Cells

Question 0

Any substance recognized by the body as a foreign, or “not self”

Answer 0

Antigen

Question 1

Substance synthesized by the immune system that can recognize specific foreign materials in the body and initiate a specific immune response against it.

Answer 1

Antibody

Question 2

Floor of the cranial cavity, which includes portions of the temporal and occipital bones, as well as the sphenoid and ethmoid bones

Answer 2

Basilar skull

Question 3

States that at a constant temperature, the volume of a gas varies inversely with its pressure

Answer 3

Boyle’s law

Question 4

Fluid secreted from special cells in the ventricles of the brain that serves to cushion the brain and spinal cord, as well as provide a carefully regulated chemical environment around them

Answer 4

Cerebrospinal fluid

Question 5

Sensory cells that respond to chemical changes in the body fluids, such as the level of carbon dioxide or O2, and send this information to the CNS to initiate changes that maintain or restore homeostasis

Answer 5

Chemoreceptors

Question 6

One of the four basic tissue types in the body (in addition to muscle, epithelium, and nervous tissue)

Answer 6

Connective tissue

Question 7

Pertaining to the skin

Answer 7

Cutaneous

Question 8

Epithelial tissue that lines the inner surface of a structure

Answer 8

Endothelium

Question 9

Layers of cells that cover or line a structure, allowing for protection, absorption, secretion, and other specialized functions

Answer 9

Epithelial tissue

Question 10

All fluid in the body that is not within cells

Answer 10

Extracellular fluid

Question 11

Large opening at the base of the skull that allows the brain stem to be continuous with the spinal cord

Answer 11

Foramen magnum

Question 12

Iron-containing protein molecule in red blood cells to which O2 can bind reversibly

Answer 12

Hemoglobin

Question 13

Measure of pressure as determined by the amount of pressure needed to raise a column of mercury 1mm

Answer 13

Millimeters of mercury (mmHg)

Question 14

Partial pressure of a gas in the proportion of the total pressure of a mixture of gases that can be accounted for by an individual gas.

Answer 14

Partial pressure

Question 15

Exchange of gases between the body and the environment

Answer 15

Respiration

Question 16

Tissue layer created by the close proximity of the alveolar sacs and the wall of the capillaries surrounding them, which allows gases to diffuse between the lungs and blood

Answer 16

Respiratory membrane

Question 17

Wetting agent that allows fluid to spread across a surface

Answer 17

Surfactant

Question 18

Immovable joint that joins the bones of the skull

Answer 18

Suture

Question 19

Movement of air into and out of the lungs

Answer 19

Ventilation