Terms
Cardiac
The Nervous System
The Endocrine System
Miscellaneous
100
This word refers to the function of the living body and its parts and how the body works.
What is physiology?
100
This vessel enters the top of the right atrium, carrying oxygen-depleted blood from the upper body.
What is the superior vena cava?
100
This fluid surrounds the brain and spinal cord like a cushion.
What is cerebrospinal fluid?
100
This gland(s) sit on top of the kidneys, and secrete epinephrine and norepinephrine.
What is the adrenal glands?
100
This layer of skin is the deepest layer which consists of fatty tissue.
What is subcutaneous layer?
200
This term means that the patient is lying face down on his stomach.
What is prone?
200
This valve is located between the right atria and right ventricle, allowing blood to flow between the two chambers.
What is the tricuspid valve?
200
This portion of the nervous system includes movement of skeletal muscles which can be controlled.
What is the voluntary nervous system?
200
The secretions from the glands of the endocrine system have chemical substances that have effects on the activity of certain organs is this.
What are hormones?
200
This large, hollow organ is the main organ of the digestive system which secretes gastric juices that begin converting ingested foods to a form that can be absorbed by the body.
What is the stomach?
300
This term refers to the sole of the foot.
What is plantar?
300
In the conuction system, the electrical impulse originates in this.
What is sinoatrial node?
300
The autonomic nervous system is divided into two systems that have opposite effects of eachother and work together in balance
What is the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system?
300
This gland(s) is located at the base of the brain, is considered the "master gland."
What is the pituitary gland?
300
This duct which is located in the urinary or renal system carries urine from the bladder out of the body.
What is the urethra?
400
This is a powerful dome-shaped muscle essential to breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
400
This artery is the major artery of the thigh and supplies the groin and leg with blood.
What is the femoral artery?
400
This portion of the brain occupies nearly all of the cranial cavity and controls specific body functions such as sensation, thought, and associative memory.
What is the cerebrum?
400
This gland(s) is located in the anterior neck regulates metabolism growth and development, and the activity of the nervous system.
What is the thyroid gland?
400
This form of metabolism which means without oxygen that metabolizes glucose without producing much energy is this.
What is anaerobic metabolism?
500
This is the delivery of oxygen, glucose, and other nutrients to the cells of all organ systems, and the elimination of carbon dioxide and other waste products, which results from constant adequate circulation of blood through the capillaries.
What is perfusion?
500
This electrical pathway is located in the lower portion of the ventricles.
What is the perkinje fibers?
500
This portion of the nervous system is composed of the nerves located outside the spinal cord and brain.
What is the peripheral nervous system?
500
Of the Alpha and Beta effects, which one has the effects of causing the blood vessels to constrict shunting blood to the core of the body, causing sweat glands to releases sweat, and causing the skin to be cool and pale
What is Alpha 1?
500
The trachea is protected by a small, leaf shaped flap is called this.
What is the epiglottis?
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