Anatomy is the study of _____ while physiology is the study of ______.
What is structure and function?
What is the name of the cells that make up bone tissue?
What are osteocytes?
What is the name of the cells of the nervous system that transmit electrical impulses?
What are neurons?
What are the smallest structures of the lungs and the site of gas exchange?
What are alveoli?
What is the name of the structure that helps direct food through the esophagus rather than into the lungs when swallowing?
What is the epiglottis?
Name the directional term used to refer to the "front" of the body.
What is ventral/anterior?
What are the three types of muscle tissue?
What are skeletal, cardiac, and smooth?
Which blood type is considered the universal donor because it has no antigens on the surface of it's RBCs?
What is O-?
Your sister had her larynx removed. What can she no longer do?
What is "speak?"
Name 3 functions of the digestive system.
What is ingestion, propulsion, digestion, absorption, and/or egestion?
How many layers of cells does a "simple" tissue have?
What is one layer?
Which type of joint is highly moveable?
What is a synovial joint?
A blood donor has type B- blood. What are ALL the blood types this person donate to?
What is AB+, AB-, B+, and B-?
The cartilage rings on the trachea are U-shaped to allow the passage of food down which structure?
What is esophagus?
If not enough water is absorbed by this organ, it can result in diarrhea/watery feces.
What is the large intestine?
What are the levels of organization in the body from smallest to largest? (HINT: There are 5)
What is cell → tissue → organ → organ system → organism?
When you pick up a heavy grocery bag, your arm muscles are working. In this situation, is your biceps brachii the prime mover or antagonist?
What is a prime mover?
What is the name of the chemical messengers that pass signals from one neuron to another at the synapse?
What are neurotransmitters?
Name the two muscles that are most responsible for the act of breathing (i.e. inhalation and exhalation).
What are the diaphragm and intercostal muscles.
What is the name of the disease who's symptoms present as abdominal pain in the lower right quadrant that feels worse when moving, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, fever and chills, and a swollen belly.
What is appendicitis?
Name the "stance" that is standard reference posture for describing the body's anatomy: standing upright, facing forward with the feet parallel and slightly apart, and the arms hanging down at the sides with palms facing forward.
What is anatomical position?
Pediatricians are often particularly concerned about fractures that cross the epiphyseal plate. It can interfere with normal bone growth and development, ultimately leading to differences in limb length/symmtery. What is the common name for the epiphyseal plate?
What is the "growth plate?"
This colorless, odorless gas can cause headaches, dizziness, and even death by preventing oxygen from binding to your blood.
What is carbon monoxide?
You are sitting (relatively) calm playing this game. The amount of air that is regularly being exchanged through your lungs during this time is called what?
What is tidal volume?
What is the name of the structure that is a muscular ring that is located between the esophagus and the stomach, prevents acidic stomach contents from flowing back up.
What is the cardiac sphincter?