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