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Question 1

Blue/black bruising over part of your patients ankle suggests?

Answer 1

NEW BRUISE

Question 2

Moving from deep to superficial, what are the layers of the epidermis called?

Answer 2

DERMIS
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STRATUM BASALE
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STRATUM SPINOSUM
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STRATUM GRANULOSUM
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STRATUM LUCIDUM
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STRATUM CORNEUM

Question 3

____________ membranes open directly to the exterior.

Answer 3

MUCOUS

Question 4

__________ controls sensory functions such as in helping to control eye movement, depth perception, in addition to other visual and auditory system functions

Answer 4

MIDBRAIN

Question 5

Medulla oblongata damage would effect ___________, swallowing, digestion, gagging, puking, heart rate, etc

Answer 5

BREATHING

Question 6

A cluster of neuronal cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system is called?

Answer 6

GANGLION

Question 7

What are bundles of axons in the central nervous system that conduct action potentials toward the brain?

Answer 7

ASCENDING TRACTS

Question 8

Name the corticospinal tracts carrying voluntary motor stimuli from the cerebral cortex to the spinal cord.

Answer 8

DESCENDING TRACTS

Question 9

If this part of the brain is damaged, all sensory information would not be processed and sensory confusion would result.

Answer 9

THALAMUS

Question 10

Fatigue, changes in sexual arousal

Answer 10

RETICULAR FORMATION

Question 11

Functions of the skeletal system

Answer 11

PROTECTS ORGANS
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OFFERS SUPPORT, FLEXIBILITY
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FORMS BLOOD
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STORES CALCIUM
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MINERAL HOMEOSTASIS

Question 12

Osteoblasts build bone; ___________ break bone down.

Answer 12

OSTEOCLASTS

Question 13

Pupils, inhibited flow of saliva, fast heartbeat, dilates bronchi, etc

Answer 13

SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question 14

stimulated flow of saliva, slow heartbeat, constricts brinchi etc

Answer 14

PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question 15

Intrinsic nervous system of the gastrointestinal tract

Answer 15

ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question 16

The part of the peripheral nervous system associated with skeletal muscle voluntary control of body movements. The SoNS consists of afferent nerves and efferent nerves.

Answer 16

SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question 17

What type of glial cells make up the blood brain barrier?

Answer 17

ASTROCYTE

Question 18

resting tremor, parkinsons etc

Answer 18

THALAMUS

Question 19

From superficial to deep, what are the 3 meningeal layers surrounding the brain and spinal cord?

Answer 19

DURA MATER
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ARACHNOID MATER
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PIA MATER

Question 20

Part of the brain for higher activities such as learning and reasoning.

Answer 20

ASSOCIATION AREA

Question 21

Information is transferred from short-term memory (also known as working memory) to long-term memory through the ____________.

Answer 21

HIPPOCAMPUS

Question 22

_____________ tone is determined by the simultaneous input from the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems.

Answer 22

AUTONOMIC

Question 23

The pineal gland is located __________ to the thalamus.

Answer 23

INFERIOR

Question 24

The middle portion of a long bone is called a ________.

Answer 24

DIAPHYSIS

Question 25

Neurons that transmit input to the central nervous system are called

Answer 25

AFFERENT NEURONS

Question 26

Efferent neurons carry information ________ from the _____.

Answer 26

AWAY from the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question 27

Compared to chemical synapses, electrical synapses conduct nerve impulses __________.

Answer 27

FASTER

Question 28

Cranial nerves are the nerves that emerge directly from the ________.

Answer 28

BRAIN