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During inspiration this metric increases in the thoracic cavity whereas this metric decreases in the alveoli resulting in air flow into the lungs.
What are volume and pressure?
These two hormones are produced by a unique organ with two key functions in digestion and blood sugar regulation.
What are insulin and glucagon?
This is the longest of the stages of labor where contractions are typically mild and somewhat irregular.
What is the dilation stage?
This term describes the sensation felt by clinician at the excursion limit, generally by bone, soft tissue or capsule.
What is end-feel?
This is the largest lymph organ in the body
What is the spleen?
A sudden rise in systemic vascular resistance will most directly impact stroke volume in this way.
What is a decrease in stroke volume?
This organ produces bile to allow better absorption of fats and fat-soluble vitamins by the body.
What is the liver?
This combination of muscle groups is responsible for the muscular force couple seen in anterior pelvic tilting.
What are hip flexors and lumbar extensors?
This classification of exercise testing measures a response to standard physical activity and/or their ability to perform.
What is performance test?
This nerve innervates the external oblique, allowing for left lateral side bend and right trunk rotation.
What is the iliohypogastric nerve?
This structure is responsible for slowing conduction causing the atria to contract before the ventricles.
What is the AV node?
The gallbladder and portion of the liver is located in this abdominal region.
What is the right hypochondriac region?
Weakness of this muscle or muscle group leads to excessive pelvic drop during gait, notably in single limb stance.
What are the hip abductors or the gluteus medius?
The goal for submaximal exercise testing is to establish baseline stress for improvement but avoiding this.
What is physiological stress?
The lesser splanchnic nerve innervates these structures, while the great splanchnic nerve innervates another structure entirely.
What are the ileum and the jejunum?
This is the maximum volume of air that can expired after the end of normal tidal expiration.
What is expiratory reserve volume?
This artery provides the primary blood flow to the small intestine, also referenced as the midgut.
What is the superior mesenteric artery?
This nerve and associated spinal levels innervates the gluteus maximus to produce hip extension.
What is the inferior gluteal nerve from L5, S1, and S2?
It's said that this law means that our bodies adapt over time to stress we place on them.
What is Wolff's law?
These two arteries supply the flocculonodular lobe.
What are the AICA and PICA?
On an ECG this represents the brief time frame in which the atria are actively contracting.
What is the P-R segment?
These structures join together to form the common bile duct.
What are the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct?
The pelvic floor, more specifically the pelvic diaphragm, is formed by these 4 muscles.
What are the coccygeus, puborectalis, pubococcygeus, and iliococcygeus?
This is the age men peak in muscle mass and then decline 1%/year after.
What is 30?
This hormone secreted by the Suprarenal glands is responsible for increasing blood pressure.
What is aldosterone?