Medical Terminology and Anatomy Review

Question 1

What carries oxygenated blood away from the heart?

Answer 1

Arteries

Question 2

What carries deoxygenated blood back to the heart.

Answer 2

Veins

Question 3

The system of transportation that shunts de-oxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs to be re-saturated with oxygen before being dispersed into the systemic circulation.

Answer 3

pulmonary circulation

Question 4

What carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle, through the arteries, to the capillaries in the tissues of the body?

Answer 4

systemic circulation

Question 5

The epicardium is the (inner or outer) layer of the heart.

Answer 5

outer

Question 6

What is the main muscle of the heart that allows electrical impulses to pass quickly across the muscle fibers?

Answer 6

myocardium

Question 7

LCA

Answer 7

Left carotid artery

Question 8

Where is the (LCA) left carotid artery ?

Answer 8

Your carotid arteries are located in your neck. It arises from your aortic arch, while your right carotid artery arises from your brachiocephalic artery (trunk).

Question 9

What system serves to collect excess fluid from the interstitial spaces and returns it to the heart?

Answer 9

Lymphatic System

Question 10

Lymphoid organs include?

Answer 10

Spleen, thymus, tonsils, and Peyer’s patches of the intestine

Question 11

What does the spleen do?

Answer 11

It filters and destroys RBC that are no longer efficient.

Question 12

What does the thymus do?

Answer 12

It’s the body’s defense mechanism providing surveillance and protection against diverse pathogens, tumors, antigens and mediators of tissue damage

Question 13

What is CNS?

Answer 13

Central nervous system. It is the control center for the entire body.

Question 14

Name to body parts of the CNS?

Answer 14

brain, spinal cord

Question 15

What is the PNS? What is it composed of?

Answer 15

Peripheral nervous system. Nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord with the glands, muscles, and sensory receptors/organs.

Question 16

This type of birth defect of the brain, spinal cord, happens when the spinal column of the fetus doesn’t close completely during the first month of pregnancy.

Answer 16

Spina Bifida

Question 17

A progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects movement?

Answer 17

Parkinson’s Disease (PD)

Question 18

A brain disorder that seriously affects a person’s ability to carry out daily activities.

Answer 18

Alzheimer Disease (AD). The most common form of dementia.

Question 19

Due to lack of oxygen, the sudden death of brain cells is called a……

Answer 19

Stroke

Question 20

This is caused by a blood clot that blocks or plugs a blood vessel in the brain?

Answer 20

Ischemic stroke

Question 21

What is it called when the blood flow to the brain is cut off?

Answer 21

TIA (Transient Ischemic stroke), or mini stroke

Question 22

The inflammation of the thin tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord?

Answer 22

Meningitis

Question 23

Neurological condition that affects the nervous system? Also known as the ?

Answer 23

Epilepsy. Seizure Disorder

Question 24

A condition that occurs due to compression of a facial nerve.

Answer 24

Bell’s Palsy