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Blood
Cartlage and Bone
Axial Muscles
Cardiovascular System
Endocrine System
100
This volume of blood is the average amount of blood humans have circulating in their cardiovascular system.
What is 5L
100
This small space in cartilage is where chondrocytes can be found
What is the lacunae
100
This dome shaped muscle separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity.
What is the diaphragm
100
This major vessel empties blood into the right atrium
What is the vena cava
100
Four of these glands are located on the posterior region of the thyroid.
What are the parathyroid glands
200
This cell type lacks a nucleus and contains hemoglobin
What is an erythrocyte
200
Articular cartilage, that covers the epiphysis of long bones, is made up of this type of cartilage
What is hyaline
200
This muscle, surrounding the eye, contracts to close the eyelid.
What is the orbicularis oculi
200
This layer is the inner most layer of the heart
What is endocardium
200
Insulin, lowers blood glucose levels, and is produced by these cells
What are Beta Cells
300
After leaving the blood stream and entering tissues, this agranulocyte differentiates into macrophages
What is a monocyte
300
Bones store and release mainly these two minerals.
What is calcium and phosphate
300
This muscle contracts to create a smile; therefore, is commonly known as the smile muscle.
What is the Zygomaticus
300
These histological structures connect cardiac myocytes and facilitate cell-to-cell interactions.
What are intercalated discs
300
These thyroid cells are important for calcium homeostasis and produce calcitonin, which reduces blood calcium levels.
What are Parafollicular cells (C cells)
400
This hormone is produced primarily by the kidneys to increase the production and maturation of erythrocytes
What is Erythropoietin
400
Bone production and resorption is an important balancing act. When osteoclasts work faster than osteoblasts, this disorder occurs.
What is Osteoporosis
400
This vertical fibrous strip seperates and connects the right and left rectus abdominis muscles
What is the linea alba
400
This term is used to describe inadequate blood flow to an organ
What is ischemia or hypoxia
400
Sympathetic nerve stimulates chromaffin cells within the adrenal medulla to produce these two hormones
What is Epinephrine and Norepinephrine
500
A condition categorized by the build up of erythrocytes causing thick, viscous blood
What is Polycythemia
500
This bone is the largest sesamoid bone found in the body
What is the patella
500
Together, the temporalis and masseter muscles move to perform this action.
What is mastication
500
This disease state describes a condition of abnormally thick heart wall and an increase in the overall size of the heart
What is Cardiomegaly
500
These two hormones are made in the hypothalamus but stored and released by the neurohypophysis of the pituitary gland.
What is anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) and oxytocin (OT)