Cardiovascular System
These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries.
The bones that make up the fingers and toes.
What are the phalanges.
The name for the system that includes the brain and spinal cord.
What is the Central Nervous System.
This is the the cartilage lined tube that transports air from the upper airway to the lungs.
What is the trachea.
The body cavity that contains the digestive organs.
What is the abdominal cavity.
What is the urinary bladder.
This is the medical term for blue skin.
What is cyanosis.
This is the blood vessel that exits the heart from the left ventricle. It supplies blood to the entire body.
What is the aorta.
This is a bi-product of muscle contraction. We need it to live.
What is heat.
These are the 3 sections of the brain.
What are the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem.
BONUS for 2x pts: What does each do?
These are the tine air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange with the blood takes place.
What are alveoli.
This organ found in the lower right quadrant can sometimes rupture, leading the patient death.
What is the appendix.
This pair of organs are responsible for removing waste from the blood.
What are the kidneys.
This is the largest bone in the body. It also unlocks the restroom door.
What is the femur.
These are the 4 components of blood.
What are plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
The carpal bones can be found here.
What is the wrist.
The brain requires these 3 things to function properly.
What is oxygen, sugar, and a favorable temperature range.
This dome shaped muscle is the primary muscle responsible for the act of ventilation.
What is the diaphragm.
This organ makes insulin.
What the pancreas.
Urine travels from the bladder to exit the body through this tube.
What is the urethra.
What is temperature regulation, protection, and sensation.
This is the cardiac cheer.
What is RA RV Lu LA LV
The shoulder is an example of this kind of joint.
What is a ball-in-socket joint.
As opposed to sensory neurons which relay information to the central nervous system, these neurons relay commands and allow for movement.
What are motor neurons.
This is the percentage of oxygen in room air and the percentage of oxygen left in the air we exhale.
What is 21% and 16%.
This organ attached to the liver by a duct is called this.
What is the gallbladder.
Urine travels from the kidneys to the bladder using these tubes.
What are the ureters.
This structure is the dividing line between the upper and lower airway.
What is the larynx.
These small muscles allow for peripheral vasoconstriction as a response to hypoperfusion.
What are capillary sphincters.
The fluid found in joints that help to lubricate them and reduce friction.
What is synovial fluid.
The occipital lobe of the brain, located in the posterior portion of the cerebrum is responsible for this.
What is visual perception.
The passive process that causes oxygen and carbon dioxide to pass through the alveolar membrane in the lungs.
What is diffusion.
The involuntary muscle constriction that moves contents through the esophagus and the intestines.
What is peristalsis.
This is the name for a kidney doctor.
What is a nephrologist.
This is the average pulse rate and respiratory rate for an adult.
What is 60-100 for pulse and and 12-20 for respirations.
Blood returns to the heart from the upper body via this vessel.
What is the superior vena cava.
What is a greenstick fracture.
The brain is covered by this membrane.
What is the meninges.
The space around the lungs that they expand into.
What is the pleural space.
The stoppage of motion in the intestines.
What is ileus.
The measurement used to describe the acidity or alkalinity of a liquid (like the blood).
What is pH.
What are the fallopian tubes.