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Human Body Flashcards

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Popularly referred to (incorrectly) as the ‘funny bone’ which bone runs from the shoulder to the elbow?

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HUMERUS

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Which sheet of internal skeletal muscle separates the thoracic cavity containing the heart and lungs from the abdominal cavity?

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DIAPHRAGM

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What is the name of the light-sensitive membrane lining the inner eyeball containing cells that are sensitive to light and that trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain?

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RETINA

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Commonly called the ‘voice box’ which short cartilaginous tube joins the pharynx with the trachea?

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LARYNX

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What is the name of the outermost layer of skin which lies above the dermis?

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EPIDERMIS

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Weighing about 1.5 kg what is both the heaviest internal organ and the largest gland in the human body?

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LIVER

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What is the main artery in the human body originating from the left ventricle of the heart which distributes oxygenated blood to all parts of the body?

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AORTA

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People with which blood group are known as universal donors as they can donate blood to almost anyone else?

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O NEGATIVE

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Skeletal smooth and cardiac are the three types of which soft tissue?

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MUSCLE

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Also known as the thigh bone what is the longest and strongest bone in the human body?

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FEMUR

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Which part of the brain located at the back of the skull coordinates and regulates muscular activity?

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CEREBELLUM

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Which tube connects the middle ear to the pharynx and serves to equalize air pressure on either side of the eardrum?

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EUSTACIAN TUBE

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Pollex is the Medical Latin English noun for which part of the body?

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THUMB

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14
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Which artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs?

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PULMONARY ARTERY

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What is the name of the little white crescent found at the bed of the fingernails and toenails?

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LUNULA

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From the Latin for ‘little grape’ what is the name of the small soft piece of flesh that hangs down from the back of the throat?

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UVULA

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Providing the lower value in a blood pressure reading in which part of the part of the cardiac cycle does the heart refill with blood?

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DIASTOLE

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Which gland in the neck produces T cells for the immune system and becomes much smaller at the approach of puberty?

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THYMUS

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What is the name of the savoury taste which is one of the five basic tastes together with sweet sour bitter and salty?

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UMAMI

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20
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How many deciduous teeth (milk teeth) does a child have?

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20

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Fingernails and toenails are made of which tough protective protein?

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KERATIN

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Arranged like a letter ‘X’ which pair of ligaments (anterior and posterior) is located in the knee?

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CRUCIATE

23
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Human cells have how many pairs of chromosomes?

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23

24
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Derived from the Latin word for ‘fasting’ which part of the small intestine lies between the duodenum and the ileum?

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JEJUNUM

25
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Which steroid hormone produced in the ovaries is involved in the female menstrual cycle pregnancy and the development of an embryo?

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PROGESTERONE

26
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Which bone in the middle ear is the smallest and lightest named bone in the human body?

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STAPES (OR STIRRUP)

27
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Iris oesophageal and pyloric are examples of which circular muscle that surrounds a body opening and that can tighten to close the opening?

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SPHINCTER

28
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Also known as the bicuspid valve which valve in the heart allows the blood to flow from the left atrium into the left ventricle and prevents the backflow of blood?

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MITRAL VALVE

29
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The largest strongest and lowest bone in the face what is the name of the lower jawbone?

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MANDIBLE

30
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What is the name of the second cervical vertebra of the spine which forms the pivot upon which the first cervical vertebra (the atlas) rotates?

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AXIS

31
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Which type of white blood cell in the immune system includes natural killer (NK) cells T cells and B cells?

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LYMPHOCYTE

32
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The longest nerve of the autonomic nervous system what is the name of the tenth cranial nerve?

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VAGUS

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Composed of a glomerulus and the Bowman’s capsule the renal corpuscle is a component in which filtering and excretory unit of the kidney?

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NEPHRON

34
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Produced in the stomach which enzyme breaks down proteins into smaller peptides?

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PEPSIN

35
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The Glands of Montgomery are sebaceous glands found in the areola surrounding what parts of the human body?

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NIPPLES

36
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What is the common name of the calcaneus bone?

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HEEL BONE

37
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Which organ of the body consisting of red pulp and white pulp is responsible for removing old or damaged red blood cells from the body and has a reservoir of blood?

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SPLEEN

38
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Named after the German anatomist who discovered them what name of given to the regions of the pancreas that contain endocrine cells?

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ISLETS OF LANGERHANS

39
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Palpebral and blepharal are terms which refer to which parts of the human body?

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EYELIDS

40
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Which high amplitude electrical rhythms of the brain with a frequency of less than four cycles per second are associated with deep sleep?

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DELTA WAVES

41
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Which hormone produced by the pineal gland is intimately involved in regulating the sleeping and waking cycles and circadian rhythms?

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MELATONIN

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The Organ of Corti is contained in which chamber of bone in the inner ear?

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COCHLEA

43
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Derived from the Latin for ‘tender mother’ what is the delicate innermost layer of the meninges?

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PIA MATER

44
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What is the name of the long coiled tube that lies behind the testicle and connects it to the vas deferens?

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EPIDIDYMIS

45
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The appendix is a blind-ended tube connected to which structure of the colon that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine?

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CECUM

46
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When the stomach is empty which peptide hormone known as the ‘hunger hormone’ is released?

A

GHRELIN

47
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Often abbreviated as VC what is the maximum amount of air a person can expel from the lungs after a maximum inhalation?

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VITAL CAPACITY

48
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Which gelatinous substance within the umbilical cord protects and insulates umbilical blood vessels?

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WHARTON’S JELLY

49
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What type of sensory receptor responds to potentially damaging stimuli by sending nerve signals of pain to the spinal cord and brain?

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NOCICEPTOR

50
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Named after the Ukrainian scientist who first described them what is the name of the giant neurons located within the grey matter in the primary motor cortex?

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BETZ CELLS

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