HESI A&P Flashcards
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SUPERIOR
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ABOVE
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ANTERIOR
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FACING FOWARD
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POSTERIOR
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TOWARD THE BACK
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MEDIAL
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TOWARD THE MIDLINE
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LATERAL
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AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE
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PROXIMAL
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CLOSER TO THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT
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DISTAL
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FURTHER AWAY FROM THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT
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DORSAL CAVITY INCLUDES
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CRANIAL AND SPINAL CAVITIES
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VENTRAL CAVITY INCLUDES
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ORBITS AND THE NASAL, ORAL, THORACIC, AND ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITITES
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HISTOLOGY
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STUDY OF TISSUES
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WHAT ARE THE FOUR FUNDAMENTAL TISSUES?
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EPITHELEAL, CONNECTIVE, MUSCULAR, NERVOUS
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF EPITHELIAL CELLS?
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COVER, LINE, AND PROTECT
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE?
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SUPPORT AND STRUCTURE FOR THE ORGANS
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NERVE TISSUE IS COMPOSED OF
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NEURONS AND NEUROGLIA
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MUSCLE TISSUES HAVE THE ABILITY TO
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CONTRACT OR SHORTEN
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MUSCLE TISSUE IS CLASSIFIED AS
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VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY
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WHAT IS VOLUNTARY MUSCLE?
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SKELETAL
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WHAT IS INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE?
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SMOOTH MUSCLE OR CARDIAC MUSCLE
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MITOSIS IS NECESSARY FOR
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GROWTH AND REPAIR
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WHAT IS MITOSIS?
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DNA IS DUPLICATED AND DISTRIBUTED EVENLY TO TWO DAUGHTER CELLS
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WHERE DOES MEIOSIS TAKE PLACE?
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THE GONADS
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WHAT HAPPENS DURING MEIOSIS?
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THE CHROMOSOME NUMBER IS REDUCED FROM 26 TO 23 SO WHEN THE EGG AND SPERM UNITE IN FERTILIZATION, THE ZYGOTE WILL HAVE THE CORRECT NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES
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WHAT IS THE LARGEST ORGAN IN THE BODY?
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THE SKIN
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WHAT ARE THE TWO LAYERS OF THE SKIN?
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EPIDERMIS AND DERMIS
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WHAT IS THE EPIDERMIS?
OUTER LAYER OF THE SKIN
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WHAT IS THE DERMIS?
INNER LAYER OF THE SKIN
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WHAT COMPOSES THE EPIDERMIS?
DEAD KERATINIZED EPITHELIAL CELLS
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WHAT COMPOSES THE DERMIS?
CONNECTIVE TISSUE WITH BLOOD VESSELS AND NERVE ENDINGS
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WHAT DOES THE DERMIS REST ON?
SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE THAT CONNECTS THE SKIN TO THE SUPERFICIAL MUSCLES
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WHAT ARE THE LAYERS OF THE EPIDERMIS?
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STRATUM CORNEUM
STRATUM LUCIDUM
STRATUM GRANULOSUM
STRATUM BASALE
STRATUM SPINOSUM
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WHAT DOES THE STRATUM BASALE AND SPINOSUM MAKE UP
STRATUM GERMINATIVUM
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WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT OF THE STRATUM GERMINATIVUM?
THIS IS WHERE MITOSIS OCCURS
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EPIDERMAL CELLS CONTAIN
PROTEIN PIGMENT MELANIN
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF MELANIN?
PROTECTS AGAINST RADIATION FROM THE SUN
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WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF SWEAT GLANDS?
ECCRINE
| APOCRINE
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF ECCRINE GLANDS?
RELEASES A WATERY SECRETION THAT REGULATES TEMPERATURE
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WHAT ARE APOCRINE CELLS?
PRODUCE A SECRETION THAT CONTAINS BITS OF CYTOPLASM FROM THE CELLS.
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WHERE ARE APOCRINE CELLS USUALLY FOUND?
GROIN AND ARMPIT
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WHY DO YOU GET BODY ODOR?
APOCRINE SECRETIONS ATTRACT BACTERIA
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WHAT ARE SEBACEOUS GLANDS?
SECRETE SEBUM THROUGH HAIR FOLLICLES
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WHAT ARE THE FUNCTION OF SEBACEOUS GLANDS?
LUBRICATES THE SKIN AND PREVENTS DRYING
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WHAT ARE SKIN AND HAIR COMPOSED OF?
KERATIN
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WHAT IS KERATIN
A STRONG PROTEIN
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WHAT IS HEMOPOIESIS?
BLOOD CELL PRODUCTION
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WHAT DOES A LONG BONE LOOK LIKE?
IRREGULAR EPIPHYSIS AT EACH END COMPOSED OF SPONGY BONE AND A SHAFT COMPOSED OF COMPACT BONE
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WHAT FORMS FROM COMPACT BONE?
OSTEOBLASTS
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WHAT ARE OSTEOBLASTS THAT ARE DONE DIVIDING?
OSTEOCYTES
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WHAT IS THE AXIAL SKELETON?
28 BONES OF THE SKULL, 33 BONES OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN, BONES OF THE THORAX, THE STERNUM AND THE 12 RIBS
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HOW MANY FACIAL BONES ARE THERE?
14
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HOW MANY CRANIAL BONES ARE THERE?
14
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WHAT IS THE ONLY MOVEABLE BONE OF THE SKULL
MANDIBLE
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WHAT ARE THE THREE OSSICLES OF THE EAR?
MALLEUS, INCUS, STAPES
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WHAT ARE THE FOUR REGIONS OF THE SPINE?
CERVICAL THORACIC, LUMBAR AND SACRAL
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HOW MANY CERVICAL VERTEBRA ARE THERE?
7
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HOW MANY THORACIC VERTEBRAE ARE THERE?
12
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HOW MANY LUMBAR VERTEBRAE ARE THERE?
5
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HOW MANY SACRAL VERTEBRAE ARE THERE?
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WHAT IS THE COCCYGEAL VERTEBRAE?
TAILBONE
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WHAT IS THE APPENDICULAR SKELETON?
GIRDLES AND THE LIMBS
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WHAT ARE THE BONES OF THE ARM?
HUMERUS, RADIUS AND ULNA, THE CARPALS, METACARPALS, AND PHALANGES
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WHAT ARE THE CARPALS?
WRIST BONES
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WHAT ARE THE METACARPALS
BONES OF THE HAND
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WHAT ARE THE PHALANGES
BONES OF THE FINGERS
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WHAT IS THE OS COXA?
ILIUM, ISCHIUM, AND PUBIS
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WHAT ARE THE BONES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES?
FEMUR, TIBIA AND FIBULA, TARSALS, METATARSALS AND PHALANGES
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WHAT ARE THE TARSALS?
BONES OF THE ANKLE
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WHAT ARE THE METATARSALS?
BONES OF THE FOOT
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WHAT DOES MUSCLE CONTRACTION RESULT FROM?
SLIDING TOGETHER OF ACTIN AND MYOSIN FILAMENTS WITHIN THE MUSCLE CELL OR FIBER
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WHAT DOES A MUSCLE CELL CONSIST OF?
MYOFIBRILS
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WHAT ARE MYOFIBRILS MADE OF?
SACROMERES
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WHAT MUST BE PRESENT FOR A MUSCLE CELL TO CONTRACT?
CALCIUM AND ATP
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WHAT IS THE METABOLIC PATHWAY FOR MUSCLE CONTRACTION?
NERVOUS STIMULATION CAUSES RELASE OF CALCIUM IONS FROM THE SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM. CALCIUM IONS ATTACH TO INHIBITORY PROTEINS ON THE ACTIN FILAMENTS MOVING THEM ASIDE SO THAT CROSS-BRIDGES CAN FORM BETWEEN ACTIN AND MYOSIN FILAMENTS. USING ATP, THE FILAMENTS SLIDE TOGETHER AND PRODUCE CONTRACTION
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SKELETAL MUSCLES ARE CONSIDERED
VOLUNTARY
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HOW DO SKELETAL MUSCLES WORK IN PAIRS?
PRIME MOVERS AND ANTAGONISTS
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WHAT ARE PRIME MOVERS?
THE MUSCLE THAT EXECUTES A GIVEN MOVEMENT
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WHAT IS AN ANTAGONIST?
THE MUSCLE THAT PRODUCES THE OPPOSITE MOVEMENT.
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WHAT ARE SYNERGISTS?
MUSCLES THAT WORK WITH THE PRIME MOVER
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WHAT ARE FLEXORS?
REDUCE THE ANGLE AT THE JOINT
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WHAT ARE EXTENSORS?
INCREASE THE ANGLE AT THE JOINT
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WHAT ARE ABDUCTORS?
DRAW A LIMB AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE
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WHAT ARE ADDUCTORS?
RETURN A LIMB BACK TO THE BODY
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WHAT MAKES UP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
BRAIN, SPINAL CORD, NERVES
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ALL ACTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPEND ON
TRANSMISSION OF NERVE IMPULSES OVER NEURONS
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WHAT ARE NEURONS?
THE FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
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WHAT ARE THE MAIN PARTS OF A NEURON?
CELL BODY, AXON AND DENDRITES
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF A DENDRITE?
TRANSMIT THE IMPULSE TOWARD THE CELL BODY
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF AN AXON?
TRANSMIT IMPULSES AWAY FROM THE CELL BODY
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THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IS DIVIDED INTO
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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WHAT DOES THE PNS CONSIST OF?
NERVES THAT TRANSMIT THE INFORMATION TO AND FROM THE CNS
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WHAT ARE AFFERENT NEURONS?
TRANSMIT NERVE IMPULSES TOWARD THE CNS
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WHAT ARE EFFERENT NEURONS?
TRANSMIT NERVE IMPULSES AWAY FROM THE CNS TOWARD THE ORGANS
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WHAT ARE THE MAJOR PARTS OF THE BRAIN?
CEREBRUM, CEREBELLUM AND MEDULLA OBLONGATA
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WHAT IS THE CEREBRUM?
MOVEMENT AND SENSORY INPUT
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WHAT IS THE CEREBELLUM?
MUSCULAR COORDINATION
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WHAT IS THE MEDULLA?
CONTROLS VITAL FUNCTIONS SUCH AS RESPIRATORY AND HEART RATE
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HOW LONG IS THE SPINAL CORD?
18 INCHES FROM SKULL TO FIRST OR SECOND LUMBAR VERTEBRAE
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WHAT IS THE BONE THAT CONNECTS THE SPINAL CORD TO THE SKULL CALLED?
FORAMEN MAGNUM
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WHAT EXITS THE SPINAL CORD?
31 PAIRS OF SPINAL NERVES
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WHAT ARE SIMPLE REFLEXES?
NERVE IMPULSES TRAVEL THROUGH THE SPINAL CORD AND DON'T REACH THE BRAIN
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THE ENDOCRINE AND NERVOUS SYSTEM ARE IMPORTANT IN
GROWTH AND SEXUAL MATURATION
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WHERE DO THE ENDOCRINE AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS MEET?
HYPOTHALAMUS AND PITUITARY GLAND
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WHAT CONTROLS THE PITUITARY?
HYPOTHALAMUS
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WHAT CONTROLS THE HYPOTHALAMUS?
HORMONES IN THE BLOOD
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WHAT ARE THE TWO GROUPS OF HORMONES?
STEROIDS AND NONSTEROIDS
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN STEROID HORMONES ENTER THE TARGET CELL?
THEY HAVE A DIRECT AFFECT ON THE DNA OF THE NUCLEUS
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF NONSTEROID CELLS?
THEY REMAIN AT THE CELL SURFACE AND ACT THROUGH AMP
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HOW DO HORMONES AFFECT CELL ACTIVITY?
ALTERING THE RATE OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
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WHAT ATTACHES THE PITUITARY TO THE HYPIOTHALAMUS?
INFUNDIBULUM
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WHAT ARE THE TWO MAJOR PORTIONS OF THE PITUITARY?
ANTERIOR LOBE AND POSTERIOR LOBE
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WHAT IS THE ANTERIOR LOBE?
ADENOHYPOPHYSIS
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WHAT IS THE POSTERIOR LOBE?
NEUROHYPOPHYSIS
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HORMONES OF THE ADENOHYPOPHYSIS ARE CALLED
TROPIC HORMONES BECAUSE THEY ACT MAINLY ON ENDOCRINE GLANDS
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WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF ADENOSYPOPHYSIS HORMONES?
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STH
GH
ACTH
TSH
FSH
LH
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WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF NEUROHYPOPHYSIS HORMONES?
OXYTOCIN
| ADH
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WHAT DOES WHOLE BLOOD CONSIST OF
55% PLASMA 45% FORMED ELEMENTS
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WHAT ARE FORMED ELEMENTS?
ERYTHROCYTES
LEUKOCYTES
RETICULOCYTES
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WHAT ARE ERYTHROCYTES?
RBCS
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WHAT ARE LEUKOCYTES
WBCS
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WHAT ARE RETICULOCYTES?
PLATELETS
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WHERE DO FORMED ELEMENTS COME FROM?
STEM CELLS IN RED BONE MARROW
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF ERYTHROCYTES?
TRANSPORT OXYGEN
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HOW IS OXYGEN TRANSPORTED?
MOST IS BOUND TO HEMOGLOBIN
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF NEUTROPHILS AND MONOCYTES
PHAGOCYTOSIS
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF LYMPHOCYTES?
ANTIBODY FORMATION
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF RETICULOCYTES?
BLOOD CLOTTING
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF BLOOD?
TRANSPORT OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS AND CARRY AWAY CARBON DIOXIDE AND WASTES
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WHAT IS PLASMA?
10% PROTEINS, IONS, NUTRIENTS, WASTES AND HORMONES DILUTED IN WATER
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THE HEART SENDS BLOOD TO THE LUNGS FOR OXYGENATION THROUGH THE
PULMONARY CIRCUIT
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THE HEART SENDS BLOOD TO THE REST OF THE BODY THROUGH
SYSTEMIC CIRCUIT
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BLOOD IS RECEIVED THROUGH THE
ATRIA
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BLOOD IN THE ATRIA IS PUMPED INTO CIRCULATION BY THE
VENTRICLES
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WHAT ARE THE VALVES BETWEEN THE ATRIA AND VENTRICLES?
TRICUSPID (RIGHT)
| BICUSPID (LEFT)
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WHERE ARE SEMILUNAR VALVES FOUND?
ENTRANCES OF THE PULMONARY TRUNK AND THE AORTA
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WHAT IS THE MYOCARDIUM
HEART MUSCLE
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BLOOD IS SUPPLIED TO THE MYOCARDIUM BY THE
CORONARY ARTERIES
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BLOOD DRAINS FROM THE MYOCARDIUM DIRECTLY INTO THE
RIGHT ATRIUM THROUGH THE CORONARY SINUS
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WHAT INITIATES THE INSTRINSIC BEAT OF THE HEART?
SINOATRIAL NODE
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WHAT IS MEASURED ON AN EKG?
THE INTRINSIC BEAT OF THE HEART THROUGH THE MYOCARDIUM
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WHAT IS THE CARDIAC CYCLE?
THE END OF ONE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION TO THE END OF ANOTHER VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION
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THE CONTRACTION PHASE IS CALLED
SYSTOLE
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THE RELAXATION PHASE IS CALLED
DYSOLE
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF AN ARTERY?
TO CARRY BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF VEINS?
TO CARRY BLOOD TO THE HEART
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WHAT ARE CAPILLARIES?
SMALLEST BLOOD VESSELS WHERE EXCHANGE OCCURS
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WHAT ARE ARTERIOLES?
SMALLEST ARTERIES
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WHAT ARE THE SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR VENA CAVA?
THE LARGE VEINS THAT EMPTY INTO THE HEART
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ARTERIES CARRY BLOOD IN
HIGH PRESSURE
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VEINS CARRY BLOOD IN
LOW PRESSURE
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WHAT AFFECTS BLOOD PRESSURE?
VASOCONSTRICTION AND VASODILATION IN ARTERY WALLS
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WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM?
NOSE, PHARYNX, LARYNX, TRACHEA, BRONCHI, LUNGS
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WHAT CONTROLS RESPIRATION?
RESPIRATORY CONTROL CENTER IN THE MEDULLA
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM?
SUPPLIES OXYGEN TO THE BODY AND ELIMINATES CO2
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WHAT IS EXTERNAL RESPIRATION?
EXCHANGE OF GASES BETWEEN THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE BLOOD THROUGH THE ALVEOLI
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WHAT IS INTERNAL RESPIRATION?
EXCHANGE OF GASES BETWEEN THE BLOOD AND THE BODY CELLS
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WHAT ARE CILIA?
FOUND IN THE UPPER RESP TUBULE, THEY TRAP DEBRIS AND KEEP THEM FROM PASSING INTO THE LUNGS
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WHAT IS INHALATION?
CONTRACTION OF THE DIAPHRAGM TO ENLARGE THE THORACIC CAVITY AND DRAW AIR INTO THE LUNGS
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WHAT IS EXHALATION?
LUNGS RECOIL AS RESP MUSCLES RELAX AND THE THORAX DECREASES IN SIZE.
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MOST OF THE OXYGEN CARRIED IN BLOOD IS
BOUND TO HEMOGLOBIN IN RBCs.
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WHY DOES OXYGEN RELEASE FROM HEMOGLOBIN?
WHEN CONCENTRATION OF OXYGEN DROPS IN THE TISSUES
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MOST CO2 IS
CONVERTED TO BICARBONATE ION BY CARBONIC ANHYDRASE WITHIN RBCs.
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BECAUSE THE CONVERSION OF CO2 ALSO RELEASES HYDROGEN IONS,
CO2 IS A REGULATOR OF BLOOD pH
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WHAT IS THE ALIMENTARY CANAL?
DIGESTIVE TUBE
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WHAT STARTS THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM?
FOOD IS INGESTED AND MASTICATION OCCURS
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SALIVA CONTAINS THE ENZYME
AMYLASE
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF AMYLASE?
DIGESTS COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES
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AFTER MASTICATION A BALL OF FOOD IS CALLED
BOLUS
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MUSCLES OF THE PHARYNX FORCE THE FOOD TO
THE ESOPHAGUS AND FOOD IS SWALLOWED
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WHAT ARE THE LAYERS OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT?
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INNER TO OUTER:
MUCOUS MEMBRANE
SUBMUCOUS MEMBRANE
MUSCULAR LAYER
SEROUS LAYER
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WHEN FOOD ENTERS THE STOMACH WHAT IS SECRETED
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
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THE STOMACH MUSCLE CHURNS THE BOLUS AND BECOMES
CHYME (LIQUID)
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WHAT OCCURS IN THE SMALL INTESTINE?
DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
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IN THE SMALL INTESTINE FOOD IS AFFECTED BY
ENZYMES FROM THE SI AND PANCREAS AND BILE FROM THE LIVER
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WHAT DOES THE PANCREAS CONTRIBUTE TO THE CHYME?
WATER AND BICARBONATE IONS TO NEUTRALIZE THE ACID FROM THE STOMACH
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WHAT ARE THE THREE AREAS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE?
DUODENUM JEJUNUM AND THE ILIEUM
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WHERE DOES ABSORPTION TAKE PLACE?
SMALL INTESTINE
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WHERE DO FATS GO?
ABSORBED INTO THE LYMPH BY THE LACTEALS
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FROM THE SMALL INTESTINE, ALL NUTRIENTS ENTER
THE HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN
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FROM THE HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN, NUTRIENTS ARE MOVED TO
THE LIVER FOR DECONTAMINATION
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WHAT ARE VILLI?
FINGERLIKE PROJECTIONS THAT INCREASE SURFAC AREA OF THE INTESTINE
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE LARGE INTESTINE?
REABSORBS WATER AND STORES AND ELIMINATES UNDIGESTED FOOD.
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WHAT ARE THE INTESTINAL FLORA?
BACTERIA FROM THE LARGE INTESTINE
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WHAT ARE THE FIVE PORTIONS OF THE LARGE INTESTINE?
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ASCENDING COLON
TRANSVERSE COLON
DESCENDING COLON
SIGMOID COLON
RECTUM
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WHAT IS THE ANUS
OPENING FOR DEFECATION
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WHAT ARE THE ORGANS OF THE URINARY SYSTEM?
KIDNEYS, URETERS, URINARY BLADDER, URETHRA
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE KIDNEYS?
FILTER BLOOD
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE URETERS?
TRANSPORT URINE TO THE URINARY BLADDER
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE URINARY BLADDER?
STORE URINE
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE URETHRA?
URINATION
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WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONAL UNITS OF THE KIDNEYS CALLED?
NEPHRONS
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF NEPHRONS?
FILTER WASTE OUT OF THE BLOOD BROUGHT TO THE KIDNEY BY THE RENAL ARTERY
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WHERE DOES THE FILTRATION PROCESS OCCUR?
GLOMERULUS IN BOWMANS CAPSULE
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WHAT ARE THE SEX ORGANS?
TESTES AND OVARIES
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WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SEX ORGANS?
PRODUCTION OF GAMETES AND PRODUCTION OF HORMONES
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WHAT CONTROLS THE SEX ORGANS?
TROPIC HORMONES OF THE PITUITARY
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GAMETES ARE FORMED BY
MEIOSIS
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WHERE DO SPERMATOZOA DEVELOP?
SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES OF EACH TESTES
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WHAT PRODUCES TESTOSTERONE?
INTERSTITIAL CELLS BETWEEN THE SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF TESTOSTERONE?
SPERM CELL DEVELOPMENT AND SEX CHARACTERISTICS
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ONCE PRODUCED, SPERM ARE STORED IN
THE EPIDIDYMIS OF EACH TESTES
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WHAT IS THE PATHWAY FOR EJACULATION
VAS DEFERENS, EJACULATORY DUCT, URETHRA
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THE GLANDS THAT PRODUCE SEMEN ARE
SEMINAL VESICLES, PROSTATE GLANDS, BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS
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WHAT CONTROLS TESTICULAR ACTIVITY
ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLANDS
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF FSH
REGULATES SPERM PRODUCTION
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF LH?
STIMULATES INTERSTITIAL CELLS TO PRODUCE TESTOSTERONE
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WHAT RIPENS EGGS IN OVARIAN FOLLICLES OF THE OVARY?
FSH
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF ESTROGEN
INITIATES PREPARATION FOR PREGNANCY
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WHAT HAPPENS AT DAY 14 OF THE CYCLE?
SURGE OF LH IS RELEASED FROM THE PITUITARY WHICH STIMULATES OVULATION AND CONVERSION OF THE FOLLICLE TO THE CORPUS LUTEUM
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THE CORPUS LUTEUM SECRETES
PROGESTERONE AND ESTROGEN
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IF FERTILIZATION OCCURS,
CORPUS LUTEUM REMAINS FUNCTIONAL
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IF FERTILIZATION DOES NOT OCCUR?
CORPUS LUTEUM DEGENERATES AND MENSTRUATION BEGINS
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AFTER OVULATION THE EGG IS MOVED TO
THE FALLOPIAN TUBE
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WHERE DOES FERTILIZATION OCCUR
FALLOPIAN TUBE
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WHAT HAPPENS AFTER FERTILIZATION
ZYGOTE MOVES TO THE UTERUS AND IMPLANTS ITSELF IN THE ENDOMETRIUM
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WHAT IS A ZYGOTE
FERTILIZED EGG
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IN THE UTERUS, THE DEVELOPING EMBRYO IS NOURISHED BY THE
PLACENTA
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WHAT FORMS THE PLACENTA
MOM AND BABY TISSUES
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE HORMONES OF THE PLACENTA?
MAINTAIN THE ENDOMETRIUM AND PREPARE THE BREASTS FOR MILK
