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A&P I Final Exam

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What is the main purpose of negative feedback?

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To reverse the effects of the original stimulus and change the homeostatic balance back to it's original or ideal value

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Where does the heart lie?

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In the pericardial cavity

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Which cavities have spaces within the joints?

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Synovial cavities

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What means toward or the back of the body?

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dorsal

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What is parietal pleura?

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Membrane that lines the walls of the thoracic cavity

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Where are carbohydrates stored in?

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The body converts carbohydrates into glucose, which is then stored in the muscles and liver

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When a chemical reaction bonds are broken what caused this?

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Chemical bonds are broken by the energy that is released during the chemical reaction

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Which major positive ion is outside the cells?

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sodium

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What is HCO3?

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bicarbonate

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What is ATP molecules?

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Adenosine triphosphate

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When a red blood cell is placed in water what happens?

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The blood cell swells and bursts

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What is the function of plasma membrane?

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Selectively permeable membrane that regulates which molecules are allowed to enter and exit the cell

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Define meiosis?

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Nuclear division process that reduces the chromosomal number by half and results in the formation of four haploid cells, occurs only in certain reproductive organs

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What processes does passive membrane transport do?

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Passive transport does not require the cell to expend any energy and involves a substance diffusing down its concentration gradient across a membrane.

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The tissue that has lacunae, calcium salts and blood vessels is?

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Osseous tissue

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What is the blast cell for blood production?

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hemocytoblasts

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Thyroid gland secrete their hormones into the blood because their ducts are classified as?

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endocrine

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What is chondroblasts?

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Immature cartilage cells

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What happens when edema occurs?

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Edema is a swelling, usually of the legs, feet, and/or hands due to the accumulation of excessive fluid in the tissues.

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What happens during tissue repair?

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Inflammation – trauma causes the release of inflammatory chemicals, Organization – clots and/or restores the blood supply, Regeneration – fibrous tissue grows beneath the scab

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Where are mesenchymal cells are mostly found?

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mesenchymal are a type of stem cells, which are found in small quantities in bone marrow, fat, muscles, and the dental pulp of baby teeth.

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What is acne?

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active inflammation of the sebaceous glands accompanied by pustules or cysts on the skin

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What is the most important risk for skin cancer?

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Prolonged exposure to UV radiation

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What gland produces ear wax?

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ceruminous glands

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The type of skin cancer that is scaly reddened papule that spread rapidly and metastasize is?

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SCC – Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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What are fingerprints or ridges?

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Friction ridge patterns that are genetically determined and unique to each individual

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What is yellow bone marrow and what does it contain?

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Bone marrow that contains mostly fat cells and some white blood cells. It is located in the central cavities of long bones in adults

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What cell is responsible for the secretions of the matrix of bone?

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Osteoblasts

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Where would the break be in the bone if the fracture is in the shaft of the bone?

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diaphysis

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What is ossification of the ends of long bones?

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Endochondral ossification

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In early childhood, what structure allows the diaphysis of the bone to increase in length?

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The epiphyseal plates

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During infancy and childhood what single most important stimulus for epiphyseal plate activity?

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Growth hormones

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The resilience of bone is primarily due to what situation?

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Bone remodeling

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The process of resorption of bones is due to which cell?

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osteoclasts

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What is the name of the structural unit of spongy?

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trabeculae

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Define osteogenesis?

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The process of bone formation, also called ossification

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The largest portion of the coxal bone is formed by which bone?

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Coxa – hip, the largest part of the hip bone is the ilium

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What membranous areas are between the cranial bones and fetal skull called?

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fontanelles

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The axial skeleton consist of what parts of the body?

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Head, neck and trunk of the body

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What function do the intervertebral discs do?

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Located between the vertebrae, they act as shock absorbers during walking, jumping, and running. They also allow the spine to flex and extend, and to a lesser extent bend laterally.

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What is scoliosis?

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"twisted disease" an abnormal rotation of the spine that results in a lateral curvature

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What is lordosis?

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"swayback" an accentuated lumbar curvature

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What is the hyoid bone?

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"U-shaped" - lies in the anterior neck just inferior to the mandible, the only bone in the body that does not articulate directly with any other bone, a moveable base for the tongue, attachment points for the neck muscles that raise and lower the larynx during swallowing and speech

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What does articular cartilage in the long bones do?

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Covers the ends of most bones at movable joints

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What is bursae?

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a fluid-filled sac or saclike cavity, especially one countering friction at a joint

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Bending your head back as far as a person can is called -

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hyperextension

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What is hyaluronic acid?

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Flattened fibrous sacs lined with synovial membrane and containing a thin film of synovial fluid

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What is menisci?

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Articular discs – discs or wedges if fibrocartilage separating the articular surfaces, they partially or completely divide the synovial cavity into two

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Moving a limb away from the median plane of the body is known as?

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abduction

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Inversion and eversion pertains to what body part?

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Movements of the foot

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What is the role of calcium ions during the contraction of a muscle?

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no data

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The sarcolemma contains acetylcholine receptors, what part is in the sarcolemma?

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Sarcolemma is the plasma membrane surrounding each muscle fiber.

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Cardiac muscle fibers depend mostly on what to generate ATP?

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Anaerobic cellular respiration

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What is the most powerful muscle in the body?

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Quadriceps Femoris

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Infants receive injections in what intramuscular site

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Quadriceps Lateralis

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What is an axon?

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the long threadlike part of a nerve cell along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells

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What role does acetylcholinesterase play?

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It breaks down acetylcholine (ACh) into its building blocks, acetic acid and choline, which prevents continued muscle fiber contraction

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What neurotransmitter helps pain that is mimicked by morphine, heroin, and methadone?

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Endorphins

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The stem of the brain consist of what parts?

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Midbrain, pons, and the medulla

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How is the cerebrum described as?

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The cerebral hemispheres, including the cerebral cortex, white matter, and basal nuclei.

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T1 and L1 when transected in the spinal cord will cause the patient what condition?

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Transection at T1 would cause paraplegia of the legs and loss of function in the chest and below, Transection at L1 would cause paraplegia to legs and pelvis area.

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What is the broca’s area?

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An area in the left hemisphere of the brain that is involved in planning to speak and actual speech production

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What is REM sleep associated with?

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Sleep cycle -Rapid and random eye movement, low muscle tone and vivid dreams

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Cardiovascular effects of the sympathetic divisions include what?

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The SNS constricts visceral and cutaneous blood vessels, sending more blood to the muscles and heart.

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What nerve is compressed with carpal tunnel syndrome?

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The median nerve

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The resting and digesting of the autonomic nervous system is known as?

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Parasympathetic Division

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What results do we see with the parasympathetic stimulation?

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Blood pressure and heart rate are maintained at low normal levels, and the gastrointestinal tract is actively digesting food

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Sympathetic divisions’ stimulation causes what to happen to the body?

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When we are excited or find ourselves in emergency or threatening situations, the sympathetic division causes our bodies to going into Fight or Flight – diverts blood from gastro to muscles and heart, dilates bronchioles for increased air flow, stimulates the liver to make more glucose for energy needs

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Parasympathetic functions include what to happen to the body?

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Keeps body energy use as low as possible as it directs vital “house-keeping” activities like digesting food and eliminating feces and urine

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The cones of the eye have a main function, what is this?

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vision receptors for bright light and provide high resolution color vision

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What does the iris do?

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The iris acts as a reflexively activated diaphragm to vary the amount of light that passes through the pupil

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What is the cochlea?

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Snail shaped organ of the ear that is the sensory receptor for hearing

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What is myopia?

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Nearsightedness – people can see close objects without problems, distant objects are blurred – distant objects focus in front of the retina rather than on it – eyeball is too long

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What is the pinna?

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The auricle – the outer shell shaped part of the ear

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What is the blind spot of the eye?

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The optic disc because it lacks photoreceptors