Digestive System
Excretory System
Respiratory System
Circulatory System
Nervous System
100
The teeth grind up your food and your tongue rolls your food into a smooth ball known as this.
What is a bolus?
100
The process by which skin excretes waste.
What is perspiration/sweat?
100
Prevents food and drink from entering the trachea.
What is the epiglottis?
100
The number of chambers in a human heart.
What is 4?
100
Sudden, unlearned, involuntary responses to certain stimuli.
What are reflexes?
200
Organ that stores bile which is produced by the liver.
What is the gallbladder?
200
Two muscular tubes that receive urine from the kidney.
What are ureters?
200
A dome-shaped layer of muscle that separates the lungs from the stomach and liver.
What is the diaphragm?
200
Arteries move blood in this direction from the heart.
What is away?
200
Type of neurons used by the central nervous system.
What are interneurons (relay neurons)?
300
A series of wave-like muscle contractions and relaxations that occur in the esophagus.
What is peristalsis?
300
A double-walled, cup-shaped structure that encapsulates the glomerulus.
What is Bowman's Capsule?
300
Clusters of microscopic, one cell thick, grape-like air sacs.
What are alveoli?
300
Collects oxygen-poor blood from the upper body and returns it to the right atrium.
What is the superior vena cava?
300
Helps protect neurons and speeds the rate of an impulse.
What are myelin sheath?
400
Finger-like projections that increase the surface area to increase nutrient absorption in the small intestines.
What are villi/microvilli?
400
Connects the loop of Henle to the collecting duct.
What is the distal tubule (5)?
400
The process where pressure increases in the thorax due to decrease in volume. The result is a higher pressure inside the thorax than outside.
What is exhalation/expiration?
400
Blood clotting is a positive feedback mechanism that prevents excessive blood loss after an injury using this component of blood.
What are platelets?
400
Regulates body temperature and sensory perception. It is also involved in alertness, hunger cues, sleepiness, arousal, and regulating your “mood.”
What is serotonin?
500
A hormone that helps improve digestion by reducing the rate at which food empties from the stomach and stimulates bile production in the liver.
What is Cholecystokinin (CCK)?
500
The hypothalamus will stimulate the pituitary gland to secrete this, which travels to the kidneys, causing the nephrons to reabsorb more water.
What is Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH)?
500
If Samuel’s vital capacity is 5000 mL and his inspiratory reserve volume is 2600 mL and his expiratory reserve volume is 2000 mL, determine the volume of air that Joe takes in during a “normal” breath.
What is 400 mL?
500
Valve that ensures blood flows from right atrium to right ventricle.
What is the tricuspid valve?
500
Part of the brain involved in unconscious coordination of posture, reflexes, and body movements.
What is the cerebellum?