Lobe of the cerebrum involved in problem solving, memory, judgement, & impulse control.
What is the frontal lobe?
100
The type of muscle found in the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
100
The tube that connects the pharynx to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
100
The organ that carries urine away from the kidney and into the bladder.
What is the ureter?
100
Structure in females that produces ova (eggs), estrogen, & progesterone.
What are ovaries?
200
Neuron cell bodies and unmyelinated processes; found in cortex of brain, some small patches deep inside the brain, and forms an "H" shape in the interior of spinal cord.
What is gray matter?
200
This chamber of the heart receives unoxygenated blood from the superior & inferior vena cavae.
What is the right atrium?
200
Protein digestion begins in this organ.
What is the stomach?
200
The microscopic unit of structure and function of the kidney.
What is the nephron?
200
Structures in testes that produce sperm.
What are seminiferous tubules?
300
Nerves that carry impulses toward the CNS (central nervous system)
What are afferent (or sensory) nerves
300
This chamber of the heart pumps oxygenated blood to the aorta and out to the arteries of the body.
What is the left ventricle?
300
This accessory organ produces bile which is secreted into the small intestine to help break down fats.
What is the liver?
300
The beginning of the nephron that surrounds the glomerulus where wastes are filtered out of the blood.
What is Bowman's capsule?
300
Fertilization of an ovum occurs in the Fallopian tubes, the the ovum implants and develops in this organ.
What is the uterus?
400
The “thermostat” of the body because it regulates temperature; it also controls hunger & thirst
What is the hypothalamus?
400
The right ventricle pumps unoxygenated blood through the pulmonary artery to these structures.
What are the lungs?
400
Part of the digestive system where most of the absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream occurs.
What is the small intestine?
400
Gland in males that produce a milky fluid that helps activate sperm.
What is the prostate gland?
500
Structure in the inner ear that contains the cells responsible for converting sound into nerve impulses.
What is the cochlea?
500
The microscopic structures of the lungs where carbon dioxide is removed from the blood and oxygen is picked up by the RBC's.
What are alveioli?
500
This is a polysaccharide assembled by the liver when there is excess glucose available.
What is glycogen?
500
Nitrogen containing wastes removed by the urinary system come from the break down of these molecules.
What are amino acids?
500
This structure is cut and closed in a procedure called a vasectomy.