Semester 2 Test Review Flashcards
What part of the brain is in charge of motor impulses?
Medulla
What are the functions of the Cerebral Spinal Fluid?
Shock absorber
White blood cells
Carry nutrients
What is the pons?
The bridge between the spinal cord and brain
What is NOT the function of the cerebellum?
Emotions
What is the thalamus in charge of?
Sensory impulses
What is another name for the cerebrum?
Cortex
What is the limbic system?
In charge of survival behavior
What are the functions of the hypothalamus?
Olfactory
Body temp
Food and fluid intake
Gustatory sense organs are?
Taste buds
What is NOT one of the primary taste sensations?
Stale
There is no vision in the blind spot because it lacks?
Rods and cones
The thin transparent mucous membrane covering the anterior of the eye and lining the eyelids is the?
Conjunctiva
The process that adjusts the lens for near vision is called?
Accommodation
The colored part of the eye is the?
Iris
Blood carries?
Co2, waste, O2, hormones
Functions of blood are?
Transportation, regulation, protection
Blood is what percent plasma?
55%
Plasma is what percent water?
90%
No one with the blood type B can have
Anti-B antibodies
Mr A and Mr AB have volunteered to give blood to Mr B who has blood type B. Mr A has blood type A and Mr AB has AB blood. Which blood could be transferred safely into Mr B’s blood stream
Neither Mr A or Mr AB
Process of ingesting and destroying bacterial cells is called?
Phagocytosis
Cell that is NOT a white blood cell is a?
Reticulocyte
In one UL of blood a person has how many red blood cells?
5million
If blood agglutinates in anti-A but not in anti-B then you have what blood type?
A blood type
If blood agglutinates in both A and B than you have
AB blood type
Universal donors are what type of blood type?
O blood type
Universal recipients are what blood type?
AB blood type
Antigen protein on the surface of red blood cells determine what?
Blood type
The heart muscle is supplied
Circulation
The Cardiac muscle is know as the?
Myocardium
The thickest wall is found in the?
Left ventricle
Heart rate is monitored and regulated in the?
Medulla
The heart speeds up when we stand up quickly due to receptors that detect blood pressure changes located in the?
Carotid artery
In the cardiac cycle what happens?
The atria contract before the ventricles
When a doctor uses a stethoscope to examine the heart, he or she hears the sounds produces by the actions of?
Valves
Heart murmurs are sounds caused by?
Improperly closing valves
The contraction phase of the heart is called?
Systole
What is the structure whose main functions is exchange nutrients and gases between the blood and tissue?
Capillaries
Which circulatory path carries blood rich in substances absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract?
Hepatic circulation
What prevents back flow of fluid in veins?
Valves
Most important function of the circulatory system is?
Transport materials to and from all cells
How is venus blood returned to the heart?
Breathing, movements and skeletal contractions
What best describes how blood typically flows from the heart?
Arteries, then capillaries, then veins
Lymphatic vessels resemble?
Veins
The pulmonary circulation carries blood from the heart to the lungs and back to which structure?
Left atrium
The exchange of materials between fetal and material circulation occurs through which structure??
Placenta
In an overweight person, which factor would be most responsible for increasing vascular resistance?
Vessel length
Which is a foreign substance that provoked an immune response in the body?
Antigen
What is NOT a function of the lymphatic system?
Carry oxygen to blood cells
Where are worn out damaged red blood cells destroyed?
Spleen
Where is all lymph in the body eventually returned to?
Subclavian vein
Why are lymph nodes important?
They filter lymph and store lymphocytes
In general what vessels can we see through our skin?
Veins
Absorption of digested food occurs largely in the?
Small intestine
The purpose of digestion is to?
Break down food molecules to a size which is easily absorbed
Bile is essential in the digestion of?
Fats
The end products that come from digestion of fats are?
Fatty acids and monoglycerides
The liver does NOT produce?
Digestive enzymes
Mechanical digestion involves?
Mastication of food by teeth and churning of food by the stomach and small intestines
What does not release substances into the duodenum?
Spleen
Salvia does what function!?
Keeps mouth and pharynx moist, begins chemical breakdown of food, has ducts as it’s means of transport
The digestion of proteins to peptides starts in the?
Stomach
The basic building blocks of proteins which are the form needed by body cells are?
Amino acids
The absorption of water, glucose, and amino acids is accomplished by the?
Vili
A recessive gene that is inherited is what blood type?
O
If blood agglutinates in anti-B but not in anti-A than you have what blood type?
B blood
Color vision appears to be a result of?
Combination of reception by three kinds of cones
The maculae and semicircular canals are involved in?
Equilibrium
The ear structure that converts sound waves into vibrations is the?
Tympanic membrane
Fusions of the bones of the middle ear causes?
Conduction deafness
Tinnits is?
A constant ringing in the ears
The structure that helps equalize air pressure on the tympanic membrane is?
Eustachian tube
Because the medulla serves as a conduction pathway for all ascending and descending tracts what type of impulses are transmitted by its white matter?
Sensory and motor impulses
Movements of your right hand are intimated by motor neurons that originate in which side of your cerebrum?
Left
What center regulates the heart and diameter of blood vessels?
Cardiovascular center
If your blood does not agglutinate in either of the typing serums, then you have what blood type?
O blood
What determines blood type?
Antigen proton on the surface of the red blood cells
The most important function of the large intestine is to?
Absorb water
Bile and pancreatic fluid act upon foods in the?
Small intestine
Although digestion takes places in several organs of the alimentary canal the place of greatest digestive activity is in the?
Small intestine
The gall bladder does what function?
Stores bile from the liver
