Where the Heck Is That?
Standing upright, facing forward, arms at the sides, palms forward. Surprisingly, “slouched over your Chromebook” is not the official position.
What is anatomical position?
This bone protects your brain. Yes, even when your decisions suggest you aren’t using it.
What is the Cranium?
Commonly called the windpipe, this structure carries air from the larynx toward the bronchi.
What is the trachea?
These vessels carry blood away from the heart. Think “A” for “away,” because your brain deserves a shortcut.
What are Arteries?
This largest organ forms a protective barrier and helps regulate body temperature. It’s more than just a place to put tattoos.
What is the skin?
The prefix brady- means this. It does not mean “a kid named Brady.”
What is slow?
A patient lies flat on their back, looking toward the ceiling and reconsidering their life decisions.
What is supine?
This breastbone sits in the center of your anterior chest.
What is the sternum?
This flap helps protect the airway during swallowing. Your hot Cheetos belong in a different tube.
What is the Epiglottis?
These microscopic vessels allow exchange of gases, nutrients, and wastes between blood and tissues.
What are capillaries?
These paired organs filter blood, help regulate fluid balance, and produce urine. Quietly cleaning up everybody else’s mess.
What are the kidneys?
The suffix -itis means this. It does not automatically mean infection.
What is inflammation?
The elbow is this directional term relative to the wrist because it is closer to the point where the limb attaches to the trunk.
What is proximal?
These connective tissue structures attach muscle to bone. They’re the reason muscles can actually move something.
What are tendons?
These tiny air sacs are where oxygen and carbon dioxide move between the lungs and blood. Tiny structures, enormous workload.
What are Alveoli?
This lower heart chamber pumps blood through the aorta to the body. It’s doing the heavy lifting without asking for extra credit.
What is the left Ventricle?
Most nutrient absorption occurs in this section of the digestive tract. Its name severely undersells its length.
What is the small intestine?
Combine tachy-, meaning fast, with -pnea, meaning breathing, to name this finding.
What is tachypnea, or abnormally rapid breathing?
The nose is this directional term relative to the ears because it is closer to the body’s midline.
What is Medial.
These connective tissue structures connect bone to bone and help stabilize joints.
What are Ligaments?
During inhalation, this primary breathing muscle contracts and moves downward, increasing the size of the thoracic cavity.
What is the Diaphragm?
These arteries supply the heart muscle itself with blood. Even the pump needs its own delivery service.
Coronary Arteries.
This organ produces insulin and glucagon and also releases digestive enzymes. Apparently, one job wasn’t enough. If you would like more information about this please consult our class expert on this organ-Miles Mackey.
What is the Pancreas?
A patient has difficulty breathing. This medical term says it more professionally than “breathing is being problematic during instruction time."
What is dyspnea?
This plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions. Please use imaginary cuts only.
What is Frontal or Coronal.
Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac are the three types of this tissue. One moves your arm; another keeps your heart from taking a union break.
What is muscle tissue?
Oxygen moves across the alveolar-capillary membrane from an area of higher concentration to lower concentration by this process. Tiny oxygen delivery truck is not involved.
What is Diffusion?
Starting in the right ventricle, name the vessel that carries blood toward the lungs and the vessels that return it to the left atrium.
What are the pulmonary artery and pulmonary veins?
These two structures make up the central nervous system—the body’s headquarters, even when communication seems questionable.
What are the brain and spinal cord?
Break hypoglycemia into its three word parts and explain the complete term. Your big-kid words have officially arrived.
What are hypo- = low, glyc = sugar, and -emia = blood condition, meaning low blood glucose?