Anatomical terms
This refers to the structure of the body.
What is anatomy?
These connect bone to bone.
What are ligaments?
This type of muscle can be contracted and relaxed by will of the individual.
What is voluntary or skeletal muscle?
This refers to the process of moving oxygen and carbon dioxide across membranes.
What is respiration?
This is composed of the heart, blood vessels, and blood.
What is the circulatory system?
This refers to the function of the living body and its parts.
What is physiology?
These connect muscles to bone.
What are tendons?
This type of muscle carries out the automatic muscular functions of the body through rhythmic, wavelike movements.
What is smooth or involuntary muscle?
What is the upper airway?
What is the pericardium?
This is a line vertically from the middle of the patient's armpit down to the ankle.
What is the midaxillary line?
This is the number of bones in the face.
What is 14?
This much blood can be lost from a fractured femur.
What is 1,000 to 2,000 ml of blood?
This is the space between the vocal cords.
What is the glottis?
This is the name for the upper chambers of the heart.
What is the atria?
This means far from the point of reference.
What is distal?
This is the principal support system of the body.
What is the spinal column?
This muscle has its own blood supply.
What is cardiac muscle?
This is the ending portion of the lungs.
What is the aveoli?
These arteries carry oxygen depleted blood.
What are the pulmonary arteries?
This is a vertical plane that runs lengthwise and divides the body into right and left segments.
What is the sagittal or median plane?
This is the number of vertebrae in the cervical spine.
What is 7?
A property that allows muscle to generate an impulse on its own, even when disconnected from the nervous system.
What is automaticity?
This is connective tissue that covers the outer surface of the lungs.
What is the visceral pleura?
This is the pressure exerted on the arteries when the left ventricle contracts.
What is systolic blood pressure?
This refers to the center of each of the collarbones.
What is the midclavicular line?
This is the number of vertebrae in the lumbar spine.
What is 5?
This much blood can be lost from a pelvic fracture.
What is 5 L of blood?
This is a powerful, dome shaped muscle that is essential to breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
This is another word for shock.
What is hypoperfusion?