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24 Cards in this Set
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What are the 3 major body fluid compartments |
Intracellular, extracellular and interstitial |
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Asthma results in what change in the respiratory system |
Paralysis of the bronchial wall |
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How blood flow through the heart? |
Superior/inferior vena cava Right atrium Tricuspid valve Right ventricle Pulmonic Valve Lungs Left atrium Mitral valve Left ventricle Aortic valve Aorta Body |
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Frontal lobe |
Thinking, planning, organizing and problem solving, emotions and behavioral control personality |
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What is the body's first line of defense |
Macrophages |
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What is the body's first line of defense |
Macrophages |
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A patient with four presents with which of the following symptoms |
Red, swollen feet |
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What is the body's first line of defense |
Macrophages |
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A patient with four presents with which of the following symptoms |
Red, swollen feet |
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Oxygen exchange takes place in the |
Alveoli |
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What is the body's first line of defense |
Macrophages |
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A patient with gout presents with which of the following symptoms |
Red, swollen feet |
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Where does exchange of gases occur in the lungs |
Alveoli |
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A person with chronic hypertension could present with hypertensive vascular disease |
Arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis |
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What is true about how air enters lungs |
A demand for more oxygen requires an increase in cellular metabolism |
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What is true about how air enters lungs |
A demand for more oxygen requires an increase in cellular metabolism |
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Which organ in the digestive tract does the most absorption of nutrients |
Small intestine |
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What is true about how air enters lungs |
A demand for more oxygen requires an increase in cellular metabolism |
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Which organ in the digestive tract does the most absorption of nutrients |
Small intestine |
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Which system is responsible for regulation of PH |
Renal system |
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What regulates the distribution of fluid between the interstitial and intracellular compartments |
Osmosis |
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As you age what increases? |
A)change in temp B) threshold for pain C) preocupilal Answer is change in temp |
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What increases the basal metabolic rate in an individual |
A) starvation B) sleep C) aging process D) stress answer is stress |
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The body's ability to correct an excess of deficit of a metabolic acid depend on normal function of what system? |
Renal system |
