Chapter 2
Used to immobilize a broken bone.
What is a splint?
The control center of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
The body's ability to resist a particular disease.
What is immunity?
The part of the brain that controls thinking, reasoning, and memory.
What is the cerebrum?
Drugs that destroy or stop the growth of bacteria.
What are antibiotics?
Care given to an injured or ill person until help arrives.
What is first aid?
Known as the "master gland."
What is the pituitary gland?
The largest organ.
What is the skin?
Send messages to your brain which allow you to smell.
What are olfactory receptors?
Drugs that relieve pain without causing numbness.
What are analgesics?
The jostling of the brain inside its protective, bony covering.
What is a concussion?
Served as your lungs, kidneys, and intestines before you developed these organs.
What is the placenta?
The special kind of skin cells that line your mouth, nose, and throat.
What is the mucous membrane?
The "wires" of your communication system.
What are the nerves?
The best known and most widely used antibacterial drug.
What is penicillin?
A serum used for treating snake bites.
What is antivenin?
The dome-shaped muscle responsible for breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
The largest lymphatic organ.
What is the spleen?
Made of up the brain and spinal cord.
What is the central nervous system?
Medicine that can be purchased without a prescription.
What is over-the-counter?
Controlled by direct pressure, elevation, and compressing the nearest pressure point.
The substances your body needs in order to function properly.
What are nutrients?
The body's first line of defense against disease.
What is the skin?
The part of the eye that gives it its color.
The most frequently used illegal drug.
What is marijuana?