Bio Med Final Flashcards
What are the four major blood vessels?
Aorta, pulmonary trunk, pulmonary veins, and vena cava
How do the chordae tendineae along with papillary muscles work together?
Hold the flaps of the valves in place
What is the biggest chamber of the heart?
The left ventricle
What do atrioventricular valves do?
Separate the atria from ventricles
What does bisecting a heart mean?
To separate the front and back of the heart
What is the job of the septum?
Keeps oxygenated blood separate from deoxygenated blood
What four valves are in a heart?
Tricuspid valve, mitral valve, pulmonary valve, and aortic valve
What do the chordae tendinae look like?
Small pieces of string
Where does blood enter the heart?
The right atrium
Describe the flow of the blood through the heart
Blood comes in through the right atrium, passes into the right ventricle, is pushed into the pulmonary arteries in the lungs where it becomes oxygenated. Then it goes into the left atrium, the left ventricle and into the bodies tissues through the aorta.
Parts/steps of an autopsy (8)
External exam, internal exam, view internal organs, remove the organs, remove the brain, exam the organs, return the organs, sew up the body
What are the five manners of death?
Natural, accidental, homicide, suicide, undetermined
What is a cause of death
The disease or injury that that produces the disruption in the body (heart attack, gunshot wound, poisoning)
What is a mechanism of death
The physiological thing that results in death (myocardial infarction, kidney failure, blood loss)
What is a forensic toxicologist
They deal with biological samples (urine, blood)
What is a forensic chemist
They analyze substances for chemicals
What does the parietal lobe do and where is it located
Sensory perception, management of taste, hearing, sight, touch, and smell. It is located in the upper back portion of the brain
What are the four lobes of the Brain?
Parietal, frontal, temporal, occipital
What does the temporal lobe do and where is it located?
Processing auditory information and is located in your temples
What does your occipital lobe do and where is it located
It is located in the back of your head and controls visual processing
What is your frontal lobe do and where is it located
It is in the front part of your brain and controls management, planning, and social interaction.
What is algor mortis
A way of determining TOD using body temp. It only works for the first 24 hours
What is the Galister equation
98.4-temp/1.5= TOD
What is rigor mortis
The stiffening of the body after death. It starts at 2-4 hours, fully sets in at 8-12 hours and releases at 48 hours when the body starts to decompose
What is liver mortis (lividity)
The process of blood pooling. Bruising sets in at 8-12 hours
What is eutymology
Bugs. Used to determine TOD after 48 hours
What is the levels of matter in a human body
cells, tissues. organs, organs system
What is a confirmatory test
A test that determines the exact substance
what is a presumptive test
A quick test that tell if there are any substances present
What are the four tissue types
epithelial, muscular, nervous, connective
What are the three types of muscular tissues
cardiac, smooth, and skeletal
What is a valve issue
When your valve is not sealed correctly and it backflows blood into your lungs
What is a PFO
A septal defect or a whole in your heart also known as patent foramen ovale
What is a CHF
Congestive heart failure is when your heart becomes thicker which leaves less room for oxygenated blood
What causes a heart attack
A heart attack (myocardial infarction) is caused by a blocked coronary artery
What is sepsis
Infectious bacteria in your blood stream
What is Bacterial endocarditis?
Infection in your heart and bacteria in your valves
What is a CTE
A chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a long term disease that is caused by repetitive blows to the head
What is a TBI
A traumatic brain injury is when one event damages your brain
What is nervous tissue
nerves, spinal cord, and brain are made of nervous tissues. Nervous tissue has an axon
What is epithelial tissue
It is made of cells aligned in sheets and connected to one another
What is muscle tissue
It can be striated, smooth, or cardiac. striated is attached to bones, smooth is on the walls of internal organs, and cardiac is on the wall of the heart. Muscle tissues have a striped appearance
What is connective tissue
Connects other tissues. Connective tissue cells are dispersed and have many strands going in different directions
What is the difference between the endocrine and the integumentary system
endocrine is the hormone system and integumentary is your outside covering of skin
What two systems include your skin
integumentary and lymphatic/immune
What is the CNS different from the PNS
The central nervous system is the brain and spinal cord and the peripheral nervous system is the nerves throughout the body connected to the CNS
What is the right side of your heart referred to?
pulmonary
What is the left side of your heart referred to?
systemic
How many letters of DNA does sickle cell effect?
One
A treatment that changes your DNA and cures sickle cell
CRISPR
Disease where bone marrow creates an exorbitant amount of white blood cells
leukemia
What are the four types of blood cells
Red blood cell- erythrocyte
White blood cell- leukocyte
Platelets- thrombocytes
Plasma
With contact between two items, there will be an exchange of microscopic material
Locards Principal
What are the three parts that make up a hair shaft
cortex, medulla, and hair cuticle
How long has fingerprinting been used in criminal investigations?
Since 300 BC
What are the three main categories of fingerprints and what do they look like?
- whorl (circle with surrounding circles)
- arch (rainbow shape)
- loop (similar to whorl but swirl)
12 imperfections that define your fingerprint
Minutiae
What are the functions of each blood cells?
Red blood cells- carries oxygen and carbon dioxide
White blood cells- immune cells
Platelets- clotting
Plasma- Carries blood cells, glucose, and electrolytes
The universal donor is __ because it has no __
O, Antigens
The acceptor is __ because it has no __
AB, antibodies
What is the first steps of blood processing?
- Presumptive blood test ( Castle Meyer test) - quick test, just tells you whether DNA is present
What is the second step of blood processing?
Blood typing
What is the third step of blood processing?
- DNA extraction (soap breaks down cell membrane and alcohol binds
What is the fourth step of blood processing?
Make copies of DNA
What is PCR
Polymerase chain reaction (used to make copies of DNA)
What is the fifth step of blood processing
Chop up the DNA using restriction enzymes
What do restriction enzymes do?
Chop up DNA
DNA is __ stranded
double
What is the 6th step of blood processing?
Gel electrophoresis
How does gel electrophoresis work?
DNA is negatively charged so you use electricity to seperate it
The taller the height the __ diameter of the splatter
bigger
Why are luminol and leucocrystal violet presumptive blood tests not the best for blood testing?
They can give false positive results