Has roles in your level of arousal or conciousness and sleep. Relays sensory information to/from the brain. Also involved in controlling autonomic body functions
What is the pons?
100
The dense, semi-rigid, porous, calcified connective tissue forming the major portion of the skeleton of most vertebrates.
What is a bone?
100
An organ in vertebrates which consists of a muscular tube through which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
100
Also known as the windpipe, the respiratory tube extending from the larynx to the bronchi. The nasal cavity is lined by mucous membrane containing microscopic hairlike structures called cilia.
What is the trachea?
100
The chambered muscular organ in vertebrates that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system.
What is the heart?
200
Mostly deals with movement. It regulates and coordinates movement, posture and balance. Also involved in learning movement.
What is the cerebellum?
200
A point of articulation between two or more bones, especially such a connection that allows motion.
What is a joint?
200
A muscular, hollow, dilated part of the digestion system which is involved in the second phase of digestion, following mastication.
What is the stomach?
200
Smallest of the air passageways within the lungs.
What are the bronchioles?
200
The fluid consisting of plasma, blood cells, and platelets that is circulated by the heart through the vertebrate vascular system, carrying oxygen and nutrients to and waste materials away from all body tissues.
What is the blood?
300
Helps control the body's autonomic functions like respiration, digestion and heart rate. Also acts as a relay station for nerve signals going to/from the brain.
What is the medulla oblongata?
300
A tough, elastic, fibrous connective tissue found in various parts of the body, such as the joints, outer ear, and larynx.
What is cartilage?
300
Here the digestive juices from the pancreas and the gall bladder mix with hormones. The digestive enzymes break down proteins and bile and emulsify fats into micelles.
What is the duodenum?
300
Opening of the larynx between the vocal cords.
What is the glottis?
300
Any of the membranous tubes that form a branching system and carry blood to the heart.
What is a vein?
400
This is involved in processing pain and touch sensation. It's where the Somatosensory Cortex resides. It's also associated with cognition, movement, orientation, recognition and speech.
What is the parietal lobe?
400
A band of tough, inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment.
What is a tendon?
400
Extracts water and salt from solid wastes before they are eliminated from the body and is the site in which flora-aided fermentation of unabsorbed material occurs. Unlike the small intestine, the colon does not play a major role in absorption of foods and nutrients. However, the colon does absorb water, sodium and some fat soluble vitamins.
What is the colon?
400
Membrane sac covering and protecting each lung.
What is the pleura?
400
Any of the muscular elastic tubes that form a branching system and that carry blood away from the heart to the cells, tissues, and organs of the body.
What is an artery?
500
The relay station in the brain. Most of the sensory signals, auditory, Visual, and Somatosensory go through this organ on their way to other parts of the brain for processing.
What is the thalamus?
500
A sheet or band of tough, fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages at a joint or supporting an organ.
What is a ligament?
500
A pouch, usually peritoneal, that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine. It receives chyme from the ileum, and connects to the ascending colon of the large intestine.
What is the cecum?
500
Short, muscular tube extending from the mouth and nasal cavities to the trachea and esophagus.
What is the pharynx?
500
The smallest of blood vessels. They serve to distribute oxygenated blood from arteries to the tissues of the body and to feed deoxygenated blood from the tissues back into the veins.