Defining Moment!
Front surface of the body.
What is: Anterior?
The name for the voice box.
What is: Larynx
The rate of breathing increases when the body is generating more carbon dioxide or needs this?
What is: More oxygen? (Remember, Respiratory Distress)
These structures have thick walls and carry blood away from the heart at high pressure.
What is: Arteries?
Longest, Strongest Bone in the body.
What is: Femur?
Where are the phalanges located in comparison to the the shoulder on our upper extremity?
What is: distal?
Closer to the midline of the body.
What is: Medial
Name for the windpipe.
What is: Trachea
When you inhale, the diaphragm contracts and moves in this direction.
What is: Downward? (Remember inhalation takes work of energy to move the diaphragm. Exhalation is a passive process, (no work of energy).
The body has three major arteries that are used for patient assessment. They are the Carotid, Radial and this artery.
What is: Femoral Artery?
The bones in the head include the skull and this structure.
What is: Mandible? (The only moveable bone in the head).
How many sections of the spinal cord are there?
What is: 5?
Away from the midline of the body.
What is: Lateral
Keeps food from entering the larynx.
What is: Epiglottis
The circulatory system includes these structures.
What is: Heart, Blood and Blood Vessels? (Pump, Fluid, and Pipes)
These structures have thin walls, valves, low pressure and carry blood back to the heart.
What is: Veins
Tendons attach muscle to bone, whereas ligaments attach these stuctures.
What is: Bone to Bone?
What artery is used to get the pulse of a conscious patient?
What is: the radial
Back surface of the body area.
What is: Posterior?
The airway ends with these microscopic structures that are responsible for capillary exchange.
What is: Alveloi
These upper and lower chambers of the heart work together to pump blood to the lungs and this place.
What is: The Rest of the body?
These structures are the smallest vessels in the Circulatory System.
What is: Capillaries?
This area of the spinal cord is known as the base of the spine and is also the posterior wall of the pelvic girdle.
What is: Sacrum?
A hormone produced in the pancreas
What is: insulin?
Refers to an imaginary vertical line drawn from head to toe that separates the body into a left half and a right half.
What is: Midline
This system brings oxygen into the body and removes the waste gas (carbon dioxide).
What is: Respiratory System
There are one-way valves located in the heart. The purpose of these vales is to prevent this.
What is: Backflow? (Regurgitation)
Plasma, Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells and Platelets represent.
What is: The Components of Blood?
This system consists of bones and connective tissues that protect and support the framework for the body.
What is: Musculoskeletal System?
Normal BP for a resting adult?
What is: 120/80