Cardiovascular system
What is the blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart?
Arteries
What organ is responsible for gas exchange?
Lungs
What is the main function of the skeletal system?
Support, protection and movement.
All the muscles that we can consciously control are known as?
voluntary control.
What type of joint is the knee?
Hinge joint
What is the name of the blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
Veins
What muscle helps you breathe by moving up and down?
Diaphragm.
What is the main mineral stored in bones?
Calcium
What are the three types of muscles?
How many types of synovial joints are in the human body?
6: ball and socket, pivot, hinge, saddle, plane & condyloid.
During exercise, What usually happens between heart rate and stroke volume?
Both will increase
What is the formula to calculate ventilation?
Tidal volume x respiratory rate
How many bones does the human body have?
206
Which type of muscle fibre is a slow-twitch oxidative?
Type 1
What movement occurs when you stand on your tiptoes?
Plantar flexion
Describe AVO2 difference.
Arteriovenous oxygen difference is comparing the oxygen content of the blood between the arterial blood and the venous blood.
What is the term for gases exchanging in the respiratory system?
Diffusion
What is the type of bone tissue that provides shock absorption required at the end of long and irregular bones?
Cancellous bones
Which principle states that if the nerve impulse meets a certain threshold, maximal action occurs in the muscle fibre?
'All or nothing' principle
What are the major muscles that surround the ball and socket joint of the shoulder.
Deltoid, pectoralis major and trapezius major.
Show the process of how blood moves through the heart from the inferior or superior vena cava to the aorta. In your answer you need to include the pathway to the lungs and back.
Superior/inferior vena cava, tricuspid valve, right ventricle, pulmonary valve, pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary veins, left atrium, bicuspid valve, left ventricle, aorta
Describe gaseous exchange at the alveoli.
Oxygen diffuses into the blood while carbon dioxide diffuses into the alveoli.
What type of bone is the skull?
Flat bone
What are the three muscles in the Quadriceps.
rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, and vastus medialis
What is the difference between ligaments and tendons?
Ligaments link bone to bone, Tendons ties muscle to bone.