The type of cells that make up the majority of the living portion of the blood.
What are red blood cells?
100
The term that refers to the body's ability to recognize pathogens and eliminate them.
What is immunity?
100
The active process of breathing.
What is inhalation?
100
The type of digestion performed by the teeth.
What is mechanical digestion?
200
The gap between neurons.
What is a synapse (or synaptic gap)?
200
The chamber of the heart that deoxygenated blood enters first.
What is the right atrium?
200
The type of immunity that refers to trying to block out all invaders. This includes the skin, sweat, tears, mucus, saliva, and stomach acid.
What is non-specific immunity?
200
The sheet of muscle found between the thoracic and abdominal cavities that pulls down to aid in inhalation.
What is the diaphragm?
200
The organ that begins digestion on proteins using pepsin and hydrochloric acid.
What is the stomach?
300
The thinking, reasoning, and memory part of the brain.
What is the cerebrum?
300
The type of blood vessel that has thick, muscular walls and carries blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
300
The filtering part of the lymphatic system.
What are lymph nodes?
300
The specific part of the respiratory system where gas exchange occurs (defined as oxygen entering the capillaries and carbon dioxide exiting the capillaries).
What are alveoli?
300
The part of the digestive system where usable nutrients are absorbed by villi and enter the blood stream.
What is the small intestine?
400
The part of the eye that contains the rods and cones.
What is the retina?
400
The type of circulation that refers to blood that flows from the heart to the lungs, and back to the heart again.
What is pulmonary circulation?
400
The protein markers found on the cell membrane that help white blood cells identify whether or not a cell is part of "self" or "non-self".
What are antigens?
400
The membrane that surrounds the lungs.
What is the pleural membrane?
400
The type of enzyme created by the liver and stored in the gall bladder that is used to emulsify fats.
What is bile?
500
The gland that is considered the "Master gland" because it secretes hormones that controls the other glands in the body.
What is the pituitary gland?
500
The term that refers to when the heart is contracting and emptying of blood.
What is systolic pressure?
500
A class of diseases where the body fails to recognize "self" and attacks its own tissues.
What are autoimmune diseases?
500
The breathing volumes term that refers to the amount of air inhaled or exhaled during a normal breath.
What is tidal volume?
500
The six types of nutrients needed by the body for proper nutrition.
What are carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water?