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Chapter 6b- The Human Body

Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Twelfth Edition
Across
The large muscle that covers the humerus
The major vessel in the upper extremities that supplies blood to the arm.
The complex arrangement of connected tubes, including the arteries, arterioles, capillaries venules, and veins, that moves blood, oxygen, nutrients, carbon dioxide, and cellular waste throughout the body.
The brain and spinal cord
The smallest branches of arteries leading to the vast network of capillaries
Fluid produced in the ventricles of the brain that flows in the subarachnoid space and bathes the meninges.
The heel bone
The largest part of the three subdivisions of the brain, sometimes called the gray matter, made up of several lobes that control movement, hearing, balance, speech, visual perception, emotions, and personality.
A set of chemical reactions that supplies cells with energy. Includes both anaerobic and aerobic menabolism.
A measure of the volume of blood circulated by the heart in 1 minute, calculated by multiplying the stroke volume by the heart rate.
One of the three major subdivisions of the brain, sometimes called the little brain; coordinates that various activities of the brain, particularly fine body movements.
Down
Metabolism that can proceed only in the presence of oxygen
Small bones that compose the wrist
A pearly layer of specialized cartilage covering the articular surfaces (contact surfaces on the ends) of bones in synovial joints.
Thin bands of fibrous tissue that attach to the valves in the heart and prevent them from inverting
The controlling organ of the body and the center of consciousness; functions include perception, control of reactions to the environment, emotional responses, and judgement
The heart muscle.
The pressure that the blood exerts against the walls of the arteries as it passes through them.
The substance that leaves the stomach. it is a combination of all of the eaten foods with added stomach acids.
The smooth connective tissue that forms the support structure of the skeletal system and provides cushioning between bones, also forms the nasal septum and portions of the outer ear.
The first part of the large intestine, into which the ileum opens.