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Pertaining to a below-normal volume of blood
What is: hypovolemic
The largest bone in the body
What is: the femur
Blood from the body enters the heart here
What is: right atrium
The appendix is here
Where is: right lower quadrant of the abdomen
The normal resting heart rate for an adult
What is: 60 - 100 bpm
Excessive vomiting
What is: hyperemesis
The group of bones that make up the ankle
What are: tarsals
Deoxygenated blood leaves the heart through this
What is: the pulmonary artery
This is mostly in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen
What is: the liver
Lie in the retroperitoneal space
What are: the kidneys
DAILY DOUBLE!
Both sides of midline
Consists of the sacrum, coccyx, ilium, ischium, pubis
What is: the pelvis
Blood from the lower body moves to the heart through this
What is: the inferior vena cava
This system filters and excretes wastes to maintain balance of water and other substances
What is: the renal or urinary system
Supports the circulatory system and immune system
What is: the lymphatic system
What is: tachypnea
Forms the longitudinal axis of the body from the skull to the coccyx
What is: the axial skeleton
DAILY DOUBLE!!
To break down glycogen, glucogon is secreted here
What is: the pancreas
O2 supply to tissues falls, anaerobic metabolism occurs in cells, metabolic acidosis ensues, and the heart rate increases
What is: shock
Hemo is a prefix referring to this
What is: blood (ex. hemodynamic status)
This is at the inferior portion of the sternum
What is: the xiphoid process
Oxygenated blood leaves this heart chamber on its way to the body
What is: the left ventricle
Part of the lymphatic system, this is in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen
What is: the spleen
The most superior portion of the ilium
What is: the iliac crest