| A | B |
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| Basic substance of all life: | protoplasm |
| rod-shaped organells called "powerhouses": | mitochondria |
| cell reproduction is called: | mitosis |
| main tissue in skin that covers surface of body: | epithelial tissue |
| Name one function of body fat: | food reserve, insulation, energy |
| Directional term that means: parts above other body parts. | superior |
| Directional term that means locfated near sacral region (tail): | caudal |
| The liver is in which body quadrant: | right upper quadrant |
| Region below the ribs are called: | hypochondriac regions |
| Name of outermost layer of skin: | epidermis |
| Coiled tubes that extend through dermis and open at pores: | sweat glands |
| Determines skin color: | pigments |
| Flat spots on skin (freckles): | macules |
| Number of bones in human body: | 206 |
| What is produced in the red bone marrow? | red blood cells |
| Opening in occipital bone through which spinal cord passes: | magnum foramen |
| Jaw bone: | mandible |
| Name for elbow: | olecranon |
| Sockets in pelvis that form hip joints: | acetabulum |
| Fluid-filled sacs surrounding joints: | bursae |
| Type of fracture where bone is shattered: | comminuted fracture |
| How many muscles make up muscular system? | over 600 |
| Muscle that closes the eyes: | orbicularis occuli |
| Muscles that enlarge ribs: | intercostals |
| Condition where there is a permanent shortening of a muscle after it has been in resting state for long time: | contracture |
| Double membrane that covers outside of heart: | pericardium |
| Nerve fibers in heart's septum: | bundle of His |
| Medical term that means softening of cartilage | chondromalacia |
| Ballooning out of artery wall: | aneurysm |
| Lymph mixed with fats from small intestine is called: | chyle |
| Two folds in larynx that vibrate & produce sound: | glottis |
| Absence of breathing: | apnea |
| Process of chewing: | mastication |
| Enzyme present in infants to aid in digestion of milk: | rennin |
| Insulin regulates (2 words): | blood sugar |
| Tube that carries urine from bladder to outside: | urethra |
| Nerve fibers that receive impulses: | dendrites |
| Lobe of brain that controls motor functions: | frontal lobe |
| Delicate, web-like middle layer of meninges: | arachnoid membrane |
| Excessive amount of cerebrospinal fluid in ventricles resulting in an enlarge head: | hydrocephalus |
| Nerves that carry impulses from eyes to brain: | optic nerves |
| Nerve cells in retina used to see color: | cones |
| Name of wax produced by glands in ear canal: | cerumen |
| System that consists of ductless glands: | endocrine system |
| Main function of calcitonin is that it regulates__________ levels: | calcium |
| Abnormal outward curvature of spine that results in "hunchback". | kyphosis |
| Government health plans for people over 65: | medicare |
