The Heart of the Matter
Them Spooky Bones/I Hope You Find This Humerus
Angels & Airways
Under Pressure
The 2007 cinematic masterpiece "There Will Be Blood" starring Daniel Day Lewis
The Nerve of This Category
100
The chambers at the base of the heart, which fill the ventricles
What are the Atria?
100
These two bones comprise the forearm.
What is the Radius & Ulna?
100
Changes in pressure inside the chest, causing air to flow in and out of the lungs.
What is Ventilation?
100
The delivery of oxygen, glucose, and other nutrients to the cells.
What is Perfusion?
100
The component of blood is the fluid portion.
What is Plasma?
100
The brain and spinal cord comprise this system.
What is the Central Nervous System?
200
The chambers that form the apex of the heart, pump blood forward.
What are the Ventricles?
200
These two bones comprise the lower leg.
What is the Tibia and Fibula?
200
The gas exchange process of oxygen and CO2 moving across membranes of the alveoli and tissue cells.
What is Respiration?
200
Swelling of the tissues.
What is edema?
200
This component of blood carries oxygen molecules.
What are red blood cells (erythrocytes)?
200
The "fight or flight" component of the autonomic nervous system.
What is the Sympathetic nervous system?
300
These blood vessels return blood from the body to the heart.
What are the Veins?
300
This is the number of cervical vertebrae.
What is 7?
300
The nasopharynx and oropharynx are in this part of the airway.
What is the Upper Airway?
300
The largest artery in the body.
What is the aorta?
300
This component of blood are a key part of the immune system.
What are white blood cells (leukocytes)?
300
This component of the autonomic nervous system returns the body to normal function or depresses bodily functions.
What is the Parasympathetic nervous system.
400
These blood vessels deliver blood to the lungs from the heart.
What are the Pulmonary Arteries?
400
The number of thoracic vertebrae.
What is 12?
400
Liquid, blood, vomit, or other substances reaching the lungs.
What is Aspiration?
400
The pressure of blood against the walls of the arteries when the left ventricle contracts.
What is the Systolic blood pressure?
400
This component of blood releases clotting factors.
What are Platelets?
400
This hormone is secreted by activation of the "fight or flight" component of the autonomic nervous system.
What is epinephrine (adrenalin)?
500
This term refers to the heart's ability to generate it's own electrical impulses.
What is the automaticity?
500
If you're "hot under the collar," perhaps this bone needs to cool off.
What are the clavicles?
500
The space between the true vocal cords.
What is the Glottic Opening?
500
The pressure against the walls of the arteries when the left ventricle is at rest.
What is Diastolic blood pressure?
500
These two are considered the Central Pulses.
What are the Carotid and Femoral pulses?
500
The portion of the brain that regulates wakefulness.
What is the Reticular Activating System (RAS)?