Anatomy exam Flashcards

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X-ray

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Pros- relatively cheap and fast
Cons- harmful, static, may need contrast solutions for soft tissue

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Ultrasound

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pros- relatively safe, live image
cons- hard to use around bone (ex. brain), or air spaces (ex. bowel or lungs)
—-Sound waves are bounced, or reflected, differently by various structures.
Sound waves hitting a moving object experience Doppler Shift, allowing you to track their direction and speed

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Computed techonolgy (CT)

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Pros-excellent resolution, 3d rendering
Cons-high radiation exposure, time consuming, expensive
–Many x-rays circle the body, generating a three-dimensional x-ray image

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MRI

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Pros-relatively safe, live image, can see active tissues (fMRI)
Cons-uncomfortable, time-consuming, expensive
—Detects radio pulses given off when a radio wave is passed through a tissue under a strong magnetic field

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5
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PET

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Radioactive sugar or water injected into bloodstream are taken up by active tissues
-find tumors

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6
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Haematoxylin

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Generl purpose usually wiht Eosin (blue -purple)
-Structures containing (-) charged substances like nucleus and ER

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7
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eosin

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(pink)
-(+) charged molecules, especially amino groups in cytoplasmic proteins

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8
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silver

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neurons
(Black)

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9
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Methylene Blue

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blood cell, nucleic acid (blue)

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10
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Toluidine

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Histopathology, examination of small structures
(Mastocytes = purple
Cartilage = purple
Mucins = purple/red
Nuclei = blue)

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11
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Cartilage ground substance

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firm but flexible, hyaluronic acid

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12
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cartiage fiber

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collagen

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13
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cartilage cell type

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chondroblast

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14
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bone ground substance

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rigid due to calcium salts

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15
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bone fiber

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collagen

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16
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bone cell type

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osteoblast and osteocytes

17
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blood ground substance

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aqueous

18
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blood cell types

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blood cells

19
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adipose ground substance

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very little

20
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adipose cell types

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brown fat and white fat

21
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dense regular ground substance

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more fibers

22
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dense regular fiber

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collagen; parrall

23
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dense regular cell types

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fibroblast

24
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dense irregular fiber

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mostly collagen ; random

25
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loose connective tissue ground tissue

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qgel