Musculoskeletal System
General Anatomical Terms
Cardiovascular and Respiratory System
Digestive System
Nervous System
100

What are the three types of muscle tissue?

Cardiac, Smooth, and Skeletal

100

What do medial and lateral mean?

Medial: Closer to the middle of the body

Lateral: Towards the sides of the body

100

Name the four chambers of the heart.

Right Atrium, Left Atrium, Right Ventricle, Left Ventricle

100

What organs are a part of the hepatobiliary system?

Pancreas, Liver, Gallbladder

100

The nervous can be split into two parts which are....

Central Nervous System and the Peripheral Nervous System

200

What type of joint is your shoulder joint?

Ball and Socket Joint


200
Name all five components of the levels of organization from smallest to largest.

Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organism

200

Do the superior and inferior vena cavae hold oxygenated or deoxygenated blood?

Deoxygenated Blood

200

Are salivary glands a form of chemical or mechanical digestion?

Chemical digestion

200

Does the gray matter or the white matter spread information to other parts of the nervous system?

White Matter

300

What is the difference between osteoblasts and osteoclasts?

Osteoblasts: make calcium for the bone

Osteoclasts: break down bone so calcium can be used elsewhere

300

Why is it important to know the anatomical directional terms?

Describes where organs and body parts are located throughout the body.
300

What are the three parts of the larynx?

Epiglottis, Glottis, and Subglottis

300

What part of the digestive tract connects the pharynx and stomach?

Esophagus

300

What are the four lobes of the brain?

Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, and Occipital

400
What does the parathyroid gland produce?

PTH or parathyroid hormone

400

Name all four parts of the process of a negative feedback loop. 

Stimulus -> Sensor -> Control -> Effector

400

In which part of the lungs does gas exchange happen in?

Alveoli

400

What is the involuntary action that moves food through your digestive tract?

Peristalsis

400

What is a reflex action?

A rapid, involuntary response to an action

500

In a muscle fiber, what is the region between two Z-lines called?

Sarcomere

500

What is the difference between afferent and efferent neurons?

Afferent neurons go towards the spinal cord

Efferent neurons go away from the spinal cord

500

What is the muscle that controls breathing and explain what happens when it contracts and relaxes?

Diaphragm

->Contracts when you breathe in

-> Relaxes when you breathe out

500

What is the function of Insulin?

In charge of redistributing glucose throughout the body from the intestines

500

What are the five parts to the reflex arc?

Stimulus/Receptor, Sensory Neuron, Integration Center/Interneuron, Motor Neuron, and Effector

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