Respiratory System
The windpipe; the main trunk for air passing to and from the lungs.
What is the Trachea?
The main artery leaving the left side of the heart and carrying freshly oxygenated blood to the body.
What is the Aorta?
The largest part of the three subdivisions of the brain, sometimes called the gray matter; made up of several lobes that control movement, hearing, balance, speech, visual perception, emotions, and personality.
What is the Cerebrum?
A small, tubular structure that is attached to the lower border of the cecum in the lower right quadrant of the abdomen.
What is the Appendix?
Name the five divisions of the spine.
What is servical thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccyx.
The tiny blood vessels between the arterioles and venules that permit transfer of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste between body tissues and the blood.
What is Capillary Vessels?
The wave of pressure created as the heart contracts and forces blood out the left ventricle and into the major arteries.
What is pulse?
One of the three major subdivisions of the brain, sometimes called the little brain; coordinates the various activities of the brain, particularly fine body movements.
What is the Cerebellum?
The tubes that connect each ovary with the uterus and are the primary location for fertilization of the ovum.
What is Fallopian Tubes?
The inner bone of the forearm, on the side opposite the thumb.
What is the ulna?
The use of muscles of the chest, back, and abdomen to assist in expanding the chest; occurs when air movement is impaired.
What is Labored Breathing?
List the four chambers of the heart.
What is right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, and left ventricle.
A large opening at the base of the skull through which the brain connects to the spinal cord.
What is the Foramen Magnum?
The system that controls virtually all activities of the body, both voluntary and involuntary.
What is the Nervous System?
The framework of the body, composed of bones and other connective tissues, that supports and protects internal organs and other body tissues.
What is the Skeletal System?
The air sacs of the lungs in which the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.
What are Alveoli?
The pressure that the blood exerts against the walls of the arteries as it passes through them.
What is Blood Pressure?
An organ that lies below the midbrain and above the medulla and contains numerous important nerve fibers, including those for sleep, respiration, and the medullary respiratory center.
What is the Pons?
The smooth connective tissue that forms the support structure of the skeletal system and provides cushioning between bones; also forms the nasal septum and portions of the outer ear.
What is Cartilage?
All the structures of the body that contribute to the process of breathing, consisting of the upper and lower airways and their component parts.
What is the Respiratory System?
The complex arrangement of connected tubes, including the arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins, that moves blood, oxygen, nutrients, carbon dioxide, and cellular waste throughout the body.
What is the Circulatory System
Fluid produced in the ventricles of the brain that flows in the subarachnoid space and bathes the meninges.
What is Cerebrospinal Fluid?
A condition in which the circulatory system fails to provide sufficient circulation to maintain normal cellular functions; also called hypoperfusion.
What is Shock?
The portion of the skeletal system that comprises the arms, legs, pelvis, and shoulder girdle.
What is the Appendicular Skeleton?