Mblex Flashcards
What are the vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the lungs?
Pulmonary veins
The return of deoxygenated blood from the tissues is through the
Veins
Plasma is what percent of total blood volume?
55
a clear fluid in the lymphatics
Lymph
Lymph vessels which carry lymph to and immediately from the lymph nodes
Primary lymph vessels
A large, circulating leukocyte that constitutes from 3-8% of white blood cells in humans is a
Monocyte
Cells derived from bone marrow that ingest and digest foreign cells or particles are called
Phagocytes
The valve that allows chime to past from the small intestine to the large intestine
Illeocecal valve
What is the tube shaped sac at the beginning of the colon
Appendix
The volume of air left in the lungs after a maximum exhalation is the
Residual Volume
The alveolar sacs are made up of multiple smaller cavities called
Alveoli
Eupnea is a term that describes
Normal, resting breathing
Another term for pituitary gland
Hypophysis
Ductless gland
Endocrine glands
The pituitary is located in the sella turcica of which bone?
Sphenoid
What are the organic chemical messengers of the body?
Hormones
Oxytocin is produced by which gland?
Hypothalamus
Bulbourethral glands are also known as
Cowper’s glands
The location where the renal pyramids in the medulla empty urine into a initial collecting area in the kidney is
Renal papilla
How long is the average female urethra?
1.5 inches
All of the following are normal constituents of urine except
Albumin
The glomerus is a network of capillaries involved in filtering what?
Blood
Where does blood go from the renal arteries?
Kidneys
The amount of force that is applied to a tissue is called
Magnitude