Basic Metabolism
Respiratory System
Digestive System
General Anatomy
General Physiology
100
These 20 basic protein building blocks are used in synthesizing common biological products within cells.
What are amino acids
100
The functional unit of the respiratory system.
What is the alveolus/alveoli?
100
This is the organ where almost all nutritional absorption takes place.
What is the small intestine?
100
The acronym "Try Pulling My Aorta" stand for these heart valves.
What are the Tricuspid, Pulmonary, Mitral & Aortic valves?
100
The amount of air you breathe in and in & out in one resting breath.
What is the respiratory "tidal volume"?
200
Glucose is converted in 3 progressive processes into 36 of these "energy" producing molecules.
What is ATP (Adenosine TriPhosphate)
200
Three on the right lung and two on the left lung.
What are the lobes of the two lungs?
200
This is the largest solid organ of the body which does the most "filtering & production" work.
What is the liver?
200
The classic value for systolic over diastolic blood pressure in humans.
What is 120/80?
200
This is the iron-based molecule in Red Bl. Cells which carry oxygen.
What is hemoglobin?
300
The term which means the breakdown of a product into its smaller parts.
What is catabolism?
300
This is the side of your heart that pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
What is the right side of the heart?
300
This organ makes insulin and digestive enzymes.
What is the pancreas?
300
The plane which cuts a patient into left and right sides.
What is the "sagittal plane"?
300
The digestive organ with villi and microvilli.
What is uniquely found in the small intestine?
400
The synthesis or "building" of more complex bio-products from smaller components within cells.
What is anabolism?
400
These two respiratory diseases are called COPD.
What is chronic bronchitis and emphysema now called?
400
Most water, vitamins and electrolytes are absorbed here.
What is absorbed in the large intestine?
400
The body system with produces all blood cells.
What does the skeletal system make?
400
The organ which filters blood plasma to make urine.
What is the kidney.
500
The four biological products our body must metabolise within the food we eat.
What are proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids?
500
The passageway which leads to the lungs characterized by cartilage "rings".
What is the trachea?
500
The correct medical term for chewing.
What is mastication?
500
Bile is made in this organ but is released by this organ.
What is the liver and the gall bladder.
500
The muscle tissue flap that moves food away from the airway.
What is the epiglottis?
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