A&P II Final Flashcards
Sound waves entering the ear canal cause what to vibrate first?
The tympanic membrane
The stapes cause what to vibrate?
The oval window
How do sound waves travel through the ear?
Vibration through air, to the tympanic membrane, through solid, through the oval window
The organ that transmits sound waves into nerve impulses
Organ of Corti
Which neurotransmitter is also a hormone?
Norepinephrine
When an action potential goes along a neuron it is called what?
Depolarization
When the sodium-potassium pump restore resting potential it is called
Repolarization
A bundle of nerve fibers in the CNS is called a
Tract
A bundle of nerve fibers outside the CNS is called a
Nerve
The vital center of the brain is the
Medulla Oblongata
What is the relay center of the brain
Thalamus
A group of nerve cell bodies found outside the CNS
Ganglia
A group of nerve cell fibers is called a
Fascicle
The outermost layer of the wall of the heart is the
Epicardium
Type O blood has what antigens
Neither
If you are RH positive you have what antigens
D antigens
Pacemaker of the heart is the
SA node
What does the AV node do
It slows the response of the SA node
Which cells have 23 chromosomes
Sex cells.
How does miosis create 23 chroms
Skips interphase
Connective tissue that surrounds the sarcolemma
endoneurium
Cancer cells in WBC is
Leukemia
Normal breathing is
Tidal volume
Top of the tidal volume
Inspiratory reserve
Bottom of tidal volume
Expiratory reserve
Expiratory + inspiratory reserve is
vital capacity
After you blow out vital capacity what is left?
Residual
Residual + vital =
Total lung capacity
What’s the bacteria that causes gonorrhea
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
Largest organ
Skin
Largest organ inside the body
Liver
Largest lymphatic organ
Spleen