1. (RESPIRATORY SYSTEM) Series of organs responsible for taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide.

2. (EUPNOEA) Normal quite breathing

3. (NOSE) Serves as passageway for incoming and outgoing air filtering, warming and moistening it.
4. (APNEA) Temporary cessation of breathing
5. (ORTHOPNEA) Inability to breathe easily in horizontal position
6. (NASOPHARYNX) Behind the nose with four opening, two auditory or Eustachian and two posterior nacres
7. (OROPHARYNX) Behind the mouth with one openings, into the larynx and into the esophagus
8. (LARYNGOPHARYNX) Behind the pharynx with two openings, into the larynx and into the esophagus.
Answer starts with: Letter L
9. (LARYNX) Box like cartilaginous structure located just below the pharynx
10. (ADAM’S APPLE) Other name of Thyroid Cartilage
Answer starts with: Letter A
11. (EPIGLOTTIS) Other name of Lid Cartilage
Answer starts with: Letter E
12. (RIB CAGE) Encloses the thoracic cavity which contain the lungs
13. (DIAPHRAGM) It is a dome – shaped sheet of muscle that is inserted into the lower ribs
14. (TRUE VOCAL CORDS) Type of cord which is fibro-elastic band stretched across the interior of the larynx
Answer starts with: Letter T
15. (LUNGS) Cone shaped organs which completely fill the pleural spaces extending form slightly above the clavicle to the diaphragm
where the base of the lung rest.
16. (LARYNX) Also known as the voice box
17. (WINDPIPE) Other name of trachea
18. (BRONCHIOLES) Smaller branches of bronchi
19. (ERYTHROCYTES) Other name of RBC
20. (LEUKOCYTES) Other name of WBC
21. (ARTERIES) Carries the blood away from the heart to the lungs
22. (VENTRICLES) Pumps the blood throughout the body
23. (VENA CAVA) It is the passageway of the blood that enters the heart
Answer starts with: Letter V
24. (DIASTOLE) The heart ventricle relax to allow the blood to fill the heart
Answer starts with: Letter D
25. (BLOOD VESSELS) Narrow tube through which blood flows
26. (BLOOD) It is a transporting medium
27. (EPICARDIUM) Outermost layer of the heart wall and is just another name for the visceral layer of the pericardium
Answer starts with: Letter E
28. (MYOCARDIUM) The muscular middle layer of the heart wall that contains the cardiac muscle tissue
Answer starts with: Letter M
29. (PERICARDIUM) The sac that envelopes the heart
30. (AORTA) The largest artery that provides oxygenated blood throughout the body.
31. (PULMONARY ARTERY) Carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs
Answer starts with: Letter P
32. (BIOCONCAVE DISC) Shape of the RBC
33. (BONE MARROW) Erythrocytes are produced in the?
34. (CAPILLARIES) Serve as a transport station in the circulatory system
35. (FIST) Human heart is about the size of a?
36. (THROMBOCYTES) Other name of Blood Platelets
37. (PLASMA) Composed of 90% of water, ions and proteins in the form of albumins and globulins
38. (HEART) Highly muscular pumping organ
39. (HEMOGLOBIN) Principal component of RBC
40. (PLASMA) Liquid part of the blood?
41. (PERISTALSIS) Is a muscular contractions that takes pace in the digestive tract
Answer starts with: Letter P
42. (BOLUS) Small rounded mass of a substance, especially of chewed food at the moment of swallowing
Answer starts with: Letter B
43. (PANCREAS) Organ which secretes insulin
44. (SMALL INTESTINE) Longest part of the digestive tube approx. 6.1 meters in length a 2.5cm in diameter
45. (LARGE INTESTINE) Also known as the large bowel or colon
46. (ANUS) Terminal opening of the digestive tube for defacation
47. (MOUTH) First portion of the alimentary canal that receives food and produces saliva.
48. (ESOPHAGUS) Commonly known as the “food pipe” or “gullet”
49. (STOMACH) Highly muscular pouch found in the epigastric and left hypochondriac portions of the abdominal cavity
50. (DIGESTIVE SYSTEM) Group of organs working together o convert food into energy and basic nutrients to feed the entire body
51. (EPIGLOTTIS) Little flap of tissue that blocks the trachea when swallowing
52. (HCI) Acid food in the stomach
53. (SPHINCTERS) A little valve on the end of stomach that regulates how much chime gets into the smaller intestine
Answer starts with: Letter S
54. (APPENDIX) Acts as the safe house for all good bacteria needed to digest food.
Answer starts with: Letter A
55. (PANCREAS) Second largest gland of the body that secretes pancreatic juice containing enzymes that break down all major food
molecules.
56. (LIVER) Largest gland of the body that weighs 1.5kg
57. (GALL BLADDER) Bile juice is stored in the?
58. (TONGUE) Part of the body consisting of membrane-covered skeletal muscles that function in positioning food in the mouth,
swallowing, and speech
59. (SALIVARY GLANDS) Glands that secretes saliva – contains an enzyme called salivary amylase
60. (NERVOUS SYSTEM) Network of nerve cells and fibers that transmit nerve impulses between parts of the boy.
61. (BRAIN) Plays a central role in the control of most bodily functions, including awareness, movements, sensations, thoughts,
speech and memory
62. (CEREBELLUM) Part of the brain in which function is to coordinate muscle movements, maintain posture and balance
Answer starts with: Letter C
63. (CEREBRUM) Largest part of the brain and is composed of right and left hemisphere
Answer starts with: Letter C
64. (BRAINSTEM) Acts as a relay center connecting the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord
65. (MIDBRAIN) The ________ is a area of the brain that connects the forebrain to the hindrain
66. (FOREBRAIN) Plays a central role in the processing of information related to complex cognitive activities
67. (SPINAL CORD) The ______ is along tube like structure which extends from the brain.
68. (PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM) PNS stands for?
69. (CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM) CNS stands for?
70. (SYMPATHETIC) Division in the nervous system, that form body’s “fight or flight”
71. (PARASYMPATHETIC) Division in the nervous system, that form body’s “rest and digest”
72. (31 SEGMENTS) Spinal cord is composed of how many segments?
73. (MIDBRAIN) Found between the forebrain and hindbrain
74. (MEDULLA OBLONGATA) Most posterior portion of the hindbrain and contains center for vital heart function.
Answer starts with: Letter M
75. (CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM) Composed of the brain and spinal cord
76. (BRAIN & SPINAL CORD) Two major parts of the brain
77. (DIENCEPHALON) Also known as the Twixtbrain
Answer starts with: Letter D
78. (METENCEPHALON) Also known as the Optic lobes
Answer starts with: Letter M