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What is lymph composed of?
Water and some
solutes
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How does histamine promote inflammation?
By causing
vasodilation
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What is a thrombus?
A
blood clot
that forms in a
vessel
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What role do platelets play in the body?
Preventing
blood loss
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How does alveolar pressure compare to atmospheric pressure?
It is less than atmospheric pressure
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How does pleural pressure compare to alveolar pressure?
It is less than alveolar pressure
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What is the strong connective tissue called?
Chordae
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What is the function of the atria in the heart?
They act as the
primer pump
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Where can pulse pressure points be felt?
Near
large arteries
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What does blood pressure measure?
Force
blood exerts against vessel walls
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Which plasma protein helps maintain water balance?
Albumin
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What condition is leukopenia commonly caused by?
Certain drugs like
corticosteroids
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What is the main component of erythrocytes?
Hemoglobin
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What are platelets fragments of?
Multinucleate cells called
megakaryocytes
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What organ makes clotting factors?
Liver
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What is the pericardium?
A
double-layered
sac around the
heart
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Which major blood vessel carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle?
Aorta
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Where do action potentials originate in the heart?
Sinoatrial node
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What is the cardiac cycle?
All events during one single
heartbeat
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What is angioplasty?
A procedure that opens
blocked
blood vessels
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What type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
Arteries
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What is the thoracic aorta?
Part of the
descending
aorta through the thorax
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What blood vessels supply blood to the kidneys?
Renal arteries
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What vein drains blood from the thigh?
Femoral vein
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What condition makes the arteries less elastic?
Arteriosclerosis
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What does the esophagus connect?
Pharynx
to the
stomach
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What is the largest internal organ?
Liver
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What is the primary site for nutrient absorption?
Jejunum
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What is the function of the pancreas?
Secretes
digestive enzymes
and
hormones
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What does the lower esophageal sphincter prevent?
Backflow
of stomach contents into esophagus
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What is nutrition the study of?
Food and drink requirements for the
body
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What are essential amino acids?
Amino acids obtained through
diet
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What are vitamins?
Organic
molecules essential to
metabolism
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What are antioxidants?
Substances that prevent
oxidation
of cells
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What is starvation?
Inadequate
intake or absorption of
nutrients
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What does intracellular fluid include?
Fluid inside all the
cells
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What occurs during filtration in the kidneys?
Occurs in the
renal corpuscle
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What is reabsorption in the kidneys?
Removing substances from
filtrate
back to blood
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What is secretion in the kidneys?
Taking substances from blood to
nephron tubule
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What is the distal tubule?
Structure between
loop of Henle
and
collecting duct
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