Human Anatomy & Physiology: Anatomy and Physiology mid-term Flashcards

What is a chain of more than 50 amino acids?

What is HCO3?

Sucrose is a ____________________

Which property of water is demonstrated when we sweat?

Salts are always _____________

Stress protiens are a type of protein called ______________________

What is not a uses for the ATP molecule?

What is the major positive ion outside cells?

The basic structural material of the body consists of __________

What protien type is vitally important to cell function in all types of stressful circumstances?

A single most abundent protein in the body is

What would be regarded as an organic molecule?

What element is necessary fro proper conduction of nervous impulses?

The four elements that make up about 96% of body matter are:

A chemical reaction in which bonds are broken is usually associated with _____________________

Fibrosis tissue repair involves the formation of ________________

A gene can best be defined as

What is the correct base pairing rules for DNA?

What is the powerhouse of the cell?

What is NOT classified as a connective tissue?

A red blood cell placed in an isotonic solution would ______________

Describe the plasma membrane:

The two types of endocytosis is

The movement of fluid through the cell membrane from a high pressure area to a lower pressure area is called _________________

A cancer drug interferes with the development of mitotic spindle fibers during cell division. Which phase is directly affected?

The 3 major components of the cytoplasm are the

The function of the centrioles include:

What type of tissue conducts electrochemical impulses?

The correct order of the phases of mitosis are:

The main component of cytosol is ________________

Cell that swims and is propelled by a long tail

A good example of a positive feedback mechanism would be ________________

____________________ cavities are spaces within joints

______________mechanisims work to prevent sudden severe changes within the body

The dorsal cavity is the site of the ____________

_____________________is considered the cause of most diseases

An oblique cut is one that is cut ______________________

The body system in order to simplest to the most complex

What term means toward or at the back of the body, behind?

What is a vertical section through the body dividing it into anterial and posterior regions called?

Cranial cavity

The heart lies in the ___________________cavity

A structure that is composed of two or more tissue types that work together to perform specific functions of the body is an ____________

The single most abundant chemical substance of the body, accounting for 60-70% of body weight is ___________________

What is a vertical section through the body dividing it into left and right

Histology is best defined as the study of __________

The body cavities that protect the nervous system are located in the _____________ cavity

What is the main, general purpose of negative feedback?

The skeletal system is composed of

How many bones are in the body

What is the main function of the skeletal system?

What are the functions of the skeletal system?

What does bone marrow in the skeletal system do?

What important minerals does the skeletal system store?

What organ stimulates red blood cell production?

Name the two types of Ossification

Replacement of thin connective tissue membrane with bone

Located in flat bones

Replacement of fetal cartilage skeleton with bone

Located in long, irregular and short bones

What occurs at the epipyseal disk?

What can affect bone growth?

What is the sculptor of hollow bones called

What is the builder of deposits bone on outer surface of the bones

What is Osteoclastic activity called

What is the name of the joint also known as the suture line in the skull called _____________ and it is _______________?

Slightly movable joint

Freely movable joint

Types of Joints

Name the bones of the foot

What does the arch of the foot form?

Structure of freely movable joints

Types of freely movable joints

Joint names that articulate bones

Opening, usually a passage for nerves, blood vessels and ligaments

What is the bone marking groove called

Tunnel or tubelike passageway

Cavity or hollow space

Types of fractures

Paranasal Sinuses

Skull bone held together by sutures and offer little movement

Only moveable bone

What is a frontanel?

Vertebral Column Sections are:

Vertebral Column Curves

What bone helps you nod yes

What bone helps you nod no

What disorder of the vertebral column that causes a lateral curve?

What disorder of the vertebral column that causes a hunchback

What disorder of the vertebral column that causes a swayback

Name the parts of the sternum

How many ribs do we have

How many ribs are true ribs?

How many false ribs do we have?

How many of the false ribs are floating ribs?

Parts of the Coxal bones?

Function of the coxal bones in the pelvic girdle

Bones in the pectoral girdle

Bones in the upper limb

U-shaped bone located in the neck region which is suspended in musculature and does not articulate with any other bone. It supports the tongue through muscle attachment to the styloid process on the temporal bone and the upper vertebra

The false ribs only connect to the _______________

Floating ribs only connect to the ___________

Attach bone to bone

Attach bone to muscle

Vetebral Cavity

Located in the skull

Located in the thorasic cavity

remember to look at your notes because I might not have everything on here!

Only two fused bones in the body

If bones don't fuse what is the body lacking?

Shaft of the long bone

Located at the ends of long bones

Line in spongy area where bones grow from

Endosteum

A movement generally in the sagittal plane, that decreases the angle of the joint and reduces the distance between the two bones (bending forward at the hip)

A movement that increases the angle of a joint and the distance between two bones or parts of the body (straightening the knee of elbow)

Movement of a limb away from the midline or median plane of the body, or the fanning movement of fingers or toes when they are spread apart

Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body or drawing the fingers or toes together.

Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis without lateral or medial displacement

A combination of flexion, extension, abduction and adduction commonly observed in ball and socket joints like the shoulder

Movement of the palm of the hand from an anterior or upward-facing position to a posterior or downward facing position (The distal end of the radius moves across the ulna)

Movement of the palm from a posterior position to an anterior position (the anatomical position)

A movement that results in the medial turning of the sold of the foot

A movement that results in the lateral turning of the sole of the foot

A movement of the ankle joint in a dorsal direction (standing on one's heels)

A movement of the ankle joint in which the foot is flexed downward (standing on one's toes or pointing the toes)

_________________________________ is the central cavity of bone shafts where red bone marrow and/or yellow bone marrow (adipose tissue) is stored

________________________a specialized connective tissue covering all bones of the body, and possessing bone-forming potentialities.

Shiny, slipery ends of the bones located near the joints

_____________________is the flexible tissue in the interior of bones. In humans, red blood cells are produced by cores of bone marrow in the heads of long bones in a process known as hematopoiesis

What are the two type of bones

Compact or hard bone have

Spongy or soft bone are located

List the size and shapes of the bones and were they are found

What is a joint condition that causes water on the knee, and inflammation of the synovial joint?

What is the joint condition that causes stretching or tearing of ligaments?

What joint condition causes stretching or tearing of muscles or tendons?

What joint condition causes inflammation of the joint and has over 100 variations of the condition?

What joint condition is the most common form and 85% of the population has been affected

What joint condition in known to be a chronic disorder that occurs between 4--50 years of age but can occur at any age.

What joint condition causes uric acid accumaltion in the blood creating needle shaped crystals that cause extreme pain and seen in a single joint. (usually the great toe)

Condition that affects 1/2 of women over 65 and 20% of men over 70

Thorasic vertebra

Vetebral column

Lumbar spine

___________________ are needed to make the head ligher so we can hold our heads up

Weight bearing bone in the body

Non-weight bering bone in the body

Largest bone in the body

Hinge joints

Ball-and-socket joints

Pivot joints

Saddle joint

Gliding joint

Condyloid joint

Tibiofemoral

Humeroulnar

Metacarpophalangeal

Glenohumeral

An opening usually a passage for nerves,blood vessels and ligaments

What is the groves in a bone called

Tunnel or tubelike passageway of the bones

Cavity or hollow spaces of the bones

ribs 8 - 9 - and 10 are called

ribs 11 & 12 are called

How many bones are in the wrist?