Technical Human Sciences and Social Sciences Flashcards
A group of body organs or structures that together perform one or more vital functions, is what?
A System
The systems in the body interact to maintain ‘this’, which is essential for the survival of each cell
3 examples of homestasis
Homeostatis
- Regulating blood glucose levels
- Maintenance of core body temp
- Regulation of water and mineral concentrations
This discipline focuses on body structures
Anatomy
This discipline focuses on study of human body measurements
Anthropometry
This seeks to understand the functions of living organisms
Physiology
This deals with the mechanical laws related to human movement. It integrates laws of physics with the working concepts of engineering to describe the internal and external forces acting on the body
biomechanics
Human anatomy is subdivided into 2 categories, which are?
Macroscopic - study of structures, organs, muscles and bone
Microscopic - study of tissues
Bonus** What is the name for the Study of tissues? Answer - Histology
The match between physical work and human capacities must consider both the strength and endurance requirements of the muscle and aerobic capacity. Define aerobic capacity.
The ability of the heart and lungs to circulate oxygen and fuel to the tissues
‘This’ removes the waste products produced by muscle contractions
Blood
This is the scientific study and application of the motor function, coordination, and strength in performing essential job tasks centered around a particular occupation.
Occupational Biomechanics
(1) This is the analysis of the focuses acting on the body.
(2) This is the analysis of the movements of the body
Kinetics
Kinematics
5 most important components in biomechanics are: (MFMLB)
Motion
Force
Momentum
Levers
Balance
Human Factors (7)
Training
Job Control
Hours of Work
Incentives
Job Rotation
Warm up and Stretching programs
Maintenance
Where possible, continuous night shift work should be Blank
Voluntary
Physical factor change agents are:
Temperature
Atmospheric pressure
Noise
Vibration
Ergonomic Factors
Cholorinated hydrocarbons such as CFC (chloro fluoro carbons, trichloroethylene and 1,1,1, trichloroethylene can induce ‘this’
Arrhythmias. Trichloroethylene has caused sudden death this way.
Certain substances such as isocyanates (used in paints), flour dusts, and various fumes, can cause asthma or occupational asthma. These substances are considered what?
Sensitizers or asthmagens
This is the study of adverse effects of chemicals and substances at levels not naturally present in healthy living organisms.
Toxicology
The toxic effects of a substance depends on 3 things. They are?
The physical form
The route of entry (inhalation, ingestion and through the skin)
The dose (exposure concentration x time)
Two types of ventilation used the workplace
Local Exhaust ventilation
General dilution ventilation
When air contaminants are generated from a point source, the best way to control them is to install an exhaust at or near the ….blank
Point of emission
All local exhaust systems must include: (HDAFE)
Hood
Ducting
Air cleaner
Fan
Exhaust stack
2 types of hoods in local ventilation are?
Enclosing and capturing
Enclosing: glove box or spray booth
Capturing: are common and seen attached to tools or fixed, extracted workbenches or flexible
MSDs can occur in 2 ways:
Actutely (rapid onset)
Cummulative
The two types of ‘postures’ to worry about as it related to physical factor in MSDs are:
Sustained
Awkward
Vibration risk factors are divided into 2 categories:
Whole body - Low back pain and long term degeneration of the spine
Hand/Arm - from tools and equipment (chainsaws/jackhammers) leads to damage or nerves and tendons in the hands and arms
Force can be described as:
Repetitive
Sustained
High
Sudden
These individuals identified that there is an interactive effect between force and repetition risk factors.
Gallagher and Heberger
Two of the most widely used subjective rating scales for physical demands in the workplace, is this scale.
Borg scale of perceived exertion and perceived discomfort
**this is a quantitative method
The outcome of the NIOSH lifting equation is an RWL. What is that?
Recommended weight limit. A weight limit that 75% of the population of healthy workers can lift over a period (of up to 8hours).
Prevention of MSDs. Consideration should be given to the following 4 designs.
Job design
Workplace design
Tool and equipment design
Work practices
McLeod describes ‘this’ as the scientific study of how people’s thoughts, feelings beliefs, intentions and goals constructed within a social context by the actual or imagined interactions with others
Social Psychology
This theory investigates how individuals explain the causes of events and behaviors. It is concerned with how we utilize various information in arriving at a causal judgement.
Attribution theory.
Who wrote the book in 1958 ‘The psychology of interpersonal relations’ and identified that people, when perceiving others and the environment, tend to see “cause and effect” as a specific relationship. He also suggested things such as internal forces (Dispositional attribution) and external forces (situational attribution)
Fritz Heider
This refers to people’s tendency to attribute other individual’s negative actions to internal factors while attributing their own negative performances to external factors.
Fundamental attribution Error
This is when we have a tendency to feel another person has attributes like the ones we have and therefore we feel a connection with them.
Affinity Bias