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Body Systems 1 Flashcards

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1
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A bone in the arm which sounds as though it should be funny

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Humerus

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2
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The last bone in the back

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Coccyx

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3
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A little bone in the throat

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Hyoid

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4
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A patient calls this the collarbone

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Clavicle

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5
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This bone in the ear means “anvil”

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Incus

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6
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Another word for lower jaw

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Mandible

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7
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It protects the brain

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Skull

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8
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The final limb bones

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Phalanges

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9
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It provides support, movement and protection

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Skeleton

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10
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The patient calls just a funny bone

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Elbow

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11
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This is known as the kneecap

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Patella

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12
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This is the spherical top end of the femur

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Head

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13
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Arms and legs

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Limbs

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14
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Joints allow bones to do this

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Articulate

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15
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The shin bone

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Tibia

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16
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You will find the metatarsals here

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Foot

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17
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One of the bones in the lower arm

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Radius

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18
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There’s fluid in this type of joint

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Synovial

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19
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The socket for the eye

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Orbit

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20
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The most abundant extracellular fibre in the body

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Collagen

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21
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The common name for spinal column

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Backbone

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22
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These protect vital body organs

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Ribs

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23
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It’s tough, flexible and much lighter than bone

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Cartilage

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24
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This is one of the bones forming the spinal column

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Vertebra

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25
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Commonly called the breast bone

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Sternum

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26
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A small pit in the cartilage on the femur

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Fovea

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27
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The long central section of the Femur

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Shafting

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28
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The bones in the body form the ___ system.

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Skeletal

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29
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Tendons connecting muscles to bones are ___, allowing the body to move.

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Flexible

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30
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Bone is more ___ than cartilage.

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Resistant

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31
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The skull consists of the ___ and ___ skeleton.

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Cranial

Facial

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32
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The bone surrounds a ___ blood vessel.

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Central

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33
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Spicules of bones are surrounded by ___ tissue.

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Connective

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34
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A bone has a tough ___ outer membrane.

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Collagenous

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35
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The hallow ___ shape of the femur resist stress.

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Tubular

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36
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Some bones have a ___ function.

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Protective

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37
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The joints between vertebrae are ___ joints.

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Cartilaginous

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38
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The elbow, hip and wrists are ___ joints.

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Movable

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39
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In a synovial joints there is a ___ fluid between the surfaces.

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Lubricating

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40
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___ contraction changes the length of the muscle.

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Muscular

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41
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The ligaments connecting the tarsus bones are very ___.

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Powerful

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42
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The spinal column is also known as the ___ column.

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Vertebral

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43
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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 ___.

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Muscle

Circulatory

Pyramidal

Cavity

44
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The heart is divided into right and left halves which do not ___.

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Communicate

45
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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 ___.

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Vessels

Arteries

Veins

46
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The pulmonary Artery carries blood from the heart to the ___, well the aorta Carries blood to all parts of the body from the ___.

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Lungs

Heart

47
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Blood carried in the systemic arteries ___ is but in the pulmonary artery it is not.

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Oxygenated

48
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The heart is a ___ with four ___, two ventricles and two ___.

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Pump

Chambers

Atria

49
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The hearts left ventricle has a much thicker ___ then the right because it is responsible for ___ blood around the ___ circulatory system.

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Wall

Pumping

Systemic

50
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Blood in the heart is forced around the circulatory system by ___ (systole) and ___ (diastole) of the heart.

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Contraction

Relaxatation

51
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Systole

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Pumping blood from chambers into the arteries

52
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Diastole

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When the blood muscles relax and allow the chambers to fill with the blood

53
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The pulmonary and aortic ___ control the exits from the ventricles. Each one has three ___. The sound of the heart is when they ___.

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Valves

Cusps

Close

54
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Each minute the heart ___ about 72 times. This is known as the ___ rate and can be measured in the radial artery in the ___.

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Beats

Pulse

Wrist

55
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The systemic arteries ___ (divide) many times and become ___. They then deliver blood to small ___from where exchange can take place.

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Brunch

Arterioles

Capillaries

56
Q

Medical term of

Mouth

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Buccal cavity

57
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Medical term of

Roof of the mouth

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Hard and soft palate

58
Q

Medical term of

Spit

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Saliva

59
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Medical term of

Throat

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Pharynx

60
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Medical term of

Gullet

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Oesophagus

61
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Medical term of

Small intestine

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Ileum

62
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Medical term of

Large intestine

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Colon

63
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Medical term of

Bowel

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Duodenum

Jejunum

Ileum

Colon

Rectum

64
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Buccal cavity

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Mouth

65
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Hard and soft palate

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Roof of the mouth

66
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Saliva

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Spit

67
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Pharynx

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Throat

68
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Oesophagus

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Gullet

69
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Ileum

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Small intestine

70
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Colon

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Large Intestine / bowel

71
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Duodenum

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Bowel

72
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Jejunum

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Bowel

73
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Ileum

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Bowel

74
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Rectum

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Bowel

75
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External respiration involves taking oxygen to the body and ___.

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Getting rid of access carbon dioxide

76
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From the nose and mouth, air flows ___.

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Into the larynx and windpipe

77
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The trachea divides ___.

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Into the right and left bronchi

78
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Gaseous exchange takes place ___.

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In the alveoli

79
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Ventilation is the process of ___.

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Renewing alveolar air

80
Q

The respiratory tract is lined with ___.

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A layer of sticky mucus

81
Q

The mucus in the respiratory tract is continually moved ___.

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By cilia

82
Q

Residual air is left behind in the lungs ___.

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After expiration

83
Q

During heavy exercise, the depth and rate of ventilation ___.

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Increases dramatically

84
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The epiglottis prevents ___.

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Food and liquid from entering the lower respiratory tract

85
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The larynx is also known as ___.

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The voice box or Adam’s apple

86
Q

Each of the two lungs is surrounded ___.

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By it’s pleural cavity

87
Q

The pleural cavities are filled ___.

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With fluid

88
Q

Air flows into the lungs when ___.

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The chest wall and diaphragm move to increase the volume of the thorax

89
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Tensing the vocal folds in the larynx in a stream of air ___.

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Causes them to vibrate and produce sound

90
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The brain and spinal cord form the ___ nervous system (cns).

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Central

91
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The nerves which connect the brain and structures of the head are ___ nerves.

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Cranial

92
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An immediate response of the body to a stimulus is a ___ action.

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Reflex

93
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Messages are transmitted along nerve fibers by means of action ___.

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Potential

94
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A stimulus is received by a ___.

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Receptor

95
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The muscle or gland which responds to a stimulus is the ___.

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Effector

96
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Nerve cells are known as ___.

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Neurons.

97
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Nerve fibers are connected by a junction or ___.

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Synapse

98
Q

These junctions, signaling molecules or ___ are released.

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Neurotransmitters

99
Q

Normally nerve cells are divided into three types: ___, motor and ___.

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Sensory

Autonomous

100
Q

A motor so consist of a cell body with ___ protruding from it and a long ___.

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Dendrites

Axon

101
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In the spinal cord, neuronal cell bodies are known as ___.

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Grey matter

102
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Nerves which supply the body wall, skeletal muscle and skin are ___ nerves.

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Somatic

103
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The collection of neuronal cell bodies lying outside that is an CNS it’s called a ___.

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Ganglion

104
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The internal environment of the body is controlled by the ___ nervous system.

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Automatic

105
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‘Fight, fright or flight’ is controlled by the ___ nervous system.

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Sympathetic

106
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Ligaments connect?

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Bone to bone

107
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Tendons connect?

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Bone to muscle

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