Cardiovascular System
The study of the heart and diseases associated with the heart
What is cardiology?
An involuntary response to a stimulus is called
What is a reflex?
Which part of the brain controls most involuntary aspects of behavior related to survival
The brain stem
A loss of transparency of a lens is called
A cataract
Where does most water absorption occur in the digestive system?
The large intestine
The right ventricle pumps blood into the
What is the pulmonary artery?
An autoimmune disease which results in the destruction of myelin sheaths called
What is multiple sclerosis? (MS)
What is sometimes referred to as the emotional brain?
The limbic system
A decrease in the strength of a sensation that occurs during a prolonged stimulation is called
Adaptation
the large muscle that helps with the expansion and contraction of the lungs in breathing
diaphragm
What is the difference between veins and arteries?
Gaps between the myelin sheath where axons are uncovered are called
Nodes of Ranvier
The process by which information acquired through learning is stored and retrieved is called
What is memory?
The "white" of the eye
Sclera
A fluid mixture of lipids and proteins that prevents the alveoli from collapsing
What is surfactant?
Oxygenated blood is received by this chamber of the heart
What is the left atrium?
The junction between two nerve cells
What is a synapse?
The right and left cerebral hemispheres are connected by a broad band of white matter called the
Corpus callosum
The type of receptor that responds to changes in solute concentration in ECF is called
Osmoreceptor
Another name for gastroesophageal reflux disease is
What is heart burn?
The diagonal groove that separates the atria and ventricles of the heart is the
What is the coronary sulcus?
Information processing is also known as
What is integration?
What are the 3 main parts of the brain stem?
medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain
In order to smell something, it must be
1
2
3
The muscle that prevents food from traveling down the windpipe is called the
What is the epiglottis?