Vocab

Question 0

Respiratory system

Answer 0

Nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, lungs

Question 1

Cardiovascular

Answer 1

Pertaining to heart and blood vessels

Heart, blood vessels, arteries, capillaries, veins

Question 2

Thrombocytes

Answer 2

Platelets (blood clotting)

Question 3

Cystic Fibrosis

Answer 3

Hereditary condition causing endocrine glands to malfunction

Question 4

Myocardium

Answer 4

Thick muscular middle layer of heart

Question 5

Endocardium

Answer 5

Inner layer of the heart, lining the 4 chambers

Question 6

Leukopenia

Answer 6

Too few white blood cells

Question 7

Red bone marrow

Answer 7

Tissue where most of the red blood cells are made

Question 8

Bacteria

Answer 8

Primitive single celled micro organism that are present everywhere

Question 9

Leukocytosis

Answer 9

Too many white blood cells

Question 10

Hemopoiesis

Answer 10

Blood cells being produced in the red bone marrow

Question 11

Ventilation

Answer 11

Flow of the air between the outside area of the lungs

Question 12

Cilia

Answer 12

Hairs in the nasal cavity that filters the dust

Question 13

Pneumonia

Answer 13

Inflammatory condition of lungs caused by bacterial or viral infection

Question 14

Nares

Answer 14

The two openings of the nasal passages (nostrils)

Question 15

Erythrocytes

Answer 15

Red blood cells

Question 16

Arteries

Answer 16

Large thick walled vessels that carry blood away from the heart

Question 17

Sputum

Answer 17

Mucus or phlegm coughed up from lining of the respiratory tract

Question 18

Pathogenic

Answer 18

Bacteria, viruses, other foreign materials

Question 19

Epistaxis

Answer 19

Nose bleed

Question 20

Sanguinous

Answer 20

Pertaining to blood

Question 21

Sinoatrial node

Answer 21

Pacemaker, electrical impulses begin

Question 22

Viruses

Answer 22

Group of infectious particles that cause disease

Question 23

Rectum

Answer 23

Where feces are stored

Question 24

Plasma

Answer 24

Watery substance in blood that surrounds cells and transports substances

Question 25

Lymphadenitis

Answer 25

Inflammation of lymph glands swollen glands

Question 26

Larynx

Answer 26

Voice box

Question 27

Patent

Answer 27

Open or unblocked

Question 28

Pharynx

Answer 28

Throat

Question 29

Nasal septum

Answer 29

Middle deviser for the nasal cavity

Question 30

Hemolytic

Answer 30

Excessive loss of erythrocytes

Question 31

Pulmonary artery

Answer 31

Between heart and lungs transports deoxygenated blood to the lungs to get oxygen

Question 32

Capillaries

Answer 32

Network of tiny blood vessels

Question 33

Systemic circulation

Answer 33

Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart

Question 34

Trachea

Answer 34

Windpipe

Question 35

Glottis

Answer 35

Opening between vocal chords

Question 36

Nasopharynx

Answer 36

Superior part of the pharynx

Question 37

Superior vena cava

Answer 37

Vein coming from upper portion of body to the right atrium carrying deoxygenated blood

Question 38

Inferior vena cava

Answer 38

Vein coming from lower portion of body carrying deoxygenated blood to the right atrium

Question 39

Hemoglobin

Answer 39

Iron pigment in red blood cells transports protein

Question 40

Arterioles

Answer 40

Smallest of arteries delivers blood to capillaries

Question 41

Spleen

Answer 41

Consists of lymphatic tissue - filters out and destroys old or damaged red blood cells

Question 42

Oropharynx

Answer 42

Middle section of pharynx that receives food and drink from mouth This is where the palatine and lingual tonsil are

Question 43

Oxygen

Answer 43

Gaseous element absorbed by blood from the air sacs

Question 44

Erythropenia

Answer 44

Too few red blood cells

Question 45

Alveoli

Answer 45

Tiny air sacs at the end of each bronchioli

Question 46

Aorta

Answer 46

Largest artery in body carries blood away from heart to the tissue of the body

Question 47

Foreign material

Answer 47

Anything that does not belong in or on the body

Question 48

Stridor

Answer 48

The high pitched breathing sound made when there is an obstruction of the larynx

Question 49

Mycoplasma pneumonia

Answer 49

Less severe but longer lasting form of pneumonia

Question 50

Palate

Answer 50

Roof of mouth

Question 51

Splenectomy

Answer 51

Cutting into the spleen

Question 52

Splenectomy

Answer 52

Surgical removal of the spleen

Question 53

Parietal pericardium

Answer 53

Outer layer of pleura

Question 54

Visceral pericardium

Answer 54

Inner layer of the pleura sac

Question 55

Asthma

Answer 55

Disease caused by allergens resulting in constriction of bronchial airways

Question 56

Lymphatic system

Answer 56

System that helps body fight infection

Question 57

Epicardium

Answer 57

Outer layer of the heart

Question 58

Internal respiration

Answer 58

Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide that takes place in the lungs

Question 59

Apex

Answer 59

Lower tip of the heart

Question 60

Diastole

Answer 60

Period of time the chambers of the heart or relaxed

Question 61

Systole

Answer 61

Period of time the heart contracts

Question 62

Lumen

Answer 62

Channel within the blood vessels through which blood flows

Question 63

Auscultation

Answer 63

Process of listening to the sounds within the body by stethoscope

Question 64

Albumin

Answer 64

Transports fatty substances that plasma cannot dissolve

Question 65

Fibrinogen

Answer 65

Is a blood clotting protein

Question 66

Gamma globulin

Answer 66

Acts as an antibody

Question 67

Endocrine glands

Answer 67

Can not cause diabetes

Question 68

RH+

Answer 68

A person with RH factor in their red blood cells can not make an anti-RH antibodies

Question 69

RH-negative

Answer 69

Will produce RH antibodies therefore can be given either RH+ or RH- blood

Question 70

Universal blood donor

Answer 70

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