Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Seven
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- What term is used to describe quivering of cardiac muscle fibers which produces ineffective, rapid but weak heart action?
- fibrillation
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What term describes the spread of cancer from one organ of the body to
another? - metastasis
- What is the medical term for the onset of menstrual periods?
- menarche
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What is the term used to describe the period of time immediately
following the delivery of a baby? - postpartum
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What is the name of the instrument used to measure the volume of
exhaled air? - spirometer
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What is the condition called which results from a decrease in the
amount of calcium stored in the bones? - osteoporosis
- What is the term given for having had nothing to eat or drink for a specific period of time?
- fasting
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Name the condition where a patient has overwhelming attacks of sleep
which cannot be overcome? - narcolepsy
- What is an x-ray of the breast called?
- mammogram
- What is the name of the chronic lung disease characterized by over distention of the alveolar sacs and inability to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide?
- emphysema
- According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, what are the needs to be met after the physiological needs?
- safety and security
- What is the partition that separates the two nasal cavities called?
- nasal septum
- What are the two main tubes to the lungs called?
- bronchi
- What is the cluster of capillaries located at one end of the nephron called?
- glomerulus
- What is the tube called that carries urine from the bladder to the outside?
- urethra
- Which endocrine gland is the largest?
- thyroid
- What hormone regulates the metabolic rate of body cells?
- thyroxin
- What do lacrimal glands secrete?
- tears
- Which gland produces a hormone which regulates the amount of calcium dissolved in the circulating blood?
- parathyroid
- Name the female gonad.
- ovary
- What is the 20 foot tube in which the spermatozoa mature and become motile?
- epididymis
- Name the cartilage associated with the larynx which bends over the laryngeal opening to direct food into the esophagus.
- epiglottis
- What is the valve between the small and large intestine called?
- ileocecal
- What is the first part of the small intestine called?
- duodenum
- What membrane lines the eyelids?
- conjunctiva
- What cranial nerve carries impulses for smell?
- olfactory
- What is the region or junction at which a nerve impulse is transmitted from one neuron to another called?
- synapse
- What lobe of the cerebrum interprets visual messages?
- occipital
- What kind of glands are those which secrete hormones into the blood stream?
- endocrine
- What is the anatomical term that indicates a structure nearer its origin?
- proximal