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Question 1

Name the internal ridge that is sensitive to triggering a cough reflex, where the trachea divides?

Answer 1

EPIGLOTTIS

Question 2

How does AP progress through the heart?

Answer 2

SA NODE
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ATRIA
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AV NODE
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BUNDLE OF HIS
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BUNDLE BRANCHES
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PURKINJE FIBRES
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VENTRICLES

Question 3

Name the layer of pleural membrane covering the lungs?

Answer 3

VISCERAL PLEURA

Question 4

Name the layer of pleural membrane which covers the inside of the thoracic cavity?

Answer 4

PARIETAL PLEURA

Question 5

What starts to happen to the immune system of the elderly?

Answer 5

TARGETS OWN BODY’S CELLS

Question 6

What is the name of any substance recognized as foreign, eliciting an immune response?

Answer 6

ANTIGEN

Question 7

The Frank-Starling law states that the _______ ________ of the heart increases in response to an increase in the volume of blood filling the heart (the end diastolic volume).

Answer 7

STROKE VOLUME

Question 8

The alveoli are a part of which zone?

*** functions in gas exchange

Answer 8

RESPIRATORY ZONE

Question 9

The ______________ zone filters, receives olfactory stimuli, and generates sound for speech.

Answer 9

CONDUCTING ZONE

Question 10

Surfactant helps prevent the alveoli from what?

Answer 10

COLLAPSING

Question 11

Which lymphatic organ produces B cells and immature T cells?

Answer 11

RED MARROW

Question 12

Which lymphatic organ produces mature T cells from pre-T cells?
*** school for T-cells

Answer 12

THYMUS

Question 13

Where is the thymus located?

Answer 13

MEDIASTINUM

Question 14

Which lymphatic organ removes ruptured, worn out, defective RBCs, and stores platelets and monocytes?

Answer 14

SPLEEN

Question 15

In order to inhale, muscles must contract, so that thoracic ________ can increase.

Answer 15

VOLUME

Question 16

In order to exhale, muscles must relax, so that thoracic ________ can increase.

Answer 16

PRESSURE

Question 17

The ___________ circulation is a function of the left side of the heart.

Answer 17

PULMONARY

Question 18

The ___________ circulation is a function of the right side of the heart.

Answer 18

SYSTEMIC

Question 19

Veins carry ___________ blood back to the heart.

Answer 19

DEOXYGENTAED

Question 20

Arteries carry __________ blood to the tissues.

Answer 20

OXYGENTAED

Question 21

Vasoconstriction is a ___________ in lumen size.

Answer 21

DECREASE

Question 22

Vasodilation is a ___________ in lumen size.

Answer 22

INCREASE

Question 23

The visceral layer of the serous pericardium is also know as what?

Answer 23

EPICARDIUM

Question 24

What is the parietal layer of the serous pericardium attached to?

Answer 24

FIBROUS PERICARDIUM

Question 25

What is the parietal layer of the serous pericardium attached to?

Answer 25

HEART MUSCLE

Question 26

Arterioles, with a substantial ability to constrict or dilate the vessel, perform blood flow _____________.

Answer 26

REGULATION

Question 27

The blood vessels with the most significant effect on blood pressure are __________.

Answer 27

ARTERIOLES

Question 28

Name the non-specific defense which eats microbes?

Answer 28

PHAGOCYTE

Question 29

Name the non-specific defense which recognizes and kills microbes?

Answer 29

NATURAL KILLER (NK) CELLS

Question 30

The _________ semilunar valve prevents backflow of blood into the left ventricle.

Answer 30

AORTIC

Question 31

The _________ semilunar valve prevents backflow of blood into the right ventricle.

Answer 31

PULMONARY

Question 32

Name the thickest chamber of the heart?

Answer 32

LEFT VENTRICLE

Question 33

Name the most common antibody, which actually crosses the placenta to confer immunity to the newborn?

Answer 33

IgG

Question 34

Name the antibody which levels decrease during stress, found in sweat, tears, saliva, mucous, GI and breast milk?

Answer 34

IgA

Question 35

Name the antibody involved in allergic reactions, which also protects against parasitic worms?

Answer 35

IgE

Question 36

Name the metabolic process by which living cells absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide?

Answer 36

TISSUE RESPIRATION

Question 37

The big difference between non-specific defences, is that specific ones are ___________ and ___________.

Answer 37

IDENTIFIED and REMEMBERED