Exam 1 Review Flashcards
Which of the following is not a tissue type?
Hair
What is the function of acetylcholinesterase (ACHase)?
Deactivation of ACH
The Na-K pump is an example of?
Active Transport
To move a limb closer to midline?
Adduction
What kind of modification do the cells that line the trachea have?
Ciliated
What type of tissue covers surfaces?
Epithelium
Neurons produce special chemicals called ______________ that are released at the synapse?
Neurotransmitters
Sympathetic response refers with Autonomic Nervous System response?
Flight or Fight or Freeze
“Origin”, “insertion”, and “action” are descriptive terms of what tissue?
Skeletal muscle
What ion is stored in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscle?
Ca++
Where are muscles found that have intercalated disks and can therefore work as a
syncytium?
The wall of the heart
How does the common anesthetic lidocaine work?
Blocks sodium channels
About what percent of the animal’s body is water?
70
Which cellular organelle is involved in the synthesis of ribosomal RNA?
Nucleolus
“The central purpose of physiology is to provide constancy of the internal
environment” defines what term?
Homeostasis
The junction between neurons is the _________________?
Synapse
If epithelial cells are very flat, like those lining blood vessels, they are given what
name?
Squamous
Where in the body is acetylcholine (ACH) and serotonin found?
At nerve Synapses
Which two terms of orientation mean the same in the dog?
Posterior-Caudal
The heart has specialized nervous tissue interspersed within the muscle called
______________?
Purkinje fibers
Which layer of meninges is most superficial?
Dura Mater
Which of the following is the site in the cell for protein synthesis?
Ribosomes
Ultrastructural anatomy imaging utilizes ______________________.
Electron Microscopes
Which molecule makes up most of our body weight
Oxygen
Which of the following is not a type of connective tissue?
Simple Cuboidal
Nodes of Ranvier are a part of what structure?
Myelinated nerves
Energy (ATP) is needed for what type of transport across the cell membrane?
Active transport
_______ connect(s) muscles to bones.
Tendons
What is the proper sequence of events in skeletal muscle contraction?
(1) crossbridging (2) separation (3) power stroke
crossbridging
power stroke
separation
Which of the following is not true for skeletal muscle?
It is stimulated to contract only by the autonomic nervous system
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in humans is called what in the dog?
cranial cruciate ligament
What organelles of the cell packages materials synthesized by the rough ER?
Golgi Complex
The functional unit of skeletal muscle is the __________________.
Sarcomere
What is the major building block of the cell membrane?
Phospholipids
Which of the following is found in the largest percent in the market age of the
domestic animal’s body?
Muscle
Calcium binds to the protein troponin on __________ allowing muscle contraction?
Actin
The ventral root of the spinal cord peripheral nerves are _____?
Motor Nerves
Which anatomical plane bisects the animal into top and bottom halves?
Frontal
At which phase of cell division does the nuclear envelop completely disappear and chromatids line up across cell’s equator?
Metaphase
The stifle (knee) ligaments are named by their insertion onto which bone?
Tibia
As discussed in class, IVDD is often caused by partial or completed rupture of the
___________?
Nucleus pulposus
Which cellular organelle is important for energy production?
Mitochondria
