Nervous System
The two main portions of the nervous system.
What are the central nervous system, and the peripheral nervous system?
Largest single organ in the body.
What is the skin?
The second major body cavity.
What is the abdomen?
Consists of the lips, cheeks, gums, teeth, and tongue.
What is the mouth?
This system has no pump and relies on muscle contractions and movements of the body.
What is the lymphatic system?
The largest portion of the brain.
What is the cerebrum?
The two layers of skin
What are the epidermis, and dermis?
The quadrants of the abdomen.
What are the RUQ, LUQ, RLQ, and LLQ?
Saliva is composed of this percentage of water.
What is 98%?
Thin straw colored fluid.
What is lymph?
Carries from the brain to the muscles.
What are motor nerves?
Found on the linings of body cavities and passages.
What are mucous membranes?
Located in your RLQ
What is your small intestine and your appendix?
A collapsible tube about 10 inches long that extends from the end of the pharynx to the stomach.
What is th Esophagus?
Located in various places along the lymph vessels in the body.
What are lymph nodes?
Located in the upper brainstem responsible for maintenance of consciousness, specifically one's level of arousal.
What is reticular activating system?
Functions of the skin
What is to protect the body from the environment, maintain normal body temperature, and transmit sensory information?
Retroperitoneal
What is behind the abdominal cavity?
Approximately 25% of the cardiac output of blood (1.5 L) passes through here each minute.
What is the liver?
Together these two systems helps to rid the body of toxins and other harmful materials.
What are the circulatory system, and the lymphatic system?
Portions of the nervous system that, when stimulated, can cause constriction of blood vessels.
What are alpha-adrenergic receptors?
The outermost or dead layer of skin.
What is stratum corner?
In normal routine activity w/o any food or fluid consumption at all this amount of fluid is secreted daily into the GI tract.
What is 8-10 L?
A hormone produced by the islets of Langerhans.
What is Insulin?
Houses immune cells that help eliminate infectious agents.
What is the spleen?