The subcutaneous tissue found between the skin and the underlying structures such as muscle is the _.

The _ is the outer and thinner region of the skin and lacks blood vessels.

_ project from the dermis into the epidermis and anchor the epidermis creating ridges known as fingerprints.

_ are specialized cells that produce melanin and are located in the deep epidermis.

_signal the brain that an object has touched the skin.

Earwax is also called _.

Alopecia means _.

Modified apocrine glands that produce milk only after childbirth are called _ glands.

_ begins in the melanocytes and is more likely to be malignant having the appearance of an unusual mole.

_ muscle is located in the walls of hollow organs and blood vessels.

_ muscle make up the muscles attached to the skeleton

The _ muscle contractions move food along the digestive tract and assist in the voiding of urine.

Heat produced by _ muscle contraction helps maintain normal body temperature.

Muscles that allow us to relocate our bodies are _ muscles.

The prefix "myo" or "my" means _.

The prefix "sarco" means _.

_ is the form of sugar spared for the activity of the brain which uses only this sugar for energy.

The _ is a small gap that separates the axon from the sarcolemma.

The root word "rectus" means _.

The root word "oblique" means _.

The word "transverse" means _.

The ___ are unspecialized bone cells.

The ___ are bone forming cells.

The ___ are mature bone cells.

The formation of bone is done through the process of ___.

The upper jaw is made up of bones called ___.

Newborns have regions called __ where the cranial bones have not yet fused together.

The bones of the cranium are separated by immovable joints called ___.

___ is an infection or inflammation of the paranasal sinuses.

If re-alignment of a fracture does not require surgery, the repair is said to be a ___ reduction.

A ___ fracture is characterized by ragged breaks due to twisting,

A fracture that is characterized by the broken ends being wedged into each other is a(n) ___ fracture.

Opening in the larynx that must be covered when swallowing to direct food properly.

Means diaphragm.

Opening in the middle of a tubular organ.

Means nose.

Vessels that carry blood away from the heart.

Only external portion of the respiratory tract.

Vessels that carry blood away from the heart.

Means between the ribs.

Means lung.

Means blood vessels.

Epithelium with receptors in the nose.

The __ adheres to the surface of the lung.

__lower the surface tension of water lining the alveoli preventing them from collapsing.

The __ is the "windpipe".

__ is a bacterial infection of the middle ear

Mucus that is coughed up from the trachea is called _.

The respiratory tract is lined with _ to filter and expel foreign particles from the body.

What circuit pumps blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart?

Which of the following is NOT a function of the heart?

Which layer of the heart wall is the thickest?

The chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the body is the __.

The chamber that pumps oxygen rich blood to the rest of the body is the ___.

Which vessels carry blood to the left atrium?

Which valve prevents blood from flowing back into the right ventricle from the pulmonary trunk?

Which vessels carry blood to the right atrium?

The function of the heart valves is to ___.

The function of the heart valves is to ___.

The four pulmonary veins empty into the ___.

A heart murmur is due to ___.

The lower chambers of the heart that are pumping chambers are called ___.

The tip of the left ventricle is called the ___ of the heart which is the point of culmination.

The largest artery in the body is the ___.

An irregular heartbeat is called a(n) ___.

___ is the relaxation of the heart muscle.

___ is the contraction of the heart muscle.

___ means heart.

The word “vastus” means ___.

The prefix "anti-" means

The prefix "derm-" means

The suffix "-scope" means

The suffix "-ology" means

The suffix "-graph" means