vocab test 10/3/18

Question 1

each of the series of small bones forming the backbone

Answer 1

Vertebra

Question 2

a vein running up the side of the thoracic vertebral column draining itself towards the superior vena cava

Answer 2

Azygos vein

Question 3

lung on the right side of the body; bigger than the left lung and has more cavities

Answer 3

Right Lung

Question 4

the main artery of the body

Answer 4

Aorta

Question 5

a membranous partition between two body cavities or two parts of an organ

Answer 5

Mediastinum

Question 6

connects the throat to the stomach

Answer 6

Esophagus

Question 7

one of the four heart chambers; place where deoxygenated blood enters heart

Answer 7

Right atrium

Question 8

serous membrane that covers the surface of each lung

Answer 8

Visceral pleura

Question 9

one of two large chambers in the heart that collect and expel blood received from an atrium towards the peripheral beds within the body and lungs

Answer 9

Ventricle

Question 10

the thin fluid-filled space between the visceral and parietal pleura of each lung

Answer 10

Pleural cavity

Question 11

the outer membrane which is attached to the inner surface of the thoracic cavity

Answer 11

Parietal pleura

Question 12

the breastbone

Answer 12

Sternum

Question 13

pumps blood through pulmonary valve and through pulmonary artery to the lungs

Answer 13

Right ventricle

Question 14

thickest of the heart’s chambers; pumps oxygenated blood to tissues

Answer 14

Left ventricle

Question 15

lung on the left side of the body; less cavities or two parts of an organ

Answer 15

Left lung

Question 16

a double-walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the great vessels. It has two layers, fibrous and parietal

Answer 16

pericardium

Question 17

the potential space formed between two layers of serous pericardium around the heart

Answer 17

Pericardial cavity

Question 18

the double inner layer of the serous pericardium

Answer 18

Visceral pericardium

Question 19

each of a series of slender curved bones articulated in pairs to the spine protecting the thoracic cavity and its organs

Answer 19

Rib

Question 20

a membranous partition between two body cavities or two parts of an organ, especially that between the lungs

Answer 20

Mediastinum

Question 21

a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column

Answer 21

Spinal cord

Question 22

kidney that is 2-8 cm lower than the left kidney due to the liver which sits above it

Answer 22

Right kidney

Question 23

kidney on the left side of the body; higher than the right kidney

Answer 23

Left kidney

Question 24

a large vein carrying deoxygenated blood into the heart

Answer 24

inferior vena cava

Question 25

a large gland behind the stomach that secretes digestive enzymes into the duodenum. The Islets of Langerhans are located in the pancreas which secrete into the blood the hormones insulin and glucagon

Answer 25

Pancreas

Question 26

large meaty organ that sits on the right side of the abdomen

Answer 26

Liver

Question 27

the small hollow organ where bile is stored and concentrated before being released into small intestine

Answer 27

Gallbladder

Question 28

the first part of the small intestine immediately beyond the stomach

Answer 28

Duodenum

Question 29

is wrapped around the internal organs that are located inside the intraperitoneal cavity

Answer 29

Visceral peritoneum

Question 30

a potential space between the parietal peritoneum and visceral peritoneum

Answer 30

Peritoneal cavity

Question 31

portion that surrounds the abdominal and pelvic cavities

Answer 31

Parietal peritoneum

Question 32

muscular organ located on the left side of the abdomen

Answer 32

Stomach

Question 33

bars of cartilage that serve to push ribs forward and allow thorax walls to be more elastic

Answer 33

Costal cartilage

Question 34

intestine that helps excrete waste from the body

Answer 34

Large intestine

Question 35

intestine that runs between the stomach and the large intestine; the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum collectively

Answer 35

Small intestine

Question 36

lymphatic organ that helps fight against infection and is found in all vertebrates

Answer 36

Spleen