The Skeletal System
A crack or break in the bone
What is a fracture?
study of an organism's body structures and their locations
What is anatomy?
oxygen and carbon dioxide gases exchanged
What is respiration?
number of chambers of the heart
What is 4 chambers of the heart?
broad
What is eury?
Type of fracture when the bone splits
What is a greenstick fracture
study of the functions of each body part
What is physiology?
physical act of breathing
What is ventilation?
Carries blood back to the heart
What is a vein?
To make, do
What is fac?
Type of fracture that pierces the skin
What is a compound fracture?
Smallest structural units of living things
What are cells?
flap that prevents food and liquid from entering the air passages during swallowing
What is the epiglottis?
carries blood away from the heart
What is the artery?
dead
What is necr?
Name of the breastbone
What is the sternum?
collection of organs and other body parts that work together to carry out one of the body's major functions
What is a body system?
name of the windpipe
What is the trachea?
blood enters the heart in this area
What is the atria?
stretch
What is ton?
bone of the lower jaw
What is the mandible?
All body systems functioning together to make up the total
What is the organism?
Name of the windpipe
What is the trachea?
contains the lubricating fluid that reduces friction as the
What is the pericardium?
throughout
What is per?