Body Structures
This double-layered membrane surrounds each lung and helps reduce friction during breathing.
What is the pleura?
These protein-making organelles can be free-floating in the cytoplasm or bound to the rough ER.
What are Ribosomes?
These sweat glands are found all over the body, open directly onto the skin's surface and play a key role in thermoregulation.
What are eccrine sweat glands?
This U-shaped structure in the nephron that allows for water reabsorption and the production of concentrated urine.
What is the loop of Henle?
These are the five categories used to classify bones based on their shape and structure.
What are long, short, flat, irregular, and sesamoid bones?
These three types of muscle tissue include one that moves bones, one that pumps blood, and one that lines internal organs.
What are Skeletal, Cardiac and Smooth muscles?
This term refers to joint pain, often seen in conditions like arthritis or after viral infections.
What is arthralgia?
This branch of the autonomic nervous system prepares your body for “fight or flight”
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This part of the brainstem controls vital functions like breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure.
What is medulla oblongata?
This slender long bone runs on the lateral side of the lower leg alongside a thicker long bone.
What is Fibula?
This term refers to the muscles or spaces located between the ribs.
What is 'intercostal'?
This term describes the loss of ability to understand or express language, often due to brain damage.
What is aphasia?
This lobe, located at the back of the brain, is primarily responsible for processing visual information.
What is Occipital lobe?
This tough, outermost layer of the meninges protects the brain and spinal cord like a durable shield.
What is dura mater?
This highly mobile ball-and-socket joint connects the humerus to the scapula and allows for a wide range of arm movements.
What is Shoulder joint?
This term refers to a disease condition of a spinal nerve root.
What is radiculopathy?
This term describes anything related to hearing, such as nerves or tumors affecting the auditory system.
What is 'acoustic'?
This twelfth cranial nerve controls tongue movements and is essential for speech and articulation.
What is the Hypoglossal nerve (XII)?
This voluntary muscle encircles the urethra and allows one to control the release of urine.
What is external urethral sphincter?
These bone cells breaks down bones and are involved in bone remodeling.
What are osteoclasts?
This neurotransmitter is released at neuromuscular junctions to stimulate muscle contraction.
What is Acetylcholine (Ach)?
This term refers to paralysis affecting all four limbs, typically caused by spinal cord injury in the cervical region.
What is quadriplegia?
This brain structure is essential for forming long-term memories and is part of the limbic system.
What is the Hippocampus?
This small but powerful brain region regulates hunger, thirst, body temperature, and controls the pituitary gland.
What is hypothalamus?
This prominent neck muscle helps you turn your head side to side.
What is Sternocleidomastoid?