The Skeletal System
The Respiratory System
The Circulatory System
The Nervous System
100
How many vertebrae make up the thoracic spine?
12
100
How many lobes are the left and right lungs divided into?
Three on the right, two on the left
100
What is the difference between systemic and pulmonary circulation?
Systemic circulation carries blood to the tissues and organs in the body and back to the heart. Pulmonary circulation carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs to take up oxygen and return to the heart.
100
Is the somatic nervous system voluntary or involuntary?
Voluntary
200
_____ connects bone to bone and ______ connects bone to muscle.
Ligaments and tendons
200
What is the primary muscle of breathing?
Diaphragm
200
The pulmonary artery carries ______ blood to the lungs.
Deoxygenated
200
Which part of the brain is responsible for higher brain function?
Cerebrum
300
What is the name of joints where only slight movement is possible?
Symphyses
300
Which part of the brain controls breathing?
Brainstem
300
What is the name of red blood cells?
Erythrocytes
300
Which nerves carry information from the body to the CNS?
Sensory
400
Name four things the skeletal system does:
gives the body its shape, protects fragile organs, allows for movement, stores calcium, helps create blood cells
400
____ pressure makes the lungs fill with air during inhalation.
Negative
400
What if the function of the spleen and where is it located?
The spleen filters and stores blood (and plays a role in the immune system). It is located under the rib cage in the left upper part of the abdomen.
400
The sympathetic nervous system initiates what response?
Fight-or-flight
500
The pelvic girdle consists of what?
Two coxae (hip bones), sacrum, and coccyx
500
What does it mean if a patient has been “right main stemmed” during an intubation?
The ET tube has been advanced too far and is in the right main bronchi.
500
How do you calculate mean arterial pressure (MAP)?
500
Deoxygenated blood in the head is drained by which veins?
The internal and external jugular