C.L TEST 101-120 Flashcards
101.What is blood?
The fluid circulating through the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries
- What is blood composed of?
Plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets
- What is botulism?
A severe form of food poisoning, often fatal if not treated quickly
- What is botulism caused by?
A kind of bacterium
- What is the brain?
The central organ in the nervous system, protected by the skull
- What does the brain consist of?
Medulla
- What does the cerebrum contain?
Two hemispheres that control both the left and right side of the brain
- What do the two hemispheres control?
The left side controls the right side of the body and the right side controls the left side of the body
- What is bubonic plague?
A highly contagious disease, usually fatal affecting the lymphatic system
- WhT is bubonic plague caused by?
Bacteria transmitted to humans by rate born fleas
- What is cancer?
A disease characterized by the rapid growth of cells in the body often in the form of a tumor
- What ways can (possibly) treat cancer patients?
Radiation, Chemotherapy, and surgery
- What are capillaries?
The tiny blood vessels throughout the body that connect arteries and veins
107.What do capillaries form around?
Body tissues
108.What is chicken pox?
A mild but highly contagious disease caused by a virus and characterized by slight fever and the eruption of blisters on the skin
- What is Chicken pox classified as?
A disease of childhood that can be immune to you if you’ve already had this disease
109.What is “hold your horses”?
An expression that means to restrain or hold back on ones expression of enthusiasm
- Where was this expression formed?
Most likely in the West
- What does hit the sack mean?
Refers to getting some sleep
- Is this expression commonly used?
Yes
- What does skating on thin ice mean?
Obviously the act stepping onto thin ice would result in possible catastrophe
- When is this used?
To indicate the possibility of error is great and that one should observe caution
- Where did don’t have a cow man, come from?
A favorite of the tv cartoon personality Bart Simpson, but this expression was used long before Bart
- When was this expression created?
Before Bart Simpson
- What does butterflies in ones stomach mean?
To show you are jittery about something or someone
- What does the butterflies in this expression represent?
Nervousness
- What does driving some up the wall mean?
Not in the literal sense. But referred to an annoying person
- Who would be the driver in this expression?
The person who was doing the irritating
- What did this saying originate from?
Yogi Berra
- What is it isn’t over until the fat lady sings about?
To indicate that the game isn’t over until its over
- What is eyes bigger than ones stomach referenced to?
To want more food than your stomach can handle
- What has this term been extended to?
Wanting more things than you can actually use or wanting more things than one needs
- What was cat got your tongue originated to?
To reflect the reality that cats rarely say very much at all
- What is this referenced to?
Someone who is being overly quiet when a response is expected
- What does the expression fit as a fiddle mean?
The fiddle, being an instrument that sounds best when it is tuned has come to refer to the individual person who is tuned
- Whats another word for tuned?
Fit
- What does you can’t cover the sun with one finger mean?
To try and cover up a mistake is not acceptable
120, Is the mistake trying to be covered up useless?
Yes
