Final Exam

Question 1

What are the 5 steps in the reflex arc?

Answer 1

Receptor
afferent neuron
CNS
efferent neuron
effector organ

Question 2

What are the 3 muscle types?

Answer 2

Smooth, skeletal, cardiac

Question 3

What is the measurement for BP and pulmonary pressure?

Answer 3

mm Hg(millimeters of Mercury)

Question 4

What are the sounds you hear through a stethoscope when taking BP?

Answer 4

Korotkoff sounds

Question 5

What is the space between a muscle and axon

terminal?

Answer 5

Neuromuscular junction

Question 6

What does EMG stand for?

Answer 6

electromyogram

Question 7

What is the organ that deals with blood glucose regulation?

Answer 7

Pancreas

Question 8

What does the pancreas do?

Answer 8

Creates insulin

Question 9

What is the key and lock to the pancreas?

Answer 9

Insulin

Question 10

What is the filtering organ that gets damaged after taking high blood glucose for years?

Answer 10

Kidneys

Question 11

What is the #1 disease that causes blindness in the the U.S.?

Answer 11

Diabetes

Question 12

What makes the “lub” sound in the heart?

Answer 12

AV valves

Question 13

What makes the “dub” sound in the heart?

Answer 13

Semilunar valves

Question 14

In the respiratory pulmonary system gas exchange occurs what gases are involved?

Answer 14

Oxygen and carbon dioxide

Question 15

What structure does diffusion take place in?

Answer 15

Alveolar sac

Question 16

Pulmonary capacities- what are the units for measurement?

Answer 16

L(liters)

Question 17

What are the 3 waves on an EKG?

Answer 17

P, QRS, T

Question 18

What happens during the QRS wave?

Answer 18

Ventricular depolarization

Question 19

In the blood there are high levels of fasting blood… what is NOT getting in?

Answer 19

Glucose