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✔✔Acromiovacular Joint - ✔✔the joint where the acromion and the clavicle meet
✔✔Humerus - ✔✔upper arm bone
✔✔Radius - ✔✔lateral bone of the forearm
✔✔Ulna - ✔✔medial bone of the forearm
✔✔Carpal - ✔✔wrist
✔✔Metacarpals - ✔✔hand bones
✔✔joint - ✔✔A place in the body where two bones come together
✔✔Trachea - ✔✔Allows air to pass to and from lungs
✔✔Bronchi - ✔✔two short branches located at the lower end of the trachea that carry
air into the lungs.
✔✔Alveoli - ✔✔tiny sacs of lung tissue specialized for the movement of gases between
air and blood
✔✔Diaphragm - ✔✔Large, flat muscle at the bottom of the chest cavity that helps with
breathing
✔✔Inhalation - ✔✔the act of taking in air as the diaphragm contracts and pulls
downward
✔✔Exhalation - ✔✔The passive part of the breathing process in which the diaphragm
and the intercostal muscles relax, forcing air out of the lungs.
✔✔Ventilation - ✔✔movement of air in and out of the lungs
✔✔respiration (cellular) - ✔✔the process of moving oxygen and carbon dioxide between
circulating blood and the cells
✔✔Atria - ✔✔the two upper chambers of the heart
✔✔Ventricles - ✔✔Lower chambers of the heart
, ✔✔vena cava - ✔✔One of two large vessels (superior and inferior) that return
deoxygenated blood to the right atrium of the heart.
✔✔peripheral pulses - ✔✔the radial, brachial, posterior tibial, and dorsalis pedis pulses,
which can be felt at peripheral (outlying) points of the body
✔✔hypoperfusion - ✔✔a deficiency of blood passing through an organ or body part
(Shock)
✔✔Perfusion - ✔✔The supply of oxygen to and removal of wastes from the cells and
tissues of the body as a result of the flow of blood through the capillaries.
✔✔diastolic pressure - ✔✔occurs when the ventricles are relaxed; the lowest pressure
against the walls of an artery
✔✔systolic pressure - ✔✔Blood pressure in the arteries during contraction of the
ventricles.
✔✔central pulses - ✔✔the carotid and femoral pulses, which can be felt in the central
part of the body
✔✔Gallbladder - ✔✔A muscular sac attached to the liver that secretes bile and stores it
until needed for digestion
✔✔Pancreas - ✔✔An organs in the abdominal cavity with two roles. The first is an
exocrine role: to produce digestive enzymes and bicarbonate, which are delivered to the
small intestine via the pancreatic duct. The second is an endocrine role: to secrete
insulin and glucagon into the bloodstream to help regulate blood glucose levels.
✔✔Spleen - ✔✔Organ near the stomach that produces, stores, and eliminates blood
cells
✔✔Epidermis - ✔✔Outer layer of skin
✔✔Dermis - ✔✔Inner layer of skin
✔✔subcutaneous - ✔✔the layer below the dermis of the skin
✔✔Endocrine - ✔✔the body's "slow" chemical communication system; a set of glands
that secrete hormones into the bloodstream
✔✔Insulin - ✔✔A hormone produced by the pancreas or taken as a medication by many
diabetics