final exam Flashcards
what are the major differences between the connection of the hypothalamus and the neurohypophysis and the connection between the hypothalamus and the adenohypophysis?
Hypothalmic hormones released in the hypophyseal
portal system control the release of hormones from the adenohypophysis. Action potentials travel down the axons of hypothalamic neurons, which causes hormone release from their axon terminals in the neurohypophysis (neurohypophysis is directly associated with hypothalmus)
What are the effects of parathyroid hormone (PTH, parathormone) in relation to calcium?
PTH is secreted when calcium levels drop, and it is inhibited by rising calcium levels. PTH stimulates osteoclasts to digest bone matrix, enhances calcium reabsorption in the kidneys, and increases calcium absorption in the intestines.
Water-soluble hormones, such as proteins and peptide hormones, activate target cells
by binding to receptors on the cell membrane and initiating the second-messenger system. This system activates a protein that converts ATP to cAMP, which activates proteins in the cytoplasm to alter cell activity.
Explain each of the cardinal sign of diabetes mellitus: polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia.
Polyuria is a large urine output, polydipsia is excessive thirst, and polyphagia is excessive hunger and/or food consumption.
How does a hormone find and attach to its target cell?
It will bind to unique receptors displayed on the plasma membrane, while bypassing all other types of receptors.
hormones penetrate the plasma membrane and bind to nuclear receptors. They can also bind to DNA receptors and change the genetic activity of the cell.
steroid
What is the function of each granulocyte?
Neutrophils are phagocytic “bacteria slayers”, eosinophils play a role with parasitic worms and asthma/allergies, and basophils release histamine as an inflammatory response
List each blood type – include their antigens and antibodies.
A+ (A, D anti-B)
A- (A anti-B)
B+ (B, D anti-A)
B- (B anti-A)
AB+ (A, B, D none)
AB- (A, B none)
O+ (D anti-A, anti-B)
O- (none anti-A, anti-B)
The percentages of each granulocytes in normal circulating blood?
Neutrophils about 50- 70%, eosinophils about 2-4%, and basophils less than 1%.
List each component making up the composition of blood plasma and their approximate percentages?
Water makes up about 90% of plasma, proteins make up about 8%, and nutrients, gases, hormones, and wastes make up the other 2%.
What are the names and functions of the main plasma proteins?
Albumin is the most abundant and helps maintain the osmotic pressure of blood. Globulin can act as an enzyme, antibody, or transport protein. Fibrinogen gets converted to fibrin, which assists in clotting
What are the three major events of hemostasis in order? Define each.
Vascular spasm is vasoconstriction triggered by an injury to the blood vessel. Platelet plug formation is a mass of platelets forming a plug in the damaged vessel. Coagulation is a series of reactions to transform plasma into sticky protein to form a patch.
What condition and organ triggers erythropoiesis?
The hormone erythropoietin triggers erythropoiesis; it mostly comes from the kidney but also some comes from the liver
What is the average normal pH range of blood?
7.35-7.45
What ion is essential to virtually all stages of coagulation?
calcium
Know the complete blood trace through the heart, including all vessels and valves.
Vena cava, r atrium, tricuspid valve, r ventricle, pulmonary semilunar valve, pulmonary trunk, pulmonary arteries, lungs, pulmonary veins, l atrium, mitral valve, l ventricle, aortic semilunar valve, aorta.
Label and describe the electrical events in the heart that occurs during each of the
following:
p wave
p-q wave
qrs wave
t wave
p wave: depolarization of SA node; depolarization of atria
p-q wave: time period for impulse to travel from SA node to AV node
qrs: ventricular depolarization; atrial repolarization
t wave: ventricular repolarization
Drugs known as calcium channel blockers can be used to
treat hypertension, arrhythmias, angina pectoris, etc.
What is the systemic circuit? The pulmonary circuit?
Both begin and end at the heart; he systemic circuit sends oxygenated blood to and receives deoxygenated blood to/from the body tissues, and the pulmonary circuit sends deoxygenated blood to the lungs to be oxygenated, then it returns to the left side of the heart and is pumped out of the aorta into the systemic circuit.
What is the order of the conduction system of the heart?
Sinoatrial node, atrioventricular node, atrioventricular bundle, right/left bundle branches, and Purkinje fibers
What physiological regulation prevents tetanic contractions when the heart beats (which would stop the heart’s pumping action)?
refractory period
Compare skeletal muscle fibers and cardiac muscle cells, both anatomically and physiologically
Skeletal muscle is multinucleate, striated, and cylindrical; the motor units must be stimulated individually; fewer mitochondria; shorter refractory period. Cardiac muscle is usually uninucleate and has short, striated cells, with intercalated discs present; entire heart functions as a single unit; requires more mitochondria to support its high energy needs; has longer refractory period so chambers can fill with blood.
Where is the cardiovascular center within the nervous system?
within the medulla oblongata
What is ventricular systole and ventricular diastole?
Systole is a period of contraction, and diastole is a period of relaxation. Both measured in the large arteries close to the heart
Where are the baroreceptors located? What are they sensitive too?
Located in walls of large arteries and they measure arterial blood pressure. Increased BP stimulates baroreceptors to increase input to vasomotor center; this will inhibit the vasomotor and cardioacceleratory centers while stimulating the cardioinhibitory center. This results in decreased blood pressure via vasodilation.
What factors increase peripheral resistance in a vessel? What factors decrease peripheral resistance in a vessel?
Increases resistance: increased viscosity, longer vessel length, and smaller vessel diameter. Decreases resistance: decreased viscosity, shorter vessel length,
and larger vessel diameter.
are the smallest vessels that permit the exchange of nutrients and gases between the blood and tissue cells.
capillaries
Do all arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart? Explain your answer
All arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart except for the pulmonary arteries, which carry deoxygenated blood (to the lungs).
Explain how disorders of lymphatic structures can result in edema.
Edema is fluid buildup, this can happen when there is poor circulation, swollen glands, or parasitic/bacterial
infections. If it occurs with lymph fluids, it is called lymphadema
The net filtration pressure of a blood capillary is the difference between
hydrostatic pressure and colloid osmotic pressure. Hydrostatic pressure is the force exerted by fluid pressing against the vessel wall, and colloid osmotic pressure is exerted by large particles not being able to pass through the vessel well.
What are the effects of aldosterone?
Stimulates sodium reabsorption (along with water) and potassium elimination in the kidneys.
What is the viscosity? What is colloid osmotic pressure?
Viscosity is the thickness of blood due to the amount of proteins and formed elements. Colloid osmotic pressure is the force of those non-diffusible molecules against the capillary wall; it opposes hydrostatic pressure and these opposing forces allow the exchange of nutrients and wastes across the capillary wall.
Which lymphatic structure drains lymph from the right upper limb and the right side of the. head and thorax?
right lymphatic duct
Which lymphatic structure drains lymph from the left side of the body and lower body?
thoracic duct
What are Peyer’s patches and where are they located?
Nodules of lymphatic tissue in the ileum of the small intestines.
What are the functions of the spleen?
Filters blood, destroys and recycles old RBC’s, blood reservoir, and produces blood cells during fetal development