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Brain stem includes…

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mid brain, pons, medulla oblongata

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Midbrain function

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pain suppression, reticular formation
- degeneration of substantia nigra leads to Parkinson’s disease

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Cerebellum function

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balance, proprioception, body position/posture, coordination
- vermis instead of fissure that separates hemispheres

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Meninge layers

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dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater

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Dura mater (outermost)

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periosteal layer, meningeal layer, flax cerebra, flax cerebelli, tentorium (transverse fissure), epidural space, subdural space

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Arachnoid mater (middle)

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subarachnoid space

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Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF)

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  • protects brain/spinal fluid
  • ependymal cells (neuroglia cells)
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Stimulus binds to…

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the receptor

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channel opens…

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allows ions to get in

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local depolarization

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local depolarization of the muscle cell plasma membrane opens voltage-gated Na+ channels in this membrane, allowing more Na+ to enter, which further depolarizes the membrane

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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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  • Sensory receptors; specific
  • Sensory (afferent) fibers
  • Motor (efferent) fibers
  • Ganglion; cluster of neurosomas outside CNS
  • Nerves exit vertebral canal through intervertebral foramen
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Mechanoreceptors

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touch, sound, vibration

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Thermoreceptors

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temperature

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Photoreceptors

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light, sight

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Chemoreceptors

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sense changes in the chemical composition of the blood

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Nociceptors

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pain

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17
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Exteroceptors

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mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors

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Intereceptors

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chemoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors

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Proprioceptors

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mechanoreceptors

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General receptors

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touch, pressure, stretch, vibration

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Special receptors

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taste, vision, smell, hearing

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Sensation vs. Perception

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Sensation (gets stimulated) awareness of changes in environment
Perception (conscious interpretation): what you do with stimulus

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Dorsal root

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  • Ganglion (bulge); brings towards brain (afferent)
  • Sensory fibers
  • Afferent
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Anterior/ventral root

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  • Motor fibers
  • Efferent
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Mixed nerves are…

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both sensory and motor fibers

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Sensory (afferent) nerves have impulses only…

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toward CNS

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Motor (efferent) nerves have impulses only…

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away from CNS

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Ganglia

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autonomic motor neurons

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29
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reflex

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autonomic response

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30
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31 pairs of spinal nerves

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  • Spinal nerves exit underneath their likewise vertebrae
  • Each spinal nerve connects to spinal cord via two roots
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Intervertebral canal vs. Intervertebral foramen

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Canal: spinal cord (donuts on top of each other)
Foramen: spinal nerves go out

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32
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Somas make…

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gray matter

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33
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Axons make…

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white matter

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34
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Nerve plexuses

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  • Contains fibers from several different spinal nerves
  • Each limb muscles innervated by more than one
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35
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Cervical Plexus

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C1 – C4
- Most form cutaneous nerves
- Phrenic nerve C3-C5

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Brachial Plexus

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C5 – C8, T1
- Axillary nerve

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Lumbar Plexus (lumbosacral plexus)

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L1 – L4
- Femoral nerve
- Obturator nerve

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Sacral Plexus (lumbosacral plexus)

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L4 – S4
- Sciatic nerve
- Composed of two nerves; tibial and common fibular

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Dermatomes

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  • Map of jurisdiction
  • Nerve will innervate specific area from specific sensory information
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40
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Reflexes are…

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  • Quick
  • Involuntary
  • Stimulation
  • Intrinsic = inborn
  • Acquired = learned
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Reflec Arc

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  1. Receptor
  2. Sensory neuron
  3. Integration center
  4. Motor neuron
  5. Effector
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42
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Somatic reflexes

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interneuron makes signal
activate skeletal muscle
Mediated by spinal cord
quick, cannot wait for brain
Stretch and flexor

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Autonomic reflexes

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activate visceral effectors (smooth/cardiac muscle)

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44
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Tendon organs

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senses tension on tendon
triggers the reflex
proprioceptor: responds to excessive tension (muscle contraction response)

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45
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Nerve pathway

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  1. Dorsal
  2. Interneuron
  3. Ventral
  4. Effector
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46
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Flexor reflex

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Flexes joint

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47
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Crossed extension reflex

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  • Contraction of opposite limb that is not flexing (i.e. one leg is flexing, the other is contracting)
  • Helps keep balance
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Superficial reflexes

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  • Gentle cutaneous stimulation
  • Plantar reflex  L4-S2
  • Abdominal reflex  T8-T12
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49
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Spinal cord

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conduction
integration
locomotion
reflexes
protected by meninges
cauda equina

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Conduction

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the transmission of excitation through living tissue and especially nervous tissue. conduction of impulses to the brain

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Integration

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input and elicited response

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52
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Locomotion

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repetitive coordinated contractions

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53
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Reflexes

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involuntary responses to stimuli

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54
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Meninges

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dura, arachnoid, pia

55
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Cauda equina

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Nerve roots at end of spinal cord

56
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Ascending

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up, sensory

57
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Descending

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down, motor

58
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Transverse

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both ascending, descending

59
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Contralateral

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opposite side

60
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Decussation points

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when fiber crosses to other side

61
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Ipsilateral

62
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First-order neuron

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sensory neuron
- Detect stimulus from skin
- Stimulus to spinal cord

63
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Second-order neuron

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integration neuron
- In thalamus

64
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Third-order neuron

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motor neuron
- From thalamus to cortex

65
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Descending tracts…

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carry motor

66
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Upper motor neuron

67
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Lower motor neuron

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brain stem/spinal cord

68
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Cranial nerves

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12 -
1. Olfactory
2. Optic
3. Oculomotor
4. Trochlear
5. Trigeminal
6. Abducens
7. Facial
8. Vestibulocochlear
9. Glossopharyngeal
10. Vagus
11. Accessory
12. Hypoglossal

69
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Cranial nerves mnemonic

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Oh oh oh take the anatomy final very good vacation sounds heavenly

70
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Cranial nerves (sensory/motor/both)

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Sensory:
Olfactory
Optic
Vestibulocochlear

Motor:
Oculomotor
Trochlear
Abducens
Accessory
Hypoglossal

Both:
Trigeminal
Facial
Glossopharyngeal
Vagus

71
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Cranial nerves (sensory/motor/both) mnemonic

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Some say marry money but my brother says big brains matter more

72
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Merocrine

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exocytosis

73
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Apocrine

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loses part of cell

74
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Holocrine

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celll dies completely

75
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diaphoresis

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sweat that you see

76
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perspiration

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sweat that you don’t see

77
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How many layers does dermis have? What are they called?

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2 layers; papillary and reticulum

78
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Papillary layer of dermis

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upper, attached to basement membrane

79
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Reticulum layer of dermis

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lower, attached to fat/hypodermis

80
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Apoptosis

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no inflammation

81
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Afferent

82
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Efferent

83
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Kidney: A WET BED

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A – acid balance
W – water balance
E – electrolyte balance
T – toxin removal
B – blood pressure control
E – Erythropoietin making
D – Vitamin D metabolism

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Layers of skin (from outermost to innermost)

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  1. Corneum
  2. Lucidum
  3. Granulosum
  4. Spinosum
  5. Basal
85
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Bone matrix

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ossification

86
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osteoporosis

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pores in bone get bigger

87
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Three types of cartilage

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elastic, hyaline, fibrocartilage

88
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Elastic cartilage

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external ear and epiglottis

89
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Fibrocartilage

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meniscus of knee, vertebral disc, pubic symphysis

90
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Hyaline cartilage

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many joint surfaces
most commonly found in the ribs, nose, larynx, and trachea

91
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Appositional growth

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chondroblasts grow into chondrocytes
- Grows in thickness
- B after A

92
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Interstitial growth

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existing chondrocytes
- C after B

93
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Bone formation

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  1. Baby no need for cartilage (osteoblasts build it)
  2. Trap blood vessels
  3. Becomes spongy bone
94
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Bone formation

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  1. Starts in diaphysis
  2. Grows towards island in poles
  3. Growth plates have closed
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Blast

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Blast, baby, build

96
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Cyte

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Cyte, adult, maintain

97
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Clast

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Clast, cut, release calcium to blood

98
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Genic

99
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Osteon

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function instructional unit of skeletal system

100
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Lacuna

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Cyte
no babies in a jacuzzi

101
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Lamellae

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concentric layers

102
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Lacunae

103
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Canaliculi

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tiny tunnels connecting cells together

104
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Periosteum

105
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Endosteum

106
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Chondro

107
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Epiphysial plate

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child/open

108
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Epiphysial line

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adult/fused

109
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Storage of calcium

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  • Pack calcium when there’s an excess of calcium in the blood
  • Release/take out when calcium needed elsewhere
  • Hormones = messengers
110
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Minerals/vitamins

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crucial for function of skeletal system

111
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Excessive loss/low levels of vitamin D

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  • Osteoporosis, rickets (child), osteomalacia (adult)
112
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Acromegaly

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too much bone

113
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Axial skeleton

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Skull and vertebral column
- C1 vertebrae doesn’t have a body
- C2 vertebrae has a dens as a body

114
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Clavicle

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  • Medial  sternal
  • Middle  middle
  • Lateral  outside/acromial
115
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Capitulum

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lateral, articulates with radius

116
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Trochlea

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medial, articulates with ulna

117
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Fossa

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stops for the bone

118
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Posterior fossa

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olecranon, ulna

119
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Anterior fossa

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coronoid fossa, radius

120
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Humerus

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  • Greater tubercle
  • Lesser tubercle
  • Head/neck
  • Deltoid tuberosity
  • Epicondyles
  • Olecranon fossa
  • Coronoid fossa
  • Trochlea
  • Capitulum
121
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Femur

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  • Greater trochanter
  • Lesser trochanter
  • Head
  • Neck
  • Epicondyle
  • Condyles
122
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Knuckles

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  • Head of metacarpals
  • Thumb 1, pinky 5
123
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Ankle

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  • Calcaneus
  • Talus
124
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Autonomic nervous system

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  • Innervate smooth muscles, cardiac muscle, and glands
  • Make adjustments to keep balance (homeostasis)
  • Subconscious control
  • Use a two neuron chain
  • Preganglionic neuron  soma from spinal cord  ganglion  gives signal to effector organs (cardiac/smooth muscle, glands, adipose tissue)
125
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Central nervous system

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  • Brain
  • Spinal cord
126
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Peripheral nervous system

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  • Peripheral/spinal nerves (31)
  • Cranial nerves (12)
  • Autonomic nervous system (ANS)  common sense
  • Parasympathetic  “rest and digest”
  • Sympathetic  “fight or flight”
127
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Parasympathetic: (Ach)

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  • myelinated  fast conduction
  • ganglion  Ach neurotransmitter
  • nonmyelinated postganglionic axon
  • long preganglionic  Ach
  • short postganglionic  Ach
128
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Sympathetic: (Ach/Norepinephrine)

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  • myelinated preganglionic axon  Ach
  • nonmyelinated postganglionic  Norepinephrine
129
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Adrenal Medulla

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kidneys
- produces epinephrine/norepinephrine, releases them to blood

130
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Dual innervation

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  • visceral organs  needs both divisions
131
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Differences/similarities of parasympathetic/sympathetic

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  • parasympathetic = craniosacral division
  • sympathetic = thoracolumbar

*Effect is either stimulatory or inhibitory, depending on type of receptors
*Length of pre/post ganglionic axons

132
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Special senses

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  • vision
  • taste
  • smell
  • hearing
  • equilibrium
133
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Vision: dominant sense

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  • half of the cerebral cortex is involved in visual processing
  • eyes sounded by fat protected by bone
  • accessory structures: lacrimal apparatus
  • extrinsic eye muscles
  • conjunctiva
  • sclera

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