Body Systems
What is the circulatory system?
Body's transport system, responsible for moving blood, nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide and hormones to and from cells throughout the body.
What is an organ?
An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform specific function or set functions within the body.
What is a common disease affecting the cardiovascular system?
Murmur, MI, Cardiac arrest
Inflammation of the skin
What is dermatitis?
What does a cardiologist do?
What is a doctor who's an expert in heart and blood vessel diseases.
What system is responsible for producing hormones?
What is the endocrine system is responsible fr producing and regulating hormones in the body. Pituitary glands, pancreas and reproductive glands.
Name one major function of the musculoskeletal system
What is provide support and enable movement by working together with bones, muscles, joints, tendons, and ligaments to allow the body to move and maintain posture?
How does diabetes affect the endocrine system?
What is glucose regulation, insulin production and secretion and hormoal balance.
Muscle pain
What is myalgia?
What is an endocrinologist?
What is a medical professional who specializes in diagnosing and treating conditions that affect the endocrine system, which is made up of the glands and organs that produce hormones
What are the main functions of the respiratory system?
What is...
1. Gas exchange,
2. oxygen delivery
3. carbon dioxide removal
4. Regulation of blood pH
Explain the roles of the valves in the heart?
What is controlling blood flow, preventing backflow?
What diseases can impact the muscular system?
Inflammation of a joint
What is arthritis?
Medical specialty that treats conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system, which includes the bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, and tendons.
What is orthopedics or orthopedic surgeon?
Describe the role of the skeletal system.
What is provides framework for body's structure, protection of vital organs, movement, mineral storage and blood cell production
What is a tendon?
what is a tough connective tisusse that connects muscle to bone.
Explain the effects of hypertension on the circulatory system.
What is increased workload on the hear, arterial damage (atherosclerosis), reduced blood flow, aneurysm increased risk of hert and stroke
Condition of abnormal rhythm
What is arrhythmia?
Which directional term is used to describe fron to back?
What is anteroposterior?
What is the function of the integumentary system?
What is Protection (firs line of defense), regulation of body temperature, sensation, excretion, vitamin d systhesis, waterproof barrier
What is homeostasis and why is it important?
What is the process by which the body maintains a stable internal environment despite changes in external conditiions.
Prevention of illness
Response to environmental changes
Discuss how autoimmune diseases affect the immune system.
What is chronic inflamation, tissue damage (immune system attacks joint and immune system destroys insulin producing beta cells). Susceptibility to infection.
tightening or narrowing of a blood vessel
Who is vasoconstriction?
The cavity that contains the heart, lungs, aorta, esophagos and trachea...
What is the thoracic cavity.