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| Study of body's form & structure is called: | anatomy |
| Stack of membrane layers located in cytoplasm, which produces, stores, & packages secretions for discharge from cell: | golgi apparatus |
| Name of sex cells: | gamets |
| Name the tissue, which is the supporting fabric of organs & body parts: | connective tissue |
| Name the tissue that transmits messages throughout the body: | nerve tissue |
| Is visceral muscle smooth or striated? | smooth |
| Term that means back of body: | posterior |
| Directional term that describes body parts close to the trunk (point of origin): | proximal |
| In which body quadrant is the appendix? | right lower quadrant |
| What is the region near the lower back called? | lumbar region |
| Which layer of epidermis produces new skin cells? | stratum germinativum |
| Another name for sweat glands: | sudoriferous glands |
| The brownish-black pigment that absorbs UV light to tan skin: | melanin |
| Medial name for firm, raised skin eruptions: | papules |
| Black, malignant skin tumor: | melanoma |
| Shafts of long bones are called: | diaphysis, shaft, or body |
| Openings in bones that allow nerves & blood vessels to enter or leave: | nutrient foramina |
| Brief loss of consciousness (fainting): | syncope |
| Collective name for vertebrae in the neck: | cervical spine (vertebrae) |
| Bone of lower arm that permits rotation: | radius |
| Name of thigh bone: | femur |
| Connective tissue bands that connect bones to bones: | ligaments |
| Fracture that results from excessive & repeated physical activity: | stress fracture |
| Fibrous sheet that attaches large flat muscles: | aponeurosis |
| Cheek muscle used for whistling: | buccinator |
| Muscle that flexes thigh & hip (to sit cross-legged): | satorius |
| Condition when voluntary muscles are not coordinated: | ataxia |
| The heart chamber that 1st receives returning, low-oxygenated blood: | right atrium |
| Name network of nerve fibers in the heart that stimulates ventricular contraction: | Purkinje fibers |
| _________in the hemoglobin gives blood its red color: | oxygen |
| Condition whereby fatty plaques are deposited on arterial walls: | atherosclerosis |
| Which is the larger receiving tube that drains lymph from lower extremities & left side: | thoracic duct |
| Breathing tubes that divide off distal trachea: | bronchi |
| The medical name for abnormally rapid rate of breathing: | tachypnea |
| A contagious viral disease of the parotid glands: | mumps |
| Semifluid material of food in stomach: | chyme |
| Name of pouch that is 1st part of large intestine: | cecum |
| A procedure where sound waves are used to shatter gallstones: | lithotripsy |
| What % of urine is water? | 95% |
| The covering of an axon: | myelin sheath |
| Part of the brain that is responsible for muscle coordination, balance, posture, & muscle tone: | cerebellum |
| Name of response that prepares body for emergency: | fight or flight |
| Chronic, progressive condition due to myelin sheath degeration: | multiple sclerosis |
| Passageway that drains tears into nose: | lacrimal duct |
| Name of clear, watery fluid between cornea & iris: | aqueous humor |
| Tube that connects middle ear to throat: | eustachian tube |
| Bony part of skull that houses pitutary gland: | sella turcica |
| Severe form of hyperthyroidism: | Graves disease |
| Medical name for high blood sugar: | hyperglycemia |
