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
The ridges in the stomach are called
Ruggae
Ridges in the brain
Gyri
Shallow callies in brain are called
Sulci
Which duct drains 3/4 of the body
Thoracic duct
The thoracic duct begins where?
Cisterna Chyli
Where does the thoracic duct end?
Left subclavian
What does the AIDS virus infect
Helper T cells
When filtrate leaves the pyramid its called
Urine
The messentary of the s intestine has lymph nodes that destroy bacteria called
Peyer’s patches
The joints in skull are
synarthritic
Joints in extremeities are
Diarthritic
Spine and pubic symphisis are
Amphiarthritic also called synchondrosis
Carbohydrate digestion begins
Mouth
Protein digestion begins
Stomach
What agents break down protein in stomach
Pepsin
Fatty acids and glycerol are broken down by what
Lypase from the pancreas
What hereditary gene is on the X chromosome
Hemophilia
Cystic fibrosis is caused by
mucous
Inhaling cillica dust causes
Pneumoconiosis
Enlarged Lymph nodes in neck
Cervical Lymphadenopathy
How many amino acids is our body not able to produce?
9
Mammary glands are modified
Sweat glands
Head of the sperm contains
DNA + acrosome
Midportion of the sperm contains
mitochrondrial DNA
What inheritied disease are RBC destroyed faster than normal
Sickle Cell and Thalassemia
The inner most layer of the glomerular capsule is made up of
Podocytes
Granulocytes are
Neutrophils
Basophils
Eosinophils
Lymphocytes and monocytes are
Agranulocytes
Excessive RBC is called
Erythrocytosis
Too many plateles
Thrombocytosis
Lungs are divided into
Lobes
When the heart contracts that is
Depolarization - systole
When the heart relaxes
Repolarization - Dyastole
Which t cells target viruses
Killer T cells
Thrombin + what cause fibrinogyn to convert to fibrin
Calcium
Pus in urine is called
Pyuria
Blood in the urine is called
Hematuria
What % of water is reabsorbed back into the blood from the kidneys
95%
Blood poisoning is called
Septicemia
Muscular layer of uterus is called
Myometrium
What part of brain maintains conciousness and arousal
Reticular activating system
What membrane closes the distal end of the vagina
Hymen
The proliferation of T cells and B cells is stimulated by
Interferon
The connective tissue that surrounds entire muscle is called
Epimyocium
How many lymphatic trunks are there
2
Presenting cells are
Dendritic
B cells
Macrophages
Phase after menses
Proliferation
Which hormone dominates the secretory phase
Progesterone
What are the 3 divisions of the pharynx
Nasopharynx
Oropharynx
Laryngopharnx
The pharynx is part of what two systems
Respiratory and digestive