Directional Terms
The term for "closer to the midline"
What is medial?
The prefix "Hyper-"refers to this
What is excessive/above normal/high
The human body has this many bones
What is 206
This muscle is the primary driver of breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
The normal adult heart rate.
What is 60-100 bpm?
The hand is____ to the elbow
What is distal?
This term means disease of the nerves.
What is neuropathy?
This is the largest, strongest bone in the body
What is the femur?
This structure divides the upper airway from the lower airway.
This is the largest artery in the body
What is the aorta?
Anterior refers to this side of the body
What is the front?
Analgesic means pertaining to no____
What is pain?
The shoulder is this type of joint
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
Gas exchange occurs in these tiny sacs of the lungs.
What are alveoli?
The right side of the heart pumps blood to this organ.
What are the lungs?
This position refers to the patient lying face up
What is supine?
This suffix means "condition of the blood"
What is -emia?
These are the three types of muscles
What are skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscles?
This term means the amount of air moved in one breath.
(Bonus points for the normal amount)
What is tidal volume? (500mL)
This term refers top the amount of blood ejected from the heart per beat.
What is stroke volume?
The term for closer to the skin
What is superficial
This word means excessive urination.
Name the five regions of the spinal column in order.
(Bonus points for the amount of vertebrae in each)
What are Cervical (7), Thoracic (12), Lumbar (5), Sacrum (5), Coccyx (4)
This backup breathing drive triggered by low oxygen levels.
What is the hypoxic drive?
This formula calculates cardiac output
What is HR x SV?