomach acid moves into this essential part of the alimentary canal
What is the esophagus
When blood pressure is low, the kidneys release this chemical in order to maintain filtering efficiency
What is renin?
A person has bradycardia (slow heart rate), this would affect alveolus gas exchange by
What is decreased gas exchange due to lowered cardiac output and lower pulmonary blood pressure?
A patient is severely dehydrated, this is how the body uses the nephrons and hormones to retain water while removing waste
What is the excretion of antidiuretic hormone and nephron concentration gradient causing increased water retention while producing more concentrated urine?
A patient with HIV experiences dramatically less immune efficiency due to the destruction of this crucial coordinating cell
What are the helper T cells that activate toxic T cells and B cells?
If the liver stopped producing bile, this process would most directly be affected
What is the emulsification and digestion of lipids?
A patient has severe hemorrhaging (blood loss) and yet their blood pressure remains normal for some time due to these mechanisms
What is the activation of the sympathetic system and RAAS causing vasoconstriction and fluid retention?
A patient with emphysema (destruction of alveoli) has trouble breathing regardless of the fact that their airways remain open and functional, this is why the mechanic of breathing are changed by alveolar destruction
What is the loss of surface area and alveolar elasticity causing trapping of air and lack of passive exhalation?
A patient with severe kidney damage also experiences difficulty with cardiac function due to this
What is the decreased excretion of water and salt leading to high blood pressure and more workload on the heart?
A patient has their axillary lymph nodes removed during a surgery, but experiences swelling in their arms due to this
What is the buildup of interstitial fluid due to a lack of lymph vessels that absorb molecules that capillaries cannot efficiently?