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Anatomy & Physiology (161) Flashcards

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What is anterior/ventral referring to in the anatomical position?

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the front of the body

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What is inferior/caudal referring to?

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Below or towards the feet

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What is posterior/dorsal referring to?

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the back of the body

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Proximal/Distal - Feynman

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Proximal and Distal refers to how close or far away the specific part is from where the limb attaches to?

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The toes are what from the ankles?

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distal/inferior

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The knee is what from the hip?

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distal

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Homeostasis- Feynman

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homeostasis is the body’s regulation after a change of the environment (stimulus) either internally or externally?

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List 5 things the body regulates during homeostasis?

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Vasoconstriction/Vasodilation - Feynman

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Vasodilation is the widening of blood vessels which leads to cooling of body while vasoconstriction closes the blood vessels which lead to heating

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List all body cavities

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  1. Cranial Cavity, b. Vertebral cavity, 2a. Superior mediastinum, c. Pleural, Pericardial cavity, e, diaphragm, 3. Abdominal, 4. Pelvic cavity, 5. Ventral cavity, 6. Abdominal-pelvic cavity
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What specific cavity does the heart reside in?

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Pericardial

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List all planes of the body anatomically?

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Sagittal, Frontal, Transversal

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Medial/Proximal- Feynman

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Medial is referring to the midline of the body and proximal is away from the midline of the body

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What cavities make up the dorsal cavitiy?

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Vertebral and Cranial Cavitiy

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What cavities make up the ventral cavity?

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Thoracic Cavity, Abdominal cavity, Pelvic Cavity.

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What cavity do the lungs reside?

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Pleural/thoracic

17
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Explain the processes of homeostasis

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change of environment occurs (stimulus)-> receptor (picks up change of environment) -> sends to control center (tells what specific value) -> effector (makes change)

18
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Negative Feedback vs Positive Feedback- Feynman

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when body counteracts against specific function that takes away from setpoint and bring it back that is negative feed back positive feedback is wanting more of variable

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Endocrine System- Feynman

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The endocrine system is made up of glands that release hormones into bloodstream, hormones are chemicals that have specific functions in the body

20
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Ductless vs Ducts

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Endocrine glands are ductless - meaning they release hormones through the blood stream While exocrine have ducts meaning they release their hormones exterior/ski

21
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Hormones - Feynman

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horomones are checmials that order specific funtions in the body

22
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List 5 functions of the Endocrine System

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Regulate homeostasis, move/secretes hormones into bloodstream, communication with body, manages stress, growth and development

23
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Isotopes- Feynman

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Same element with different number of neutrons which cause new particles to be created

24
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Radioisotopes- Feynman

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when nucleus becomes unstable with too many protons/neutrons

25
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Radioactive decay- feynman

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is the process when radioactive isotope attempts to rearrange itself

26
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Names of radiation emitted during decay?

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Gamma, Beta, Alpha

27
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Half Life- Feynman

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Half life is the time it takes for one half of a radioisotope to decay

28
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How do you calculate atomic number?

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Number of protons in nucleus

29
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How do you calculate atomic mass?

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Number of protons/nuetrons

30
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Covalent bonds

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when electrons are shared in an atom

31
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Ionic Bonds

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when electrons are added or subtracted which form ions. opposite charges attract

32
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Cation

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when atom loses an electron (becomes positive)

33
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Anion

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when atom receives electron (becomes negative)

34
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Electrolytes in the body are

ions

are insoluble in water

for hydrogen bonds

covalently bonded

A

ions

35
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Element- Feynman

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Atoms with the same amount of protons

36
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Molecules- Feynman

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when two or more atoms combine chemically

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