Digestive System
Improperly digested fats appearing in the feces.
What is steatorrhea?
Finger-like projections at the ends of the fallopian tubes.
What are fimbriae?
Transparent, biconvex eye structure focusing light on the retina.
What is the lens?
Word meaning “pertaining to muscles and nerves.”
What is myoneural?
Contraction phase of the heartbeat.
What is systole?
Wave-like muscle contractions that push food through the digestive tract.
What is peristalsis?
Hormone classified as an androgen.
What is testosterone?
Spiraled, snail-shaped structure in the inner ear.
What is the cochlea?
A chemical that transmits impulses between nerve cells.
What is acetylcholine?
Pigment formed from hemoglobin breakdown.
What is bilirubin?
The portion of the tooth containing nerves and blood vessels.
What is the pulp?
First menstrual period.
What is menarche?
Photosensitive retinal cells that allow color vision.
What are cones?
A burning sensation of pain.
What is causalgia?
The sac-like membrane surrounding the heart.
What is the pericardium?
The enzyme responsible for digesting starch.
What is amylase?
Where spermatozoa are produced.
What are the seminiferous tubules?
Adjustment of the lens by the ciliary body.
What is accommodation?
Part of the brain that regulates heartbeat, breathing, and blood vessel size.
What is the medulla oblongata?
Blood protein that maintains water balance in the blood.
What is albumin?
Lack of appetite.
What is anorexia?
Removal of both fallopian tubes and ovaries.
What is a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy?
Sensorineural hearing loss due to aging.
What is presbycusis?
Protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
What are the meninges?
Term for "fast heartbeat".
What is tachycardia?