Cardiovascular System
The network of thin-walled blood vessels that connect the smallest arteries (arterioles) and the smallest veins (venules)
What are capillaries?
The four lobes of the brain.
What are the temporal lobe, the parietal lobe, the occipital lobe and the frontal lobe?
The soft, spongy tissue that fills the cavities of bones and produces the cellular components of blood.
What is bone marrow?
The four large muscles at the front of the thigh that are involved in movement.
What are the quadriceps?
The watery fluid that prepares food for swallowing and initiates the process of digestion.
What is saliva?
The largest artery in the body that supplies all parts of the body (except the lungs) with oxygenated blood
What is the aorta?
The impulse-conducting cells of the brain, nervous system and spine.
What are neurons?
The number of bones that make up the adult skeletal system.
What is 206 bones?
A band of tough, fibrous tissue that connect muscles to bones.
What is a tendon?
The muscular tube that connects the mouth and throat to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
The scientific name for a red blood cell?
The weight of the human brain.
What is 3 pounds on average?
The longest bone in an adult human.
What is the femur?
Muscle tissue that moves without conscious control and is found in walls of internal organs, such as the bladder.
What are smooth muscles?
The liquid inside of the stomach that helps to break down food and kill existing bacteria inside food.
What are gastric juices?
The circulation of blood between the heart and lungs.
What is pulmonary circulation?
The arched bridge of nervous tissue that connects the brain's hemispheres.
What is the corpus callosum?
At birth, the approximate number of bones in the human body.
The three types of muscle tissues that make up the muscular system.
What are the skeletal, smooth and cardiac?
The average length of the small intestine in an adult human male.
What is 22 feet?
The valve that regulates blood flow between the left atrium and the left ventricle within the heart.
What is the mitral valve?
The first language area within the left hemisphere to be discovered.
What is the Broca's area?
A disease in which bones lose an excessive amount of protein and minerals (such as calcium) and consequently lose bone mass.
What is osteoporosis?
An elongated contractile cell that is composed of myofibrils and forms the muscles of the body.
What is a muscle fiber?
A tubular projection attached to the large intestine that is located at the lower right side of the abdomen.
What is the appendix?