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What is the abdominal muscle that has the origin at the pubis symphysis?

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rectus Abdominis

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What is the distribution of spinal nerve pairs?

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cervical 8, thoracic 12, lumbar 5 and coccygeal 1

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Which muscle causes wrinkles around the eye?

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Orbicualris oculi

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Which type of contraction in the muscle produces an increasing tension as the length remains constant?

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Isometric contraction

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What do we call the time in which the tissue can not repsond again?

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Refractory period

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In what type of contraction is the condition in which the muscle fiber only partially relaxes between contractions?

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Incomplete Tetanus

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What would happen if there is a lack of ACh in the synaptic cleft?

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Continuous muscle contraction

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When ACh binds to a membrane-bound receptor and causes ligand channels to open, what does that result in?

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Depolarization

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You have an 80-year-old patient that has a bent-over stance that has a humpback and osteoporosis, what is this patient inflicted with?

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Kyphosis

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What skin color is the result of?

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Quantity of melanin

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If a toxic drug inhibited mRNA synthesis, what would be directly affected?

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Protein synthesis

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What term do we use if there is a bulk intake of material through the plasma membrane by vesicle formation?

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Endocytosis

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If there is damage to the vestibular branch of the vestibulocochlear nerve, what would be affected?

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Loss of balance

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What is the contractile structure that surrounds the pupil?

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iris

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What do we call the transparent anterior portion of the sclera?

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Cornea

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If your patient presents with hesitant and distorted speech what is damaged?

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Brocas area

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Which area of the cortex is necessary for understanding and formulating speech?

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Wernicke area

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What do we call the sensory structures that detect taste?

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Taste budsT

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he branch of which nerves are anesthhetized before childbirth with the spine?

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Pudendal nerve

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What structure provides a fluid-filled cushion that reduces friction?

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Bursa

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Your patient has been diagnosed with a tumor that is on the gland that sits on the sella turcica, what gland is this?

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Pituitary gland

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What are the basic units in compact bone tissue?

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Haversian canal or osetons

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What type of bone tissue contains interconnecting plates called trabecuale?

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Spongy bones

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What is the disease in children that is characterized by soft bone?

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Rickets

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What factor can increase the rate of diffusion?
Temperature
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What structure equalizes air pressure between the middle ear and the inner ear?
Eustachian/auditory tube
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What do we call the ringing in the ear?
Tinnitus
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What problems does my patient have if they have damage to the vestibulocholear nerve?
lack of balance and hearing
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In which layer of the eye do we find rids and cones?
retina
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What is the area of greatest visual acuity?
Macula lutea and fovea centralis
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What should happen for a molecule to be detected by the olfactory neurons?
Disslove in the olfactory epithelium
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What would happen if the phrenic nerve?
Death
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Which muscle accounts for a sprinter’s stance?
Gluteus maximus
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What is the function of the flexor carpi radialis?
Flexes the wrist and thumb
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If you have increased motility of the digestive tract, which nervous system?
Parasympathetic nervous system
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The name of the muscle brachioradialis is named for what?
origin and insertion
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What term do we use for the constant tension produced by my muscles for a long period of time?
Muscle tone
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In a muscle contraction when you have cross bridges that form, what results when a person dies?
Rigor mortis
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If you're puckering your mouth to kiss, what muscle?
orbicualris oris
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What is caused by wear and tear of the joints?
Osteoarthritis
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What is the metabolic disorder caused by increased uric acid in the blood?
Gout
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Which muscle of the head wraps around the orbits?
orbicualris oculi
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What do we call the site where the chemical substance is transferred from the presynaptic to the post-synaptic terminal of a muscle fiber?
neuromuscular junction
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What is the bone fracture generally found in children?
greenstick fracture
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Cyanide stops the production of ATP, what cellular process would be affected?
Active transport
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Auditory transmission is produced by which part of the vestibulocochlear nerve?
Cochlear branch
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What bones transmit vibrations to the inner ear?
Ossicles, Malleus, stapes, and incus
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Which auditory ossicle is connected to the tympanic membrane?
Malleus
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What do we call the age association in which someone loses sight?
Presbyopia
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What results in the inhibition of circulation of aqueous humor?
Glaucoma
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Which cells are responsible for the color of vision?
Cones
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Why is it relatively easy to transplant the cornea?
Avascular/easy access
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What is pink eye inflammation of?
Conjunctiva
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What is the outermost tunic of the eyeball?
Sclera
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Why does a person's nose run when they cry?
Tears leak into the Nasolacrimal duct
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What reflects and keeps the eye moist?
Blink reflex
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You are taking care of a patient with symptoms of no balance with walking, and decreased tone in muscles, what is the probable condition?
Damage to the cerebellum
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You have a veteran who has an amputee and has pain in the area, what type of pain is that?
Phantom pain
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You're celebrating your bday and tasting the sweet frosting, what CN?
CN7 facial
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You have a young patient with bad growth, inability to regulate water intake, and uncontrolled food intake. What is affected?
Hypothalamus
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What is the white matter that forms a white branch-like structure?
Arbor vitae
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What portion of the brainstem is continuous with the spinal cord?
medulla oblongata
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The perception of the position of the movement of the body?
Proprioception
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Your patient has an injury to the wrist that has an edema in the carpal tunnel, which nerve?
Medial nerve
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What is the simplest reflex?
Stretch reflex
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What is the thickest of the meninges?
Dura mater
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Digestion of food is regulated by which division of NS?
Parasympathetic NS
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How many pairs of cranial and spinal?
12;31
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What system maintains homeostasis, transmits info through action potentials, and accesses information?
nervous system
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When an action potential is produced from one node to another, what type of conduction?
Saltatory conduction
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What do we call the group of muscles on the anterior thigh?
Quadricep femoris
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The bulge of the calf caused by ?
gastrocnemius and soleus
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The bicep femoris is a part of which group of muscles?
Hamstrings
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What is the common site for injections?
Gluteus medius
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What are the muscles of the rotator cuff?
Teres minor, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis
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If your patient comes in with a well-developed mentalis muscle, what do they have?
Dimpled chin
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Muscles that have their muscle fibers that are feather-like are?
Pennate
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Which type of muscle tissue has spindle-shaped cells?
Smooth muscle
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What type of joint is most moveable?
Ball ad socket
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Which portion of the coccygeal bone sit on?
Ischial tuberosity
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What do we call the point of the elbow?
olecranon process
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Which condition do we have failure of vertebral lamellae to fuse?
Spina Bifida
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What do we call the failure of the palatine process of the maxilla?
Cleft palate
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What structure keeps the head erect?
Ligamentum Nuchae
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Which suture is located between the two parietal bones?
Sagittal suture
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How is the amount of body area involved with the burn determined?
Rules of nine
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What do we call the spaces between the skull bones that have not fused?
Fontanels
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What term do we use when someone appears to be blue due to lack of oxygen?
Cyanosis
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Which vitamin begins synthesis due to sunlight exposure?
Vitamin D
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What condition involves the development of white patches caused by lots of melanocytes?
Vitiligo
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What is the difference between the concentration of melanocytes in light and dark skin?
stays the same
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Which layer of skin is found only in thick skin?
Stratum lucidum
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What do we call accumulation of fluid in tissue spaces?
Edema
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Why do suture a large wound?
prevent infraction and better healing
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What type of connective tissues is found between the vertebrae?
Fibrocartilage
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What type of tissues is found in lymphatic tissues?
reticular tissue
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What is the difference between the exocrine gland and the endocrine gland
No ducts in exocrine glands
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What would be a good example of a gap junction?
Intercalated discs in cardiac muscle
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What type of epithelial tissue is found lining the trachea?
Ciliated pseudostratified
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What type of epithelial tissue is found in the urinary bladder?
Transitional epithelium
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What's the relationship between blood supply and simple squamous epithelial?
No blood supply.
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What do we call the removal of a tissue sample surgically of a patient to diagnose?
Biopsy
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If you compare a cell with a manufactured plant that exports, what structure of the cell is considered the shipping part?
Golgi apparatus
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Your patient was involved in a car accident, in which they were rear ended, the hyperextension of the head caused what kind of injury?
whiplash
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If your patient was a runner who produced hypotonic sweat running a marathon in hot weather, he drank large columns of water, as a result of the water intake, what would happen to their cells?
the cell will swell and burst
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What do we call the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane?
osmosis
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Normal saline consists of 0.9% sodium chloride. If you give your patient 0.5% saline solution, what is it compared to the patient's cells?
Hypotonic
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You smell the aroma of cookies baking in the kitchen, the distribution of the aroma around the house is an example of what?
Diffusion
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If you have your patient lying face down, what is the position?
Prone position
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What do we call inflammation of the membrane lining the body cavity that contains the liver?
Peritonitis
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What region is in the hollow behind the knee?
Popliteal region
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What region is the area in front of the elbow?
Antecubital region
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What system carries necessary compounds like oxygen and nutrients throughout the body?
Cardiovascular system
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What concept would cover it if your patient has elevated glucose levels that causes insulin levels to increase?
Homeostasis
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You have a scientist that conducts an experiment to determine the change of PH on the effect of digestion, what would the profession be?
Physiologist
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Which subdivision of anatomy determines how the systems correlate with one another?
Systemic anatomy
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Which type of anatomy does the study of the external form of the body and the relationship to the deeper structures?
Surface anatomy
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What do we call an anatomical image created by sound waves?
Sonogram
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What do we call all the chemical reactions in the cell?
Metabolism

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