HUMAN ANATOMY Flashcards
The residual volume can change as adults grow older. If residual volume increases, then…
Vital capacity decreases.
What structure prevents bolus from entering the wind pipe and going down the correct “tube” called the esophagus?
Epiglottis
The “DUB” sound of your heart beat is caused by which valves closing?
Semi lunar valves closing
The blood pressure produced by ventricular contractions to push blood can be measured with a
Sphygmomanometer
The projections in the nasal passage that increase surface area and aid in warming air are called?
Turbinate bones
How do the diaphragm and rib muscles help with breathing?
The muscles change the air pressure.
What structure in brain controls the the conduction of the heart?
Medulla oblongata
The erythrocyte is a component of the blood that carries…
Diffused oxygen from the lungs.
What is being shown here?
The ventricles.
What is the name of the cell that is responsible for secreting mucus in the upper respiratory tract?
Goblet cells
What part of the heart does the SA node control?
The contraction of the atria’s.
The trachea is composed of about 20 _______________ rings. The back part of each ring is made of muscle and connective tissue.
Cartilage
What are the two blood pressure readings?
Systole and diastole
What structure is used to connect to the heart to slow your heart rate down?
The vagus nerve.
What is alveoli surrounded by?
Capillaries
When you exhale as fully as you can, what is the extra air exhaled called?
expiratory reserve volume
Where would you find the development of the leukocytes known as T cells?
Thymus gland
What brings blood near the skin to elicit shivering?
Vasoconstriction
What artery carries oxygen poor blood?
Pulmonary artery
Which phagocyte is the most abundant and found in blood and body cells of an animal?
Neutrophil
Which cell is produced in the mucosal lining of the digestive and respiratory systems?
Eosinophil
What is the name of the device to accurately measure lung capacity?
Spirometer
A key function of the blood is transportation. Blood has other functions, such as regulation. What does blood regulate?
Body temperature.
The name of the tissue that attaches to the atrioventricular valves to help close them is the?
Chordae tendineae