Basic Nutrition
8 ounces in milliliters
What is 240 mililitters
Largest organ system
What is the integumentary system?
Medical term for throat.
What is pharynx?
The heart at rest.
What is diastole?
Yellow discoloration of skin and whites of eyes, usually due to a liver disorder.
What is jaundice?
Fat-soluable vitamins
What is A,D,E,K?
Bands of connective tissue that attach skeletal musclesto bones.
What are tendons?
Membrane that covers the inside of the chest cavity and the outside of the lungs.
What is Pleura?
Medical term for fever.
What is febrile?
Cracks in the foot, such as those seen in athlete's foot.
What is a fissure?
Provides food in smaller pieces that make it easier to chew.
What is a mechanical diet?
A tough, fibrous substance, fills the space between bones in slightly movable joints. Acts as a "shock asorber".
What is cartilage?
Lower chambers of the heart.
What are ventricles?
Instrument used to measure blood pressure.
What is a sphy?gmomanometer
Insufficient amounts of dopamine are produced resulting in signals between basal ganglia and other brain regions being blocked.
What is Parkinson disease?
Caused by too much fluid in the tissues of the body.
What is edema?
Millions of tiny hair like structures that cover the mucous membrane linings of the trachea and bronchi.
What are cilia?
Flap of cartilage that covers the opening of the larynx.
What is the epiglottis?
Three things you look at when measuring a person's respirations.
What is respiratory rate, respiratory rhythm, and depth of respiration?
Medical term for a stroke.
What is cerebrovascular accident.
Tube inserted into part of the small intestine through a surgical icision in the abdomen
what is a jejunostomy tube?
Chest pain that is felt as a resilt of the heart muscle being deprived of oxygen.
What is angina pectoris?
Right side of heart pumps blood to the lungs where it releases carbon monoxide and picks up oxygen.
What is the pulmonary circulation?
Name of the sounds you listen for as the pressure in a blood pressure cuff falls.
What are Korotokoff sounds?
Secretes enzymes that help digest food into the small intestine and produces the hormones insulin and glucagon.
What is the pancreas?