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The Body as a Whole
Cardio & Lymph
Endocrine System
Skeletal System
Joints
100
What is the most abundant type of tissue in the body?
What is connective tissue
100
What is the largest arty that carries oxygen and nutrients out of the heart?
What is the Aorta
100
What is the insufficent release of a hormone?
What is hyposecretion
100
The head, vetebral column, ribs and sternum are part of of the ________ skeleton
What is axial
100
Hyaline, fibrous, and elastic are all types of:
What is cartilage
200
What is the capacity to do work called?
What is energy
200
What is a decrease in the total number of red blood cells or in the amount of iron?
What is anemia
200
What is the hormone that prepares the body for stress?
What is cortisol
200
What is the body projection above a condyle called?
What is an epicondyle
200
What type of joint allows flexion and extention in one diretion, changing the angle of the bones at the joint
What is hinge
300
What type of fiber returns to its original length after being stretched?
What is Elastic
300
What is the clear interstitail tissue fluid that bathes the cells and returns plasma protiens
What is lymph
300
What decreases the blood glucose levels?
What is Insulin
300
What is the first stage of healing from a fracture?
What is remodeling
300
Internal rotation is also know as what other type of rotation?
What is medial
400
A decrease in the size of a body part or organ caused by a decrease in the size of its cells
What is atrophy
400
What are the two large lower chambers of the heart called?
What are the ventricles
400
A massage therapist should watch for tissue changes in the feet for clients with this condition
What is diabetes
400
What part of the bone does growth in length occur?
What is the epiphyseal plate
400
The movement of a joint towards the midline of the trunk is called:
What is adduction
500
What is the chemical process that converts food to energy?
What is metabolism
500
What is the smallest part of the vascular system where nutrient exchange takes place?
What are capillaries
500
Which lobe of the pituitary gland secretes the majoirty of the hormones?
What is the anterior lobe
500
What is another term for a joint?
What is articulation
500
What is the term for a freely movalbe synovial joint?
What is diarthrosis