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Anatomy
Physiology
Organ Systems
Vocabulary
Digestion
100
Of the stomach, the left lung, the esophagus or the breastbone, it is the only one that is superficial to the heart.
What is the BREASTBONE (STERNUM)?
100
This is where the chemical digestion of food begins.
What is in the ORAL CAVITY ( OR MOUTH)?
100
This is the number of major organ systems which comprise the human body.
What is ELEVEN?
100
This term describes the immovable joints of the skull as well the stitches a doctor might use to close a wound.
What are SUTURES?
100
Both food and air routinely pass through this tube which ends at the epiglottis.
What is the PHARYNX?
200
This dome-shaped organ separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity.
What is the DIAPHRAGM?
200
These are rhythmical contractions that move the contents along tubular organs, such as the alimentary canal.
What is PERISTALSIS?
200
This organ system produces and secretes hormones to regulate body functions.
What is the ENDOCRINE SYSTEM?
200
This type of connective tissue connects a bone to another bone.
What is a LIGAMENT?
200
Of the liver, the esophagus, the large intestine and the stomach, it is the only organ that is NOT part of the alimentary canal.
What is THE LIVER?
300
THIS is the study of structures and locations of parts of the body
What is ANATOMY?
300
This is the body's ability to maintain relatively stable internal conditions.
What is HOMEOSTASIS?
300
Of the heart, the small intestine, the pancreas or the trachea, it is the only one that is an organ of the endocrine system.
What is the PANCREAS?
300
Human ova form from this process.
What is MEIOSIS?
300
This is the partially digested semi-fluid mass that leaves the stomach.
What is CHYME?
400
The anatomical term for the FRONT OF THE KNEE area is THIS.
What is the PATELLAR REGION?
400
Hemorrhagic anemia is a disorder that results from the loss of this liquid.
What is BLOOD?
400
This organ system contains the largest of ALL human organs.
What is the INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM? ( the largest of all organs is the skin )
400
The air-filled spaces, lined with respiratory mucosa, located within the skull bones, are collectively known as the paranasal THIS.
What are SINUSES?
400
This is the first section of the small intestine.
What is the DUODENUM?
500
The scientific name for the BACK OF THE KNEE area is THIS.
What is the POPLITEAL REGION?
500
THIS substance keeps the alveoli from sticking together.
What is SURFACTANT?
500
The lymphatic system includes THIS largest of all lymphatic organs.
What is THE SPLEEN?
500
THESE are shallow grooves on the surface of the brain.
What are SULCI (singular = sulcus) ?
500
The ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid colons are all part of this organ.
What is the LARGE INTESTINE?