Organs
This organ's endocrine function is responsible for producing insulin.
What is the pancreas?
This organ is the primary location of blood detoxification.
What is the liver?
The tube through which urine is expelled from the body.
What is the urethra?
This cranial nerve is responsible for the sense of sight.
What is the optic nerve?
The number of teeth in the adult mouth.
What is 32 teeth?
This organ serves as a container for bile.
What is the gallbladder?
This organ's main function is to reabsorb water.
What is the large intestine?
This portion of the kidney contains nephrons.
What is the renal cortex?
This lobe of the brain is responsible for conscious thought.
What is the frontal lobe?
This contraction of smooth muscle is responsible for moving food through your esophagus.
What is peristalsis?
This portion of the stomach is located in the uppermost region.
What is the fundus?
This portion of the small intestine begins immediately after the stomach.
What is the duodenum?
The kidneys lie in this cavity within the body.
What is the retroperitoneal space/cavity?
What is vitreous humor?
These vertebrae are known for "keeping the diaphragm alive".
What are C3,C4,C5?
The acid found in the stomach.
What is hydrochloric acid?
The presence of food in the duodenum causes this organ to contract and secrets its contents.
What is the gallbladder?
This portion of the kidney is also known as Bowman's capsule.
What is the glomerulus/glomerular capsule?
This is the middle meningeal layer.
What is the arachnoid layer?
The salivary enzyme that metabolizes carbohydrates.
What is amylase?
Old RBCs are broken down by the liver and turned into this substance.
What is bile?
The liver is responsible for the production these plasma proteins. (Name 1)
What are albumin, fibrinogen, and globulins?
This hormone is responsible for water retention and decreased urine production.
What is ADH or vasopressin?
This brain structure is located above the brainstem and is composed of the epithalamus, the thalamus, the hypothalamus, and the subthalamus.
What is the diencephalon?
These two fibers slide over each other and are responsible for muscle contraction.
What are actin and myosin?