Anatomy
The main function of red blood cells.
What is to carry oxygen?
The term for abnormally low blood pressure
What is hypotension?
A condition characterized by the narrowing of airways in the lungs.
What is asthma?
The process by which the body maintains a stable internal environment.
What is homeostasis?
A patient comes in with shortness of breath, wheezing, and uses an inhaler. The most likely condition-
What is asthma?
The chamber of the heart that pumps oxygenated blood to the body
What is the left ventricle?
The term for rapid breathing
What is tachypnea?
A type of shock caused by severe infection.
What is septic shock?
What is transcription?
The patient has crushing chest pain radiating to the left arm- the most likely condition-
What is a myocardial infarction? (heart attack)
The tiny functional units of the kidney that filter blood.
What are the nephrons?
The medical term for difficult or painful swallowing
What is dysphagia?
A neurodegenerative disease caused by the loss of dopamine-producing neurons.
What is Parkinson's disease?
The process by which cells convert glucose into ATP without oxygen.
What is glycolysis? (will also accept anaerobic respiration.)
A patient with severe right lower quadrant pain and fever likely has this condition.
What is appendicitis?
The part of the brain that regulates temperature, hunger, and thirst.
What is the hypothalamus?
The term for inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
What is endocarditis?
A disease characterized by demyelination of neurons in the central nervous system?
What is multiple sclerosis?
The enzyme responsible for unwinding DNA during replication.
What is helicase?
A patient with severe leg pain, swelling, and redness after a long flight likely has this.
What is deep vein thrombosis? (severe blood clot)
The membrane that lines the thoracic cavity and covers the lungs.
What is the pleura?
What is pancytopenia?
A genetic disorder caused by a deletion on chromosome 5, leading to a "cat-like" cry in infants.
What is Cri-du-chat syndrome?
The stage of cellular respiration where the majority of ATP is produced.
What is oxidative phosphorylation?
A patient with a tremor, bradykinesia, and rigidity likely has this neurological condition.
What is Parkinson's disease?