A | B |
muscular dystrophy | muscle destroying disease due to fat deposits |
atrophy | means to waste away |
adams apple | thyroid cartilage that protrudes anteriorly |
trachea | mucosa lined windpipe |
heimlich maneuver | procedure to expel a piece of food if suffocating |
inferior vena cava | vessel that drains blood from all body regions above the diaphragm |
hemoglobin | found in RBCs that transports oxygen |
hematopoiesis | process of blodd cell formation |
hemophilia | hereditary bleeding disease |
universal receiver | person who can receive from all blood types |
hinge | elbow and knee joint |
shoulder | ball and socket |
osteoclasts | giant cells that destroy bone |
mandible | lower jaw |
scoliosis | curvature of the spine |
angina pectoris | crushing chest pain caused by oxygen deprivation |
endocardium | inner layer of the heart wall;glistening sheet |
heart attack | myocardial infarction |
120/80 | normal blood pressure |
connective | blood is this type of tissue |