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Mid-Term Pt 1 Flashcards

1
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Pulmo

A

Lungs

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2
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Posterior

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Towards the back

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3
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Where are blood cells made?

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bone marrow

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4
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Your heart is approximately the size of what?

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Your clenched fist

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5
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What is a hematoma?

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Bruise

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6
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Inflammation of the bronchi

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Bronchitis

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7
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Where are the carpals?

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Wrists

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8
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Medial

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Towards the middle

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9
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Dermo

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Skin

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10
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ilio

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Pelvis

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11
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Superficial

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Towards the surface

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12
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Arthro

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Joint

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13
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A spasm of the diaphragm causes what?

A

hiccups

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14
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The number of bones in an adult body

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206

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15
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Where is a ball and socket joint?

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shoulder, hip

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16
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Serves as padding between the bones

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cartilage

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17
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Cardio

A

heart

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18
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The weight bearing bone in the leg

A

tibia

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19
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Give an example of a long bone

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femur, tibia, fibula, ulna, radius

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20
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Hemo/hemat

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blood

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21
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What is the function of red blood cells?

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Transport oxygen

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22
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What is cardiology?

A

Study of the heart

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23
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Inferior

A

Away from the head

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24
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What is the job of platelets?

A

clot blood

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25
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Pneumonia is an accumulation of fluid where?

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Alveoli in the lungs

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26
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Laryngitis is inflammation of fluid where?

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Larynx

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27
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White blood cells are also known as what?

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Leukocytes

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28
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Oxygen is picked up where?

A

lungs

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29
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Oxygen is extracted at what vessel?

A

capillaries

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30
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Movement happens where?

A

joints

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31
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What is the purpose of white blood cells?

A

fight infections

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32
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What is the purpose of plasma?

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Colorless liquid that transports cells

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33
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List and describe the vessel system relay

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Arteries, capillaries, and veins.

  1. Arteries carry blood away from the heart
  2. Capillaries carry blood away from the body and exchange nutrients, waste, and oxygen
  3. Veins bring blood back to the heart
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34
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Red blood cells live for how many days?

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100-120

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35
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How do you take your resting pulse?

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Use two fingers, main ones are carotid and radial pulse

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36
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Where is the patella?

A

Knee cap

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37
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Give two forms of waste the vessels expel

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Carbon dioxide and lactic acid

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38
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What mechanism is inside veins that prevents blood from dropping back down to the feet?

A

Valves

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39
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What blood cells are also known as Erythrocytes?

A

Red

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40
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Flexion

A

decreasing of the angle

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41
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Give another name for the Circulatory System

A

Cardiovascular system

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42
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What is the largest artery in the body?

A

Aorta

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43
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What might be a reason for a high white blood cell count?

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There can be an infection in your body

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44
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How many red blood cells are in one drop of blood?

A

5 million

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45
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How do you determine max heart rate?

A

220 - your age

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46
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Red blood cells make up what percentage of the blood?

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40%

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47
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How many lobes are in the right lung?

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3

Left: 2

48
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What are thrombocytes?

A

Platelets

49
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Part of the spinal column with seven vertebrae

A

Cervical

50
Q

How much blood does the average adult have?

A

1.5 gallons (10-12 pints, 5-6 liters)

51
Q

What is an eversion sprain?

A

Getting hit from the outside

52
Q

Jumping rope is primarily working on what fitness component?

A

Cardio

53
Q

An inherited bleeding disorder, wherein, the blood doesn’t clot normally

A

Hemophilia

54
Q

List and describe the FITT Principle

A

Frequency - how often
Intensity - how hard
Time - how long
Type - what kind

55
Q

What connects bone to bone?

A

Ligaments

56
Q

Divided into right and left halves

A

Sagittal plane

57
Q

How many gallons of blood does your heart pump each day?

A

2-4 thousand gallons

58
Q

The efficiency with which the heart delivers oxygen and removes waste

A

Cardiorespiratory endurance

Cardio fitness

59
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Periosteum

A

Outer portion of the bone

60
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Joint with the greatest range of motion

A

Ball and socket

61
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Angle decreases

A

Flexion

62
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Greatest amount of force a muscle can exert in a single effort

A

Muscular strength

63
Q

Smooth and very hard. The part of the bone you see in the x-ray.

A

Compact

64
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What joint allows flexion and extension?

A

Hinge

65
Q

Increasing of the angle

A

Extension

66
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Ability of a muscle to perform repeated movements at sub-maximal level

A

Muscular endurance

67
Q

Thick jelly-like substance and its job is to make blood cells

A

Bone marrow

68
Q

Muscles around the airways contract and more mucus is produced, thus narrowing the airways. This results in coughing, wheezing, or trouble breathing.

A

Asthma

69
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What is plantar flexion?

A

Foot pointing forward, planted on the ground

70
Q

Divided into anterior and posterior planes

A

Frontal plane

71
Q

Moving joints through a complete normal range of motion

A

Flexibility

72
Q

Classifications of bones

A

Long, short, flat, irregular

73
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Disease of the bone that makes it porous

A

Osteoporosis

74
Q

Towards the back

A

Posterior

75
Q

Percentage of body fat to body mass

A

Body composition

76
Q

Protects the vital organs

A

Skeleton

77
Q

A lack of iron needed to make hemoglobin results in this condition.

A

Anemia

78
Q

Ankle turns inward

A

Inversion

79
Q

Joint at the thumb

A

Saddle

80
Q

Interruption of blood supply to the brain

A

Stroke

81
Q

Complete the following sentence: The contraction of the heart is _________ and the relaxation of the heart is _________.

A

Systolic; diastolic

82
Q

One pint of blood can save how many lives?

A

3

83
Q

When our bodies overheat the capillaries do what?

A

Come to the surface

84
Q

Blood is red because of a protein called what?

A

Hemoglobin

85
Q

What is the trachea?

A

Windpipe, 4 and a half inches long, held open by c-shaped cartilage

86
Q

Which chamber exerts the most force, and give the reason why?

A

Left ventricle because it pumps the blood to the body

87
Q

Define Cardiorespiratory fitness

A

The efficiency with which the heart delivers oxygen and transports waste.

88
Q

What is Dorsiflexion?

A

Foot pointing up

89
Q

What happens to the air received in the nose?

A

Moistened, filtered, then warmed

90
Q

Where is the mitral valve?

A

Left atrium, left ventricle

91
Q

Plasma is what percentage of water?

A

90-95%

92
Q

Pulmonary arteries do what?

A

Pump oxygenated blood to the lungs

93
Q

The superior and inferior vena cava do what?

A

Carry deoxygenated blood

94
Q

List the three circulatory patterns

A

Coronary - heat
Pulmonary - heart to lungs
Systematic - rest of the body

95
Q

How old do you have to be to donate blood?

A

17

96
Q

How many miles of blood vessels are in the average adult body?

A

60,000

97
Q

How long do platelets live?

A

8-10 days

98
Q

What is the septum?

A

Muscle wall separating the chamber between the left and right side of the heart

99
Q

What is considered normal blood pressure?

A

120/80

100
Q

What is vasoconstriction and vasodilation?

A

Vasoconstriction - narrow blood vessels

Vasodilation - wider

101
Q

What is blood transfusion?

A

Donating blood

102
Q

Swelling that causes a vessel to bulge and/or break

A

Aneurysm

103
Q

What disease is caused by years of smoking and a loss of lung elasticity?

A

Emphysema

104
Q

Sickle cell anemia is characterized by what?

A

Sickle-shaped cells that get stuck in your body

105
Q

Pressure on the vessels causing the heart to work harder

A

Hypertension

106
Q

Outer layer of the lungs

A

Pleura

107
Q

Cervical spine

A

Neck (7)

108
Q

Cephalo

A

Head

109
Q

Brachium

A

Upper arm

110
Q

Myocardio infarction

A

Another name for heart attack

111
Q

Hemophilia

A

Blood doesn’t clot

112
Q

A sneeze travels how far?

A

200 mph

113
Q

There are how many alveoli?

A

300 million

114
Q

Imaginary line that divides our anterior and posterior

A

Frontal plane

115
Q

Imaginary line that divides our body from left to right

A

Sagittal Plane

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