Health Science – Final Exam – Comprehensive Study Guide & Practice Questions
arteries - correct answer ✔✔blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
erythrocytes - correct answer ✔✔red blood cells
hemoglobin - correct answer ✔✔iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen
for delivery to cells
leukocytes - correct answer ✔✔White blood cells
95% - correct answer ✔✔how much of plasma is water?
septum - correct answer ✔✔a wall of tissue that separates the left and right sides of the heart
veins - correct answer ✔✔blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
spleen - correct answer ✔✔Organ near the stomach that produces, stores, and eliminates blood
cells
thymus - correct answer ✔✔a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces
lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity (atrophies with age)
alveoli - correct answer ✔✔tiny air sacs in the lungs
bronchioles - correct answer ✔✔smallest branches of the bronchi
, cilia - correct answer ✔✔The hairlike projections on the outside of cells that move in a wavelike
manner (ovaducts & lungs)
larynx - correct answer ✔✔voice box; adam's apple?
pharynx - correct answer ✔✔throat
trachea - correct answer ✔✔windpipe; tube through which air moves
esophagus - correct answer ✔✔food tube connecting the mouth to the stomach
kidney - correct answer ✔✔organ that removes urea, excess water, and other waste products
from the blood and passes them to the ureter
nephrons - correct answer ✔✔filtering units of the kidney that remove wastes from the blood
and produce urine
ureter - correct answer ✔✔tube that carries urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
urethra - correct answer ✔✔tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body
arteriosclerosis - correct answer ✔✔hardening of the arteries
atherosclerosis - correct answer ✔✔narrowing of the ateries
hypertension - correct answer ✔✔high blood pressure (140/90)
arteries - correct answer ✔✔blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
erythrocytes - correct answer ✔✔red blood cells
hemoglobin - correct answer ✔✔iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen
for delivery to cells
leukocytes - correct answer ✔✔White blood cells
95% - correct answer ✔✔how much of plasma is water?
septum - correct answer ✔✔a wall of tissue that separates the left and right sides of the heart
veins - correct answer ✔✔blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
spleen - correct answer ✔✔Organ near the stomach that produces, stores, and eliminates blood
cells
thymus - correct answer ✔✔a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces
lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity (atrophies with age)
alveoli - correct answer ✔✔tiny air sacs in the lungs
bronchioles - correct answer ✔✔smallest branches of the bronchi
, cilia - correct answer ✔✔The hairlike projections on the outside of cells that move in a wavelike
manner (ovaducts & lungs)
larynx - correct answer ✔✔voice box; adam's apple?
pharynx - correct answer ✔✔throat
trachea - correct answer ✔✔windpipe; tube through which air moves
esophagus - correct answer ✔✔food tube connecting the mouth to the stomach
kidney - correct answer ✔✔organ that removes urea, excess water, and other waste products
from the blood and passes them to the ureter
nephrons - correct answer ✔✔filtering units of the kidney that remove wastes from the blood
and produce urine
ureter - correct answer ✔✔tube that carries urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
urethra - correct answer ✔✔tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body
arteriosclerosis - correct answer ✔✔hardening of the arteries
atherosclerosis - correct answer ✔✔narrowing of the ateries
hypertension - correct answer ✔✔high blood pressure (140/90)
