C. L. TEST 101-120 Flashcards
- What is blood?
Fluid circulating through the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries
- What does blood carry?
Oxygen and nutrients
- What is botulism?
A severe form of food poising
- What causes botulism?
A kind of bacterium that creates a toxin
- What is the brain?
The central organ in the nervous system protected by the skull
- What does the cerebral cortex do?
It is the location of memory, sight, speech, and other higher functions
- What does the cerebrum do?
Contains the right brain and the left brain
- What does the right side of the brain do?
It controls the left side of the body
- What is bubonic plague?
A highly contagious disease affecting the lymphatic system
- What is bubonic plague caused from?
Bacteria transmitted to humans from rat-borne fleas
- What is cancer?
A disease characterized by the rapid growth of cells in the body often in a form of a tumor
- What is cancers treatment?
Radiation, chemotherapy and surgery
- What are capillaries?
The tiny blood vessels throughout the body that connect arteries and veins
- What do capillaries carry?
Oxygen and nutrients
- What are chicken pox?
Mild but highly contagious disease caused by a virus and characterized by slight fever and eruption of blisters on the skin
- What happens if children have already had chicken pox?
They are immune to future infection of it
- What does hold your horses mean?
An expression that means restrain or hold back on someone’s expression of enthusiasm
- Where did hold your horses originate from?
The west
- What does Hit the sack mean?
Getting sleep
- What is hit the sack?
An expression
- What does in the doghouse mean?
Someone who has committed an error
- What does in the doghouse mean by holding against?
They are being held in disregard or restrain
- What is skating on ice?
The possibility of error is great
- What does skating on ice mean obviously?
Would result in possible catastrophe
- What does don’t have a cow man mean?
Used to denote a condition of stressing oneself beyond normal levels of comfort
- What famous character has used don’t have a cow man?
Bart Simpson
- What does butterflies in ones stomach mean?
Indicates nervousness
- What does butterflies in ones stomach mean obviously?
Would result in incomplete digestion, illness and maybe even death
- What is driving someone up the wall?
So serious and upsetting or irritating a person
- In driving someone up the wall, what’s the person who’s irritating referred to as?
The driver
- What is it isn’t over until the fat lady sings?
Expression to indicate the game isn’t over until its over
- Where did it isn’t over until the fat lady sings probably originate from?
From the opera
- What does eyes bigger than ones stomach mean?
Wanting more things that you can actually use or wanting more things that one needs
- What does eyes bigger than ones stomach mean obviously?
To want more food that our stomachs can actually accumulate
- What dos cat got your tongue mean?
Someone who is being overly quite when a response is expected
- Why did vat got your tongue originate?
To reflect the reality that cats don’t “say” anything
- What does for as a fiddle mean?
An individual who is fit or tuned
- What is a fiddle?
An instrument that sounds best when it’s tuned
- What is you can’t cover the sun with one finger mean?
To try and cover up a mistake
- War is you can’t cover the sun with one finger demonstrate?
Rather uselessness
