11-13 lab quiz

Question 1

vein

Answer 1

carrying oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart..

Question 2

artery

Answer 2

blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. carry oxygenated

Question 3

egress

Answer 3

going out of or leaving a place.medical: the act of emerging or moving forward.

Question 4

ingress

Answer 4

the act of going or coming in; an entering

Question 5

cusp

Answer 5

fold or flap of cardiac valve

Question 6

papillary

Answer 6

similar to a small, nipple-shaped elevation or projection.papillary muscles are muscles located in the ventricles of the heart. They attach to the cusps of the atrioventricular valves

Question 7

hypertrophy

Answer 7

thickening of the heart muscle, most commonly at the septum between the ventricles, below the aortic valve. usually left ventricle.

Question 8

epi-

Answer 8

on, following, or subsequent to.on, upon, over.

Question 9

endo

Answer 9

within, inner,

Question 10

peri

Answer 10

around, near

Question 11

apex

Answer 11

a narrowed or pointed end of a structure. bottom of heart

Question 12

ascending

Answer 12

to move upward

Question 13

descending

Answer 13

move downward

Question 14

tunic

Answer 14

an enclosing or covering membrane or tissue.Arteries and Veins are composed of three distinct layers called tunics which surround the blood-containing space

Question 15

endothelium

Answer 15

The endothelium is the thin layer of simple squamous cells that lines the interior surface of blood vessels and lymphatic vessels

Question 16

lingual

Answer 16

relating to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.

Question 17

pharynx

Answer 17

cone-shaped passageway leading from the oral and nasal cavities in the head to the esophagus and larynx. The pharynx chamber serves both respiratory and digestive functions.

Question 18

larynx

Answer 18

voice box..involved in breathing, sound production, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration. It manipulates pitch and volume. The larynx houses the vocal folds

Question 19

conchae

Answer 19

nasal airway into four groove-like air passages, and are responsible for forcing inhaled air

Question 20

nare

Answer 20

One of the two nares, the front openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow in and out or, more simply, a nostril.

Question 21

olfactory

Answer 21

sens of smell

Question 22

orifice

Answer 22

an opening, as of a pipe or tube, or one in the body, such as a nostril

Question 23

septum

Answer 23

separates the left and right airways in the nose, dividing the two nostrils.

Question 24

hyoid

Answer 24

situated in the anterior midline of the neck between the chin and the thyroid cartilage. aids in swallowing.