Gastroenterology
What are the four main functions of the digestive system?
Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, and Elimination
What are the small grapelike clusters that form the ends of the respiratory passages?
Alveoli
What is the term that means no urine production?
Oliguria
What are the four abdominal muscles?
Rectus, transverse, internal oblique, and external oblique
What do the sympathetic nerves do?
Stimulate fight or flight response
What does dysphagia mean?
Difficulty swallowing
What is the term for slow breathing?
Bradypnea
What is the condition that means urine is held in the bladder?
Urinary retention
The smiling muscle is?
Zygomaticus
What is the microscopic branching fiber of a nerve cell that is the first part to receive the nervous impulse?
Axon
What is mastication?
Chewing
The trachea branches off into the right and left _____?
Bronchi
What does enuresis mean?
When a muscle is frozen in a flexed position and joint mobility is restricted it is known as?
Contracture
What is the test done to confirm meningitis?
Lumbar puncture
What is the greenish-yellow secretion that is produced by the liver and is stored in the gallbladder called?
Bile
When the diaphragm contracts and descends it is called?
Inhalation
What is a renal calculi?
Kidney stone
What is tetany?
Muscle spasm
What is the nervous tissue that conducts nerve impulses?
Neuron
What is another name for hepatic?
What is located in the upper respiratory tract?
Nares, nostrils, and nasal septum
This tube conducts urine from the bladder to the outside for elimination?
Urethra
The prime mover is referred to as?
Chief muscle
What structure carries info toward the cell body of a neuron?
Dendrites