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arteries - answer-blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart erythrocytes - answer-red blood cells hemoglobin - answer-iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen for delivery to cells leukocytes - answer-White blood cells 95% - answer-how much of plasma is wa...

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Health Science Final Exam
arteries - answer-blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart

erythrocytes - answer-red blood cells

hemoglobin - answer-iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen for
delivery to cells

leukocytes - answer-White blood cells

95% - answer-how much of plasma is water?

septum - answer-a wall of tissue that separates the left and right sides of the heart

veins - answer-blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart

spleen - answer-Organ near the stomach that produces, stores, and eliminates blood
cells

thymus - answer-a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces
lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity (atrophies with age)

alveoli - answer-tiny air sacs in the lungs

bronchioles - answer-smallest branches of the bronchi

cilia - answer-The hairlike projections on the outside of cells that move in a wavelike
manner (ovaducts & lungs)

larynx - answer-voice box; adam's apple?

pharynx - answer-throat

trachea - answer-windpipe; tube through which air moves

esophagus - answer-food tube connecting the mouth to the stomach

kidney - answer-organ that removes urea, excess water, and other waste products from
the blood and passes them to the ureter

nephrons - answer-filtering units of the kidney that remove wastes from the blood and
produce urine

ureter - answer-tube that carries urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder

, urethra - answer-tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body

arteriosclerosis - answer-hardening of the arteries

atherosclerosis - answer-narrowing of the ateries

hypertension - answer-high blood pressure (140/90)

cataracts - answer-clouding of the lens

glaucoma - answer-Increased pressure in the eye

nocturia - answer-urination at night

osteoporosis - answer-a condition in which the body's bones become weak and break
easily

thrombus - answer-clot; gets stuck

AIDS - answer-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

aerobic - answer-requires oxygen

anaerobic - answer-without oxygen

antisepsis - answer-prevents infection

asepsis - answer-absence of disease-producing organisms

endogenous - answer-originates inside the body

exogenous - answer-originates outside the body

fomites - answer-objects contaminated with infections

nosocomial - answer-get it from hospitals or other health care facilities

opportunistic - answer-infections that occur when body's defenses are weak;
AIDS or SKIDS

pathogens - answer-germs

malleus, incus, stapes - answer-3 parts of middle ear

signs of inflammation - answer-swollen, pain, itchyness, redness

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