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What is the abdominal cavity?
What is the abdominal cavity?
Body space between the diaphragm and the pelvis, which houses abdominal organs such as the stomach, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, spleen, and kidneys
What is acidosis?
What is acidosis?
A dangerous condition in which the pH of the blood is abnormally low (acidic)
What does adipose mean?
What does adipose mean?
Another term for fatty tissue
What is alkalosis?
What is alkalosis?
What are alveoli?
What are alveoli?
What is amylase?
What is amylase?
What is anabolism?
What is anabolism?
What is the anatomic position?
What is the anatomic position?
What is anatomy?
What is anatomy?
What does avascular mean?
What does avascular mean?
What are axons?
What are axons?
What are body cavities?
What are body cavities?
What is a body plane?
What is a body plane?
What are bronchi?
What are bronchi?
What is a bursa?
What is a bursa?
What is cartilage?
What is cartilage?
What is catabolism?
What is catabolism?
What is the cranial cavity?
What is the cranial cavity?
What are dendrites?
What are dendrites?
What is DNA?
What is DNA?
What is the dermis?
What is the dermis?
What is the diaphragm?
What is the diaphragm?
What does distal mean?
What does distal mean?
What does dorsal mean?
What does dorsal mean?
What are endocrine glands?
What are endocrine glands?
What is the epidermis?
What is the epidermis?
What is EPO?
What is EPO?
What are exocrine glands?
What are exocrine glands?
What is external respiration?
What is external respiration?
What is the frontal (coronal) plane?
What is the frontal (coronal) plane?
What are gametes?
What are gametes?
What are genes?
What are genes?
What is a genome?
What is a genome?
What is the GI tract?
What is the GI tract?
What is the glomerulus?
What is the glomerulus?
What is glucagon?
What is glucagon?
What is hemopoiesis?
What is hemopoiesis?
What is homeostasis?
What is homeostasis?
What are hormones?
What are hormones?
What is IRDS?
What is IRDS?
What is insulin?
What is insulin?
What is integument?
What is integument?
What is internal respiration?
What is internal respiration?
What are kidneys?
What are kidneys?
What is the larynx?
What is the larynx?
What is lipase?
What is lipase?
What is a lumbar puncture?
What is a lumbar puncture?
What are meninges?
What are meninges?
What is metabolism?
What is metabolism?
What is the midsagittal (medial) plane?
What is the midsagittal (medial) plane?
What is mitosis?
What is mitosis?
What is a nephron?
What is a nephron?
What are neurons?
What are neurons?
What is the nucleus?
What is the nucleus?
What are papillae?
What are papillae?
What is the pelvic cavity?
What is the pelvic cavity?
What is peristalsis?
What is peristalsis?
What is the pharynx?
What is the pharynx?
What is physiology?
What is physiology?
What is the pituitary gland?
What is the pituitary gland?
What is pleura?
What is pleura?
What does prone mean?
What does prone mean?
What does proximal mean?
What does proximal mean?
What is the sagittal plane?
What is the sagittal plane?
What is the spinal cavity?
What is the spinal cavity?
What does squamous mean?
What does squamous mean?
What does stratified mean?
What does stratified mean?
What does subcutaneous mean?
What does subcutaneous mean?
What does supine mean?
What does supine mean?
What is surfactant?
What is surfactant?
What is synovial fluid?
What is synovial fluid?
What is the thoracic cavity?
What is the thoracic cavity?
What is the trachea?
What is the trachea?
What is the transverse plane?
What is the transverse plane?
What are ureters?
What are ureters?
What is the urethra?
What is the urethra?
What is the urinary bladder?
What is the urinary bladder?
What does ventral mean?
What does ventral mean?
Study Notes
Body Cavity and Structures
- Abdominal cavity: Contains organs such as the stomach, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, spleen, and kidneys, situated between the diaphragm and pelvis.
- Cranial cavity: Encloses the brain, part of the skull structure.
- Pelvic cavity: Houses reproductive organs.
- Thoracic cavity: Ventral cavity that contains the lungs and heart.
- Spinal cavity: Dorsal cavity housing the spinal cord.
Respiratory System
- Alveoli: Tiny air sacs in the lungs involved in gas exchange.
- Bronchi: Airways that branch from the trachea into the lungs.
- Trachea: Also known as the windpipe, a key structure in the respiratory tract.
Chemical and Biological Processes
- Acidosis: Condition with abnormally low blood pH, indicating acid buildup.
- Alkalosis: Condition with abnormally high blood pH, indicating excess base.
- Anabolism: Building up of complex substances from simpler ones, crucial for cellular functions.
- Catabolism: Breaking down of complex substances into simpler ones, important for metabolism.
- Metabolism: Total of all chemical processes that sustain life, including anabolism and catabolism.
Anatomy and Positioning
- Anatomic position: Standard reference position where the body stands upright, arms at sides, with palms and eyes facing forward.
- Body planes: Include sagittal (divides body into left and right), midsagittal (equal left and right), transverse (horizontal division), and frontal (divides body into front and back).
Tissue and Cell Types
- Adipose: Refers to fatty tissue, key in storage.
- Avascular: Describes tissues without blood or lymph vessels, such as cartilage.
- Dermis: Inner layer of skin, also called true skin or corium.
- Epidermis: Outermost layer of skin, protecting underlying tissues.
Nervous and Endocrine Systems
- Neurons: Fundamental units of the nervous system responsible for transmitting signals.
- Axons: Nerve fibers that carry impulses away from the nerve cell body.
- Endocrine glands: Release hormones directly into the bloodstream to regulate physiological functions.
- Exocrine glands: Secrete substances through ducts, such as digestive enzymes.
Digestive and Urinary Systems
- Amylase: Digestive enzyme that breaks down starch.
- Lipase: Enzyme secreted by the pancreas for fat digestion.
- Nephron: Functional unit of the kidney involved in filtering blood.
- Ureters: Transport urine from kidneys to bladder.
- Urinary bladder: Storage site for urine.
Additional Terms
- Hemopoiesis: The production of blood cells.
- Homeostasis: The state of balance in the body’s internal environment.
- Surfactant: Substance that reduces surface tension in alveoli, aiding lung function.
- Genes and Genome: Genes are segments of DNA, while genome refers to the complete set of DNA in an organism.
Facts on Movement and Muscle Function
- Peristalsis: Wavelike muscular contractions in the intestines facilitating digestion.
- Prone/Pronation: Lying face down.
- Supine/Supination: Lying face up.
Key Conditions and Definitions
- IRDS (Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome): Condition from a lack of surfactant in newborns.
- Hormones: Chemical messengers that influence various bodily processes.
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Test your knowledge with vocabulary from Chapter 5 of Phlebotomy Essentials, 7th edition. This quiz covers important terms related to the abdominal cavity, acidosis, and adipose tissue, enhancing your understanding of phlebotomy and its terminology.