Respiratory System
These tiny air sacs are the primary site of gas exchange
What are alveoli?
The largest lymphatic organ in the body
What is the spleen?
Digestion begins in this cavity.
What is the oral cavity?
The functional unit of the kidney.
What is the nephron?
This body system maintains acid-base balance by regulating hydrogen and bicarbonate ions.
What is the urinary system?
This muscle performs about 75% of quiet inspiration.
What is the diaphragm?
This primary lymphoid organ is where T cells mature.
What is the thymus?
This movement mixes food without moving it down the tract.
What is segmentation?
Most water reabsorption occurs in this portion of the nephron.
What is the proximal convoluted tubule?
These white blood cells produce antibodies.
What are B cells?
These cells produce surfactant.
What are Type II pneumocytes?
These lymphocytes destroy virus-infected and cancer cells without prior sensitization.
What are Natural Killer (NK) cells?
These teeth are specialized for tearing food.
What are canines (cuspids)?
This hormone increases sodium reabsorption in the distal nephron.
What is aldosterone?
This type of immunity is obtained through breast milk.
What is naturally acquired passive immunity?
According to Boyle's Law, increasing lung volume causes this to decrease.
What is pressure?
This class of MHC protein is found on nearly all nucleated cells.
What is Class I MHC?
These finger-like projections greatly increase the absorptive surface area of the small intestine.
What are villi?
This blood vessel delivers blood to the glomerulus.
What is the afferent arteriole?
This type of white blood cell differentiates into plasma cells.
What is a B lymphocyte?
This inherited disorder causes thick mucus and impaired mucociliary clearance.
What is cystic fibrosis?
These cells stimulate both B-cell and cytotoxic T-cell responses.
What are Helper T cells?
This membrane covers most digestive organs within the abdominal cavity.
What is the serosa (visceral peritoneum)?
The three major processes involved in urine formation.
What are filtration, reabsorption, and secretion?
Damage to these kidney cells commonly results in protein appearing in urine.
What are podocytes?