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Lecture exam review

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Structural levels of organizations: Chemical

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atoms are the smallest units of matter and participate in chemical reactions to form molecules.

Inorganic- H20, O2,Ca+

organic- carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids

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structural levels of organizations: cellular level

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four macromolecules and inorganic moles come together to form the basic structural and functional units of all organisms called a cells.

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Structural levels of organizations: tissue

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comprised of groups of cells and surrounding materials that have a similar structure and origin.

four basic tissue types: epithelia, connective, muscle, nervous

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structural levels of organizations: organ

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Created when two or more different types of tissues combine within a single structure to perform a specific function

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Structural levels of organizations: system

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consists of related organs which have a common function

the human body is divided into 11 systems

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structural levels of organizations: organismal

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Any living individual is an organism and refers to the parts at all other levels functioning together

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The process of stem cells becoming specialized

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Differentiaiton

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Reverses a change in a controlled condition and usually regulate conditions in the body that remain fairly stable over long period of time.

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Negative feedback systems

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Blood pressure, blood sugar, body temperature is an example of what feedback systems?

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Negative

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strengthens or reinforces a change in one of the body’s controlled conditons and usually reinforces conditions that DO NOT happen very often

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Positive feedback systems

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Childbirth and blood clotting is an example of what feedback systems?

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Positive

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What’s is the anatomical position?

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Standardized method of observing and describing regions or parts of the human body when it is in a specific stance

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Body is erect and facing forward

arms are at the side

palms of hand are facing forward

feet are flat and parallel with floor

Examples of what?

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anatomical position

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Part located toward the head or upper body (UP)

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superior

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Part located away from head or lower body (down)

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inferior

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Part located at front of body

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anterior

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Part located at back of body

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posterior

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Part located near imaginary midline of body

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medial

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Part located further from imaginary midline

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lateral

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Part located between two other structures

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intermediate

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Part located on same side of body

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ipsilateral

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A part located o the opposite side of the body as another part

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contralateral

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Part located on both side of body

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bilateral

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A structure that is nearer to the point of attachment to the limb or trunk

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proximal

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A structure that is farther from the point of attachment to the limb or trunk

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distal

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A part that is closer or on the surface of body

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superficial

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A part that is farther away from surface of body

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Deep

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When a person lies face down

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prone

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When a person lies face up

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supine

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Used to divide the body vertically (side to side) into right and left sections

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sagittal

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Used to dived body into front and back (anterior and posterior sections)

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coronal plane or frontal plane

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Used to dived the body into top and bottom ( superior and inferior)

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transverse plane

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Used to divide body into a slanted section or 45 degree angle

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Oblique plane

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Refers to any Simpson of the body or structure in the direction of the long axis of a structure

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longitudinal plane

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this cavity contains the cranial cavity (brain) and the vertebral cavity ( spinal column)

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dorsal cavity

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This cavity contains the thoracic cavity (chest) that is further divided into pleural cavity containing the lungs and pericardial cavity containing the heart

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ventral cavity

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Thin slippery membranes which cover the organs within the thoracic and abdominal cavities and also line the walls of the thorax and abdomen

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serous membranes

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Visceral membranes covers what

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organs

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Parietal membrane lines what

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the cavities

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Pleura lines what

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Lungs

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Pericardial lines what

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Heart

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Peritoneum lines what

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stomach

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Junctions that provide tight continuous seals that prevent paddle of fluid across the cell membrane

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tight junctions

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Junctions that occur between adjacent cells and require rapid and direct connections between cells and composed of connexons

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gap junctions

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Fasten cells to one another or to extracellular materials

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anchoring junctions

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Arranged in multiple skin layers

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stratified epithelium

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Arranged in a single layer that appears to have multiple layers and not all cells reach the surface giving the multilayer look

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pseudostratified epithelium

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Cells that are flat or scale like for rapid paddle of substances

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Squamous cells

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Cells appear cube shaped and may have microvilli function insecretion and absorption

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cuboidal cells

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cells are taller than wide and may be classified as ciliated columnar epithelium or columnar epithelium

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columnar cells

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Has a variable apperance with shapes ranging from squamous when stretched to cuboidal when relaxed and is found where the skin meets lips

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transitional epithelium

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Contains all fiber types and several cell types; in and around nearly every body structure and known as the “packing material” of the body

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Areolar

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Is a fat tissue; cells and adipocytes are filled with triglycerides instead of cytoplasm

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adipose

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Resembles a fine, lacy, dispersed network of reticular fibers that form the stroma and know as the framework or “mattress”

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reticular

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Voluntary control and usually attached to bones by tendons

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skeletal muscle tissue

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Involuntary control and in the walls of hollow internal structures such as blood vessels, bladder, GI tract

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smooth muscle tissue

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The epidermis layers are

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stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum, stratum basale

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The dermis is composed of two regions

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papillary and reticular region

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Oil glands

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sebaceous glands

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Sweat glands

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sudoriferous( apocrine & eccrine)

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Ear wax producer

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ceruminous

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Process of making blood cells and platelets

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hemopoiesis

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Cells that are located within Osteogenic layer of the periosteum and undergo cell division giving rise to the osteoblasts and cartilage cells

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Osteogenic cells

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Cells that are responsible for secreting collagen fibers and organic components associated with the formation of the extracellular matrix as well as initiating calcification

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Osteoblasts

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Osteo means what

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bone

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Blast means what

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building

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Clast means what

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break down

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Cells that are responsible for daily metabolic activities including the exchange of nutrients and wastes of the blood

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osteocytes

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Cells that are involved in the growth, maintenance, and repair of bone and regulate calcium levels in blood

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osteoblasts

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55-65% of extracellular matrix of bone tissue and responsible for bone hardness

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Hydroxyapatites

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The process of fracture repair

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a fracture hematoma forms

internal and external calli form( soft callus)

the soft callus ossifies into a hard callus

remodeling occurs

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A weak electrical current produced within the bones when they are stressed and stimulates osteoblast activity

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piezoelectric effect

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Allow for the formation of joints

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depressions(fossa)

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Allow for the passage of soft tissues, nerves, and blood vessels

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Opening (foramen or meatus)

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Projections or outgrowths of the bone and involved in joint formation or points of attachment for connective tissue including ligaments and tendons and for muscles

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condyles

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Difference between the axial and appendicular skeleton

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axial includes the bones which lie around the longitudinal axis of the human body and consist of 80 bones

appendicualr includes both upper and lower extremities as well as the heights and consist of 126 bones

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A keystone cranial bone

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sphenoid

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Fracture of this bone is associated with strangulations

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hyoid bone

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Pituitary bone found in the depression of this bone

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sella turcica

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Benefits of the ethmoid cells/pockets in nasal cavity

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warms and moistens air

cleanses air

enhance sense of smell

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Significant functions of the atlas

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supports the head

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Significant functions of the axis

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an upward projection called the painters process and for lateral rotation of head

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Highly elastic and acts as shock absorbers

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nucleus pulposus

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Ways the skeletal system contributes to homeostasis

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producing new red blood cells as old ones die off

help maintain level of calcium in blood stream

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Where the coxal bone unite anteriorly

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pubic symphysis

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Only bone of the foot that articulates with the fibula and tibia

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talus

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7 tarsal bone

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Talus

calcaneus

navicula

lateral cuniform

intermediate cuniform

medial cuniform

cuboid

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Female pelvis is

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wider

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Male pelvis is

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skinnier

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Little or no movement

ex. Skull

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synarthroses

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Slight moveable joints

ex. Vertebrae

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amphiarthroses

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Moveable/synovial joints

ex. Hip + shoulders

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diarthroses

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What joint structure is found in the knees

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Diarthroses

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What joint structure is found between ribs and vertebrae

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amphiarthroses

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What joint structure is found between cranial bones

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synarthroses

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Tooth in its socket is the only example of this type of joint

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gomphosis

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What is pes planus?

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flat foot

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Synarthrotic means

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No movement

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Amphiarthroses means

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slight movement

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Site of contraction and relaxtion of muscle tissue

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the sarcomere

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Steps involved in muscle contraction

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Calcium ion bond troponin, causing the troponin- tropomyosin complex to move away from the myosin binding site on actin initiating the contraction cycle

Calcium ions, cause the mitochondria to release energy ATP

The energize myosin has attaches to the myosin binding site on acting forming cross bridge

Cross the bridge rotates towards the center of Sacramento mirror generating force, which sides the thin filament passed the thick filament toward the in-line also known aspower stroke

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The attachment to stationary bone is called what

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the origin

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The attachment to the movable bone is call what

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the insertions

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First class lever

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EFL

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Second class lever

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FLE

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Third class lever

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most common; FEL

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A muscles that causes a desired action is referred to as the prime mover or

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Agonist

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Stretches and yields to the effects of the prime mover and also produce an opposite action

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antagonist

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What stabilizes the origin of the prime mover so it can act more efficiently

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a fixator

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Used to blink and squint eyes

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orbciularis oculi

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Raises eyebrows

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frontal or frontalis

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Prime mover to raise the mandible; aids in chewing

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masseter

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Your “kisser”

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Orbicularis oris

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Tenses neck during shaving

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playstma

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Detection of changes inside and outside the body by specialized cells called sensory receptors and carry info to brain and spinal cord

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sensory neurons (afferent)

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The ingratitude of sensory stimuli occurs along the

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interneurons

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Reacting to change through action of the organ system such as the glands and muscles

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motor neurons (efferent)

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What are the major divisions of the nervous system

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CNS,PNS,SNS,ANS,ENS

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CNS involve

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brain and spinal cord and processes incoming sensory information

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PNS involve

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Cranial and spinal nerves

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SNS involve

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sensory neurons that convey information to the CNS from receptors in the head, bod wall, limbs and includes motor neurons that conduct impulses to skeletal muscles

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ANS involves

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Includes sensory neurons that convey information to the CNS primarily from visceral organs

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ENS involves

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consist of over 100 million neurons in enteric plexuses

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Most common glial cell type and form myelin sheath around more than one axon in the CNS

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oligodendrocytes

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Attach to blood vessels forming a blood brain barrier that prevents harmful substances and organisms from entering the CNS

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astrocyte

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Engage in cell eating of cellular debris and damaged nervous tissue

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microglia

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Produce the CSF (cerebrospinal fluid)

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ependymal

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Input and conducting zone of a neuron

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Cell body and dendrites and axons

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damaging these nerves result in respiratory arrest

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phrenic nerves

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Parts of brain stem

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medulla oblongata

pons

midbrain

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Parts of the diencephalon

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thalamus

Hypothalamus

epithalamus

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A special mechanism composed of neuroglial termed astrocytes and prevents certain materials from passing from the blood to the CSF and the brain

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Blood Brain Barrier

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When pyramids cross each other close to the spinal cord junction at a point is called

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decussation

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Relay station for all sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex

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thalamus

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Monitors BP, BS, and temp of blood

controls autonomic nervous system

regulates pituitary gland

regulates emotional and behavioral patterns

regulates eating and drinking

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Hypothalamus

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Master gland and in the hypothalamus

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Pituitary gland

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Known as the 3rd eye and secrets hormone melatonin

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pineal gland

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The cerebrum is separated into right and left halves hemisphere by the longitudinal fissure it is formed from an infolding of meningitis

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Falx cerebri

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First motor neuron in ANS motor pathway and cell body embedded in the brain or spinal cord

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Preganglionic

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Second motor neuron in ANS motor pathway and cell body and dendrites entirely outside the CNS

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postganglionic