Comprehensize Flashcards
Which plane divides the body into front and back portion
Frontal plane
_____ is the name of the region of the body that makes up the arm
Brachial
The meaning of _____ is of, relating to, or situated in the arm or an armlike process
BRACHIAL
Proximal
Nearer to the attachment of the lim
Situated away from the center of the body or from the point of attachment
Distal
A movement in which you move a limb towards the midline describes which range of motion
Addiction
are biological catalysts that speed up chemical reactions in living organisms by lowering activation energy
Enzymes
is that it counteracts a change, bringing the value of a parameter—such as temperature or blood sugar—back towards it set point
Negative feedback loop
A molecule that freely disassociates with water, resulting in a low pH solution, is best described as a(n) _____
acid
The molecule that freely dissociates with water resulting in a low pH solution is best described as an
Acid
The _____________ can best be described as a phospholipid bilayer that controls the influx and efflux of chemicals within the cell
plasma membrane
O
The epidermis is subdivided into five large
Stratum basale
Stratum spinosum
Stratum granulosum
Stratum lucidum
Stratum corneum
A muscle that provides the major force for producing aspecific movement
Agonist muscles
In an ______ contraction intentional mean to same
isotonic
An _______ is when a muscle produces limb motion by shortening
isotonic contraction
The moving end of muscle whose tendon attaches to bone or other structures is called the
Insertion
The_____ and______ are the primary agonist muscle group involved in the action of standing on tiptoes
Gastrocnemius, soleus
The______ is the functional, contractile unit of a muscle fiber
sarcomere
Striations can be seen in_____ and________ muscle
skeletal, cardiac
Striated muscle tissue is a muscle tissue that features repeating functional units called
sarcomeres
____is the molecule that blocks the actin-myosin binding site in a resting muscle
Tropomyosin
____is the molecule that blocks the actin-myosin binding site in a resting muscle
Tropomyosin
__________ is released into the neuromuscular junction that will subsequently result in a muscle contraction
Acetylcholine
_________ covering the axon increases the conduction velocity of an action potential
Myelin sheath
The myelin sheaths that surround the axons of the neurons in the peripheral nervous system are formed by_____
Schwann cells
The_____ gland secretes the hormone melatonin, which regulates sleep-wake cycles and circadian rhythms
pineal
The_____ of the eye controls the amount of light entering the eye by changing its size
pupil
How many total chromosomes are found in the nuclei of a normal human somatic cells
46
The steps of mitosis in the correct order
Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase Cytokinesis
The_____ () joint is an example of a diarthrosis joint
coxal
_____________controls the muscles involved in facial expression and carries taste sensations from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue
Cranial nerve VII (Facial nerve)
The shaft of a long bone is called the___
diaphysis
A _____________is a solution with a higher concentration of solute and a lower concentration of water than body fluids
hypertonic solution
______________make up the majority of cells found in the integument system
Stratified squamous epithelial cells
_____________are found throughout the skin and function primarily to
cool off the body
Eccrine sweat glands
The sheath of tough fibrous collagen and osteogenic bone forming cells that covers the external surface of a long bone is known as the
Periosteum
___________function as immune/phagocytic cells within the central nervous system
Microglial cells
The__________ is a bony projection listed below refers to two massive processes unique to the femur
the trochanter
The_______ muscle is the primary muscle of inhalation
Diaphragm
