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1
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What at the levels of cellular organization?

A
  • Cells
  • Tissues
  • Organs
  • Organ Systems
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Differentiated cells with similar properties aggregate to form ________.

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tissues

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What is an organ composed of?

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two or more kinds of tissues in various proportions and patterns

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4
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Describe an organ system and give an example

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multiple organs that work together

Example: The urinary system (kidney + ureters + urethra + badder)

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Name the eleven different organ systems in the body.

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  1. Circulatory
  2. Digestive
  3. Endocrine
  4. Immune
  5. Respiratory
  6. Lymphatic
  7. Musculoskeletal
  8. Nervous
  9. Integumentary
  10. Reproductive
  11. Urinary
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Primary function of which organ system?:

Transport blood throughout the body

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Circulatory

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Primary function of which organ system?:

Digestion and absorption if nutrients and water; elimination of wastes

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Digestive

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Primary function of which organ system?:

Regulation and coordination of many activities in the body. including growth, metabolism, reproduction, blood pressure, water and electrolyte balance, and others.

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Endocrine

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Primary function of which organ system?:

Defense against pathogens

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Immune

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Primary function of which organ system?:

Protection aginst injury and dehydration; defense against pathogens; regulation of body temperature

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Integumentary

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Primary function of which organ system?:

Collection or extracellular fluid for return to blood; participation in immune defenses; absorption of fats from digestive system

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Lymphatic

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Primary function of which organ system?:

Support, protection, and movement of the body; production of blood cells

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Musculoskeletal

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Primary function of which organ system?:

Regulation and coordination of many activities in the body; detection and response to changes in the internal and external environments; states of consciousness; learning memory emotion; others

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Nervous

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Primary function of which organ system?:

​Production of sperm; transfer of sperm to female

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Reproductive (male)

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Primary function of which organ system?:

Production of eggs; provision of a nutritive environment for the developing embryo and fetus; nutrition of the infant

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Reproductive (female)

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Primary function of which organ system?:

Exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen; regulation of hydrogen ion concentration in the body fluids

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Respiratory

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Primary function of which organ system?:

Regulation of plasma composition through controlled excretion of ions water, and organic wastes

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Urinary

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18
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Muscles are specialized to ________ and generate _________

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contract; force

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What are the three types of muscle cells in the human body

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  • Cardiac muscle
  • Skeletal muscle
  • Smooth muscle
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20
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Which type of muscle(s) are involuntary?

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cardiac and smooth muscle

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21
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Which type of muscle(s) are voluntary?

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skeletal muscle

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22
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What is a neuron?

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a cell of the nervous system that is specialized to initiate, integrate and conduct electrical signals to other cells

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23
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What does a collection of neurons form?

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nervous tissue

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24
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Where can you find nervous tissue?

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brain or spinal cord

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25
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______ form many neurons that are packaged together along with connective tissue to from a _____

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axons; nerve

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26
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Where are epithelial cells located?

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  • Outer surfaces that cover the body or individual organs
  • Inner surfaces of the tubular and hollow structures within the body
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27
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Epithelial cells are specialized for the selective _______ and _______of ions and organic molecules, and for ________

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Secretion; absorption; protection

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Name the type of epithelial cell:

single cell layer thick

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simple

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29
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Name the type of epithelial cell:

Multiple layers thick

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Stratified

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30
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Name the type of epithelial cell:

Cube shaped

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Cuboidal

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31
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Name the type of epithelial cell:

Column-shaped, elongated

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columnar

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32
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Name the type of epithelial cell:

Flattened

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Squamous

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33
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Name the type of epithelial cell:

Possessing cilia

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ciliated

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34
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What do the basolateral membranes function as in epithelial cells

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Transports glucose out of cell

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35
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What does the apical membrane function in epithelial tissue?

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transports glucose into cell

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36
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Connective tissue cells ________, ________, and ________ the structures of the body

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connect ; anchor; support

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37
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Name all the different types of connective tissues

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  1. Loose Connective
  2. Dense Connective
  3. Blood
  4. Bone
  5. Cartilage
  6. Adipose
38
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What surrounds the cells?

A

extracellular fluid and extracellular matrix

39
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What does the extracellular matrix consist of?

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proteins, polysaccharides, and minerals

40
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What are the functions of the extracellular matrix

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  • Provides scaffold for cellular attachments
  • chemical messengers to cells to help regulate their activity, migration, growth, and differentiation
41
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What are the proteins of the ECM made of?

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collagen fibers, elastin fibers, and a mixture of nonfibrous proteins

42
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The proteins of the ECM consist of (ropelike/rubberband-like) collagen fibers

43
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The proteins of ECM consist of (ropelike/rubberband-like) elastin fibers

A

rubberband-like

44
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Where is intracellular fluid located?

A

inside the cells

45
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The fluid in the blood is called:

A

extracellular fluid

46
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The fluid surrounding cells is called:

A

extracellular fluid

47
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What percent of the extracellular fluid is in the blood (plasma)?

48
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What percent of the extracellular fluid lies around and between cells?

49
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What percent of the extracellular fluid is interstitial fluid?

50
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Define interstitium

A

the space containing interstitial fluid

51
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What makes up the total volume of extracellular fluid?

A

plasma and interstitial volumes

52
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How much water (%) accounts for a human adult’s body weight?

53
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How much intracellular fluid (%) accounts for an adults body weight?

54
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How much extracellular fluid (%) accounts for an adults body weight?

  • How much of that percent is plasma?
  • How much of that percent is interstitial fluid?
A

~33%

  • 7%
  • 26%
55
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What does the function of most body cells depend on?

A

the concentrations of solutes in the intracellular and extracellular fluids

56
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What is the extracellular concentration of Na+ ?

57
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What is the extracellular concentration of K+​?

58
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What is the extracellular concentration of Ca​2+

59
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What is the extracellular concentration of Cl-​ ?

60
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What is the intracellular concentration of Na+ ?

61
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What is the intracellular concentration of K+​ ?

62
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What is the intracellular concentration of Ca2+​ ?

63
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What is the intracellular concentration of Cl- ​?

64
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Sodium is more concentrated in the (extracellular/intracellular) fluid

A

extracellular

65
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Potassium is more concentrated in the (extracellular/intracellular) fluid

A

intracellular

66
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Calcium is more concentrated in the (extracellular/intracellular) fluid

A

extracellular

67
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Chloride is more concentrated in the (extracellular/intracellular) fluid

A

extracellular

68
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Define Homeostasis

A

A state of reasonably stable balance between physiological variables

69
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What variables are factored into homeostasis?

A
  • blood pressure
  • body temperature
  • pH of extracellular fluid
  • concentrations of sodium ions or glucose in the blood
70
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variables of homeostasis stay regulated despite changes in:

A
  • Temperature
  • What has been eaten
  • resting vs exercising
71
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Homeostasis is a (static/dynamic)​ process

72
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True or False:

Physiological variables must resist dramatic change over a 24 hour period in order to keep the system in an overall balance

73
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True or False

Physiological variables can change dramatically over a 24 hr period, but the system is still overall balance

74
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In physiology, homeostasis (is/is not) maintained

75
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In pathophysiology, homeostasis (is/is not)​ maintained

76
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A reflex is a(n) (voluntary/involuntary) response

A

involuntary

77
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define stimulus

A

detectable change in the internal or external environment

78
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Define receptor

A

detects the change in the internal or external environment

79
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In a reflex arc, the receptor uses the (efferent/afferent) pathway to the:

A

afferent; integrating center

80
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In a reflex arc, the integrating center uses the (afferent/efferent) pathway to the:

A

efferent; effector

81
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Define ​effector

A

cell(s) whose change in activity results in a response in a control system

82
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Define negative feedback

A

when the system’s response opposes the original change in the system

(brings back to homeostasis)

83
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True or False:

A negative feedback system shuts the system off once the set point has been reached

84
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True or False:

A negative feedback system enhances the production of the product.

85
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​True or False:

A positive feedback system enhances the production of the product

86
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True or False:

A positive feedback system shuts the system off once the set point has been reached

87
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Homeostasis primarily occurs through (negative/positive) feedback.

88
Q

True or False?

Each different cell type secrete a different chemical messenger

A

False

various cell types may all secrete the same chemical messenger

89
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Also known as corrective responses.

A

negative feedback homeostatic responses

90
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This is initiated after the steady state of the individual has been perturbed.

A

negative-feedback homeostasis

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