Body Systems 1 Flashcards
(107 cards)
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A bone in the arm which sounds as though it should be funny
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Humerus
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The last bone in the back
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Coccyx
3
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A little bone in the throat
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Hyoid
4
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A patient calls this the collarbone
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Clavicle
5
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This bone in the ear means “anvil”
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Incus
6
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Another word for lower jaw
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Mandible
7
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It protects the brain
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Skull
8
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The final limb bones
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Phalanges
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It provides support, movement and protection
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Skeleton
10
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The patient calls just a funny bone
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Elbow
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This is known as the kneecap
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Patella
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This is the spherical top end of the femur
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Head
13
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Arms and legs
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Limbs
14
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Joints allow bones to do this
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Articulate
15
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The shin bone
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Tibia
16
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You will find the metatarsals here
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Foot
17
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One of the bones in the lower arm
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Radius
18
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There’s fluid in this type of joint
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Synovial
19
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The socket for the eye
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Orbit
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The most abundant extracellular fibre in the body
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Collagen
21
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The common name for spinal column
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Backbone
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These protect vital body organs
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Ribs
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It’s tough, flexible and much lighter than bone
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Cartilage
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This is one of the bones forming the spinal column
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Vertebra
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Commonly called the breast bone
Sternum
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A small pit in the cartilage on the femur
Fovea
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The long central section of the Femur
Shafting
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The bones in the body form the ___ system.
Skeletal
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Tendons connecting muscles to bones are \_\_\_, allowing the body to move.
Flexible
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Bone is more ___ than cartilage.
Resistant
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The skull consists of the ___ and ___ skeleton.
Cranial
Facial
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The bone surrounds a ___ blood vessel.
Central
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Spicules of bones are surrounded by ___ tissue.
Connective
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A bone has a tough ___ outer membrane.
Collagenous
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The hallow ___ shape of the femur resist stress.
Tubular
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Some bones have a ___ function.
Protective
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The joints between vertebrae are ___ joints.
Cartilaginous
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The elbow, hip and wrists are ___ joints.
Movable
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In a synovial joints there is a ___ fluid between the surfaces.
Lubricating
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\_\_\_ contraction changes the length of the muscle.
Muscular
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The ligaments connecting the tarsus bones are very \_\_\_.
Powerful
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The spinal column is also known as the ___ column.
Vertebral
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Many people feel like the most important ___ in the body is the heart. Together with the ___ system it maintains life. The heart is roughly ___ in shape and is located in the pericardial \_\_\_.
Muscle
Circulatory
Pyramidal
Cavity
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The heart is divided into right and left halves which do not \_\_\_.
Communicate
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Blood travels around the body and blood \_\_\_. The ___ carry blood from the heart to all parts of the body well blood returns to the heart in \_\_\_.
Vessels
Arteries
Veins
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The pulmonary Artery carries blood from the heart to the \_\_\_, well the aorta Carries blood to all parts of the body from the \_\_\_.
Lungs
Heart
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Blood carried in the systemic arteries ___ is but in the pulmonary artery it is not.
Oxygenated
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The heart is a ___ with four \_\_\_, two ventricles and two \_\_\_.
Pump
Chambers
Atria
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The hearts left ventricle has a much thicker ___ then the right because it is responsible for ___ blood around the ___ circulatory system.
Wall
Pumping
Systemic
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Blood in the heart is forced around the circulatory system by ___ (systole) and ___ (diastole) of the heart.
Contraction
Relaxatation
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Systole
Pumping blood from chambers into the arteries
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Diastole
When the blood muscles relax and allow the chambers to fill with the blood
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The pulmonary and aortic ___ control the exits from the ventricles. Each one has three \_\_\_. The sound of the heart is when they \_\_\_.
Valves
Cusps
Close
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Each minute the heart ___ about 72 times. This is known as the ___ rate and can be measured in the radial artery in the \_\_\_.
Beats
Pulse
Wrist
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The systemic arteries ___ (divide) many times and become \_\_\_. They then deliver blood to small \_\_\_from where exchange can take place.
Brunch
Arterioles
Capillaries
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Medical term of
Mouth
Buccal cavity
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Medical term of
Roof of the mouth
Hard and soft palate
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Medical term of
Spit
Saliva
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Medical term of
Throat
Pharynx
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Medical term of
Gullet
Oesophagus
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Medical term of
Small intestine
Ileum
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Medical term of
Large intestine
Colon
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Medical term of
Bowel
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
Colon
Rectum
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Buccal cavity
Mouth
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Hard and soft palate
Roof of the mouth
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Saliva
Spit
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Pharynx
Throat
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Oesophagus
Gullet
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Ileum
Small intestine
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Colon
Large Intestine / bowel
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Duodenum
Bowel
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Jejunum
Bowel
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Ileum
Bowel
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Rectum
Bowel
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External respiration involves taking oxygen to the body and \_\_\_.
Getting rid of access carbon dioxide
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From the nose and mouth, air flows \_\_\_.
Into the larynx and windpipe
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The trachea divides \_\_\_.
Into the right and left bronchi
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Gaseous exchange takes place \_\_\_.
In the alveoli
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Ventilation is the process of \_\_\_.
Renewing alveolar air
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The respiratory tract is lined with \_\_\_.
A layer of sticky mucus
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The mucus in the respiratory tract is continually moved \_\_\_.
By cilia
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Residual air is left behind in the lungs \_\_\_.
After expiration
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During heavy exercise, the depth and rate of ventilation \_\_\_.
Increases dramatically
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The epiglottis prevents \_\_\_.
Food and liquid from entering the lower respiratory tract
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The larynx is also known as \_\_\_.
The voice box or Adam’s apple
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Each of the two lungs is surrounded \_\_\_.
By it’s pleural cavity
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The pleural cavities are filled \_\_\_.
With fluid
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Air flows into the lungs when \_\_\_.
The chest wall and diaphragm move to increase the volume of the thorax
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Tensing the vocal folds in the larynx in a stream of air \_\_\_.
Causes them to vibrate and produce sound
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The brain and spinal cord form the ___ nervous system (cns).
Central
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The nerves which connect the brain and structures of the head are ___ nerves.
Cranial
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An immediate response of the body to a stimulus is a ___ action.
Reflex
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Messages are transmitted along nerve fibers by means of action \_\_\_.
Potential
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A stimulus is received by a \_\_\_.
Receptor
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The muscle or gland which responds to a stimulus is the \_\_\_.
Effector
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Nerve cells are known as \_\_\_.
Neurons.
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Nerve fibers are connected by a junction or \_\_\_.
Synapse
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These junctions, signaling molecules or ___ are released.
Neurotransmitters
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Normally nerve cells are divided into three types: \_\_\_, motor and \_\_\_.
Sensory
Autonomous
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A motor so consist of a cell body with ___ protruding from it and a long \_\_\_.
Dendrites
Axon
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In the spinal cord, neuronal cell bodies are known as \_\_\_.
Grey matter
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Nerves which supply the body wall, skeletal muscle and skin are ___ nerves.
Somatic
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The collection of neuronal cell bodies lying outside that is an CNS it’s called a \_\_\_.
Ganglion
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The internal environment of the body is controlled by the ___ nervous system.
Automatic
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‘Fight, fright or flight’ is controlled by the ___ nervous system.
Sympathetic
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Ligaments connect?
Bone to bone
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Tendons connect?
Bone to muscle
