Body Systems 1 Flashcards
A bone in the arm which sounds as though it should be funny
Humerus
The last bone in the back
Coccyx
A little bone in the throat
Hyoid
A patient calls this the collarbone
Clavicle
This bone in the ear means “anvil”
Incus
Another word for lower jaw
Mandible
It protects the brain
Skull
The final limb bones
Phalanges
It provides support, movement and protection
Skeleton
The patient calls just a funny bone
Elbow
This is known as the kneecap
Patella
This is the spherical top end of the femur
Head
Arms and legs
Limbs
Joints allow bones to do this
Articulate
The shin bone
Tibia
You will find the metatarsals here
Foot
One of the bones in the lower arm
Radius
There’s fluid in this type of joint
Synovial
The socket for the eye
Orbit
The most abundant extracellular fibre in the body
Collagen
The common name for spinal column
Backbone
These protect vital body organs
Ribs
It’s tough, flexible and much lighter than bone
Cartilage
This is one of the bones forming the spinal column
Vertebra
Commonly called the breast bone
Sternum
A small pit in the cartilage on the femur
Fovea
The long central section of the Femur
Shafting
The bones in the body form the ___ system.
Skeletal
Tendons connecting muscles to bones are ___, allowing the body to move.
Flexible
Bone is more ___ than cartilage.
Resistant
The skull consists of the ___ and ___ skeleton.
Cranial
Facial
The bone surrounds a ___ blood vessel.
Central
Spicules of bones are surrounded by ___ tissue.
Connective
A bone has a tough ___ outer membrane.
Collagenous
The hallow ___ shape of the femur resist stress.
Tubular
Some bones have a ___ function.
Protective
The joints between vertebrae are ___ joints.
Cartilaginous
The elbow, hip and wrists are ___ joints.
Movable
In a synovial joints there is a ___ fluid between the surfaces.
Lubricating
___ contraction changes the length of the muscle.
Muscular
The ligaments connecting the tarsus bones are very ___.
Powerful
The spinal column is also known as the ___ column.
Vertebral
Many people feel like the most important ___ in the body is the heart. Together with the ___ system it maintains life. The heart is roughly ___ in shape and is located in the pericardial ___.
Muscle
Circulatory
Pyramidal
Cavity
The heart is divided into right and left halves which do not ___.
Communicate
Blood travels around the body and blood ___. The ___ carry blood from the heart to all parts of the body well blood returns to the heart in ___.
Vessels
Arteries
Veins
The pulmonary Artery carries blood from the heart to the ___, well the aorta Carries blood to all parts of the body from the ___.
Lungs
Heart
Blood carried in the systemic arteries ___ is but in the pulmonary artery it is not.
Oxygenated
The heart is a ___ with four ___, two ventricles and two ___.
Pump
Chambers
Atria
The hearts left ventricle has a much thicker ___ then the right because it is responsible for ___ blood around the ___ circulatory system.
Wall
Pumping
Systemic
Blood in the heart is forced around the circulatory system by ___ (systole) and ___ (diastole) of the heart.
Contraction
Relaxatation
Systole
Pumping blood from chambers into the arteries
Diastole
When the blood muscles relax and allow the chambers to fill with the blood
The pulmonary and aortic ___ control the exits from the ventricles. Each one has three ___. The sound of the heart is when they ___.
Valves
Cusps
Close
Each minute the heart ___ about 72 times. This is known as the ___ rate and can be measured in the radial artery in the ___.
Beats
Pulse
Wrist
The systemic arteries ___ (divide) many times and become ___. They then deliver blood to small ___from where exchange can take place.
Brunch
Arterioles
Capillaries
Medical term of
Mouth
Buccal cavity
Medical term of
Roof of the mouth
Hard and soft palate
Medical term of
Spit
Saliva
Medical term of
Throat
Pharynx
Medical term of
Gullet
Oesophagus
Medical term of
Small intestine
Ileum
Medical term of
Large intestine
Colon
Medical term of
Bowel
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
Colon
Rectum
Buccal cavity
Mouth
Hard and soft palate
Roof of the mouth
Saliva
Spit
Pharynx
Throat
Oesophagus
Gullet
Ileum
Small intestine
Colon
Large Intestine / bowel
Duodenum
Bowel
Jejunum
Bowel
Ileum
Bowel
Rectum
Bowel
External respiration involves taking oxygen to the body and ___.
Getting rid of access carbon dioxide
From the nose and mouth, air flows ___.
Into the larynx and windpipe
The trachea divides ___.
Into the right and left bronchi
Gaseous exchange takes place ___.
In the alveoli
Ventilation is the process of ___.
Renewing alveolar air
The respiratory tract is lined with ___.
A layer of sticky mucus
The mucus in the respiratory tract is continually moved ___.
By cilia
Residual air is left behind in the lungs ___.
After expiration
During heavy exercise, the depth and rate of ventilation ___.
Increases dramatically
The epiglottis prevents ___.
Food and liquid from entering the lower respiratory tract
The larynx is also known as ___.
The voice box or Adam’s apple
Each of the two lungs is surrounded ___.
By it’s pleural cavity
The pleural cavities are filled ___.
With fluid
Air flows into the lungs when ___.
The chest wall and diaphragm move to increase the volume of the thorax
Tensing the vocal folds in the larynx in a stream of air ___.
Causes them to vibrate and produce sound
The brain and spinal cord form the ___ nervous system (cns).
Central
The nerves which connect the brain and structures of the head are ___ nerves.
Cranial
An immediate response of the body to a stimulus is a ___ action.
Reflex
Messages are transmitted along nerve fibers by means of action ___.
Potential
A stimulus is received by a ___.
Receptor
The muscle or gland which responds to a stimulus is the ___.
Effector
Nerve cells are known as ___.
Neurons.
Nerve fibers are connected by a junction or ___.
Synapse
These junctions, signaling molecules or ___ are released.
Neurotransmitters
Normally nerve cells are divided into three types: ___, motor and ___.
Sensory
Autonomous
A motor so consist of a cell body with ___ protruding from it and a long ___.
Dendrites
Axon
In the spinal cord, neuronal cell bodies are known as ___.
Grey matter
Nerves which supply the body wall, skeletal muscle and skin are ___ nerves.
Somatic
The collection of neuronal cell bodies lying outside that is an CNS it’s called a ___.
Ganglion
The internal environment of the body is controlled by the ___ nervous system.
Automatic
‘Fight, fright or flight’ is controlled by the ___ nervous system.
Sympathetic
Ligaments connect?
Bone to bone
Tendons connect?
Bone to muscle
