integumentary system
What organs make up the integumentary system?
The skin, hair, nails, glands, and sensory nerves.
What are the functions of the Musculoskeletal System?
Provide a framework for the body, protect the soft body parts such as the brain, store calcium, and produce blood cells.
What is the primary function of the respiratory system?
The primary function of the respiratory system is to supply the blood with oxygen in order for the blood to deliver oxygen to all parts of the body.
What is this system?
It is the body system that consist of the heart,blood vessels, and blood.
What are the functions of digestive system?
digestion, absorption, elimination
What are the basic functions of the Integumentary system?
protection, regulation of body temperature, communication, excretion of wastes, and vitamin D production
The divisions of the spinal vertebrae include:
Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal.
What path does respiration take?
Nose/mouth
epiglottis
trachea
vocal cords
What is the heart?
a hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body
What are cuspids?
Canines, have sharp points to tear food and have the longest root than any other teeth.
What occurs in the stratum spinosum?
cells are far enough away from the dermal blood vessels that they begin to compact and die
When testing for muscle strength, the examiner should:
apply an opposing force when the individual puts a joint in flexion or extension
What are the parts of the respiratory system?
Mouth
Nose
Lungs
Pharynx (space behind the mouth)
Larynx (voice box)
Trachea ( windpipe)
Diaphragm
Bronchi
What is a ventricle?
each of the two lower chambers of the heart that pumps blood out of the heart
What is a palate?
the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities
What is the structure of the subcutaneous layer?
connects skin to underlying structures, composed of adipose and loose connective tissue
The knee joint is the articulation of three bones, the:
femur, tibia, and patella.
What is the first and last area that air passes through?
Nose and mouth
What is an aorta?
It receives blood from the left ventricle.
What is an uvula?
a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate
How does the integumentary system regulate an increase in body temperature?
as body temperature rises, nerve impulses stimulate structures in the skin and other organs to release heat
When assessing for the presence of a herniated nucleus pulposus, the examiner would
raise each of the patient's legs straight while keeping the knee extended.
How many lobes is the right lung divided into?
The right lung is divided into three lobes
What is the capillares?
tiny blood vessels where substances are exchanged between the blood and the body cells
Explain what the stomach is
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal