Blood
What makes up a majority of your overall blood volume?
Plasma
This blood vessel carries blood AWAY from the heart.
Artery
Cavity that air enters and is humidified before entering the lungs.
Nasal cavity
Where are your salivary glands located?
Mouth
Balance is closely associated with which sense?
Hearing
Blood component responsible for clotting
Platelets
The name for the smallest type of blood vessel. (used in gas exchange)
Capillaries
Cartilage flap that prevents food and liquid from entering the trachea.
Epiglottis
What is the visible part of the tooth?
Crown
What type of receptor senses the internal environment? (pH, blood pressure, etc...)
This type of WBC stimulates allergic reactions.
Basophil
Condition when valves in veins are leaky and allow for back flow.
[DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!]
Varicose veins (aka: Spider veins)
What is the waste product of the respiratory system?
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Which organ produces Insulin and Glucagon?
[DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!]
Pancreas
Thin, clear structure that covers the outside of the eye.
Cornea
Condition when a person has abnormally low RBC count.
[DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!]
Anemia
What chamber does deoxygenated blood enter the heart?
Right atrium
Where does the gas exchange occur in the lungs?
[DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!]
Alveoli
What is the technical term for "cavity"?
Dental carries
Visual cell that allows for color vision
Cones
Term for when WBCs squeeze through the blood vessel wall.
Diapedesis
What valve separated the right atrium and right ventricle?
[DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!]
Tricuspid valve
What substance is produced in your lungs to help reduce surface tension and friction when breathing?
Surfactant
The name of the automatic contractions in your intestines that aids in moving food.
[DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!]
Peristalsis
What type of touch receptor is responsible for detecting texture?
[DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!]
Meissner's corpuscle