Nervous and Endocrine Systems
Consists of the brain and spinal cord.
What is the central nervous system (CNS)?
The outermost layer of skin.
What is the epidermis?
Organs which filter waste from the bloodstream and help control fluid balance.
What are the kidneys?
Breathing a foreign substance into the lungs.
What is aspiration?
The principal veins that carry deoxygenated blood to the heart.
What are the venae cavae?
This is composed of the nerves located outside the spinal cord and brain.
What is the peripheral nervous system?
This skin layer contains the vast network of blood vessels that supply the skin as well as the hair follicles, sweat glands, oil glands, and sensory nerves.
What is the dermis?
The kidneys are located in this body space.
What is the retroperitoneal cavity?
Bands of fibrous tissue that connect bones to a joint and support organs.
What are ligaments?
The inadequate perfusion of cells, tissue, and organs with oxygen and other nutrients, resulting in cell, tissue, and organ dysfunction.
What is hypoperfusion?
This component must be functionally intact in order for a person to be conscious.
What is the reticular activating system?
A layer of fatty tissue located below the dermis.
What is the subcutaneous layer?
The male reproductive organs which produce sperm.
What are testes?
The proper medical term for heart muscle.
What is myocardium?
The wave of blood propelled through the arteries because of the contraction of the left ventricle.
What is pulse?
This hormone is used to treat severe allergic reactions.
What is epinephrine?
The largest solid organ in the abdomen, lies immediately beneath the diaphragm in the right upper quadrant of the abdominal cavity.
What is the liver?
Location for fetal gestation.
What is the uterus?
The chest, or that part of the body between the base of the neck and the diaphragm.
Swelling caused by fluid accumulating in the tissues.
What is edema?
This hormone, produced in the pancreas, facilitates glucose transport into the cells.
What is insulin?
A hollow pouch which acts as a reservoir for bile.
What is the gallbladder?
Wastes are removed from the circulating blood for elimination in this fluid.
What is urine?
Movement away from the midline.
What is abduction?
A substance responsible for maintaining surface tension in the alveoli.
What is surfactant?