The Basics
The study of the structures of the body
What is Anatomy?
The only muscle that is both voluntary and involuntary, allowing for ventilation.
What is the diaphragm?
Gas exchange happens here.
What are the Alveoli?
Provides structure, and allows for movement.
What is the musculoskeletal system?
What is the brain?
The study of how body structures function.
What is Physiology?
A majority of your whole blood is comprised of this.
What is plasma?
Connects bone to muscles
What is a tendon?
Blood returns to the heart through these large vessels
What are the vena cavae?
This property of the heart allows it to beat on its own, without external stimuli.
What is automaticity?
Terminology used to help identify or locate our patients/their injuries/illnesses.
What is Medical Terminology?
The movement of a limb or other part toward the midline of the body.
What is adduction?
Tiny vessels that capillaries feed into.
What are venules?
The alchemist of the body, this system secretes hormones to help maintain homeostasis.
What is the endocrine system?
Filters the blood for toxins.
What is the liver?
The process of delivering blood, oxygen, and other nutrients to the body's tissues.
What is perfusion?
This lung sound indicates bronchospasm.
What is wheezing?
The region where the trachea bifurcates into the bronchi.
What is the carina?
Chemicals in the GI tract that aid in chemical breakdown of food.
What are enzymes?
Filters the blood for waste products.
What are the kidneys?
Fluid found in the brain and spinal cavities that nourishes both respectively.
What is cerebrospinal fluid? (CSF)
What is distal?
The nerve that stimulates the diaphragm, originating between C3 and C5.
What is the Phrenic Nerve?
Helps with the expulsion of CO2, reducing pH levels in the body.
What is the respiratory system?
Small, clustered groups of endocrine cells scattered throughout the pancreas that secrete insulin.
What are the Islets of Langerhans?