Human Anatomy Flashcards

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Anterior

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Front

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Posterior

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Behind

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Superior

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Above

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Inferior

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Below

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Proximal

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Closer Inward

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Distal

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Farther in comparison

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Rostral

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Towards head

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Caudel

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Away From Head

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9
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How does blood flow through a capillary bed?

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Controlled by pre-capillary sphincters to increase/decrease flow, directed by nerves. Lymph vessels take leaked blood to lymph nodes before returning to heart.

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Hydrostatic Pressure

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force that drains fluid out of capillaries and into tissue

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Colloid

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Pressure created by concentration of colloidal proteins in blood. Accounts for re absorption of water.

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12
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How do lymphatic vessels prevent edema?

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As interstitial fluid accumulated it is picked up/removed by lymph vessels and returned to blood and maintains normal volume and pressure.

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Types of Neurons

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Multipolar, Bipolar ( 2 processes, 1 fused, 1 axon), Unipolar (one process extends cell body on each side

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Sensory neurons

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pseudiunipolar, cell in ganglia outside CNA carry impulses from receptors to CNS

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Motor Neurons

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carry impulses away from CNA to organs, multipolar

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16
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Interneuron

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multipolar, between motor and sensory

17
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When the body is in the anatomically correct position, the palms of hands are facing…

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Anteriorly

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Superficial

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On, Closet to, or toward the body surface

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Medial

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Toward the midline or middle of body

20
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Where do most parts of head and neck receive blood from?

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right and left common carotid arteries