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Term 3 Flashcards

0
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What does the free nerve ending pick up ?

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Pain , heat and cold itch

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What does the encapsulated nerve ending pick up ?

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Pressure and touch

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What is referred pain ?

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  • Pain that is picked up in an organ but felt somewhere else
  • viceral pain that is felt as cutaneous pain
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What does cutaneous mean ?

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Skin or surface

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What is the conjunctiva ?

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The pink part of the eye

Lies inside of the eyelid

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What is the sclera ?

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The white part of the eye

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What is the retina ?

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The interior coating of the eye , where visual action takes place

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7
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Where is the exterior coating of the eye ?

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Sclera

A tough fibrous membrane in the front

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8
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What is the middle layer of the eye called ?

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Choroid layer (brownish color ) 
Between the sclera and retina
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9
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What is the role of the lens , sometimes called the crystal lens ?

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For focusing / accommodation

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10
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What are the lens controlled by ?

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The ciliary muscle

It stretches it out to see close or long distance

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What is the pupil ?

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The opening or the black hole of the eye

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12
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What’s the color portion of the eye that around the pupil ?

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Iris

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13
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What does the iris do ?

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  • It makes the pupil bigger or smaller

- it’s called pupillary dialation

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14
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What accommodate/pushed the lens and iris?

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Ciliary muscle

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15
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What is the cornea ?

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  • Part if the sclera

- Allows light waves to first enter the eye /the window of the eye

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16
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Where is the aqueous humor found ?

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Water in the front

Anterior chamber

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17
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Where is the vitreous humor found ?

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  • Jelly like liquid
  • Found in the posterior chamber
  • it gives the eye a substance
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18
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Where are cones found an what is it for ?

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In the retina

For color

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19
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Where are the rods& cones found ?

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On the retina

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20
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What are the Rods for ?

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Shading

Remember rod the vampire ;darkness

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21
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What is the role of lacrimal glands ?

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Produce tears

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22
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Where are the lacrimal glands found ?

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The outer cantus

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23
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What is Lysome ?

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Body’s natural antiseptic

Found in tears and saliva

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24
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What’s the purpose of tears ?

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It’s flows from the outter cantus to the inner cantus to lacrimal ducts to the nasopharynx and down the back
-it lubricate and protect the eye from infection

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25
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What is convergence ?

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Looking at and object up close and not seeing double

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26
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What is binocular vision ?

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It’s allows dept perception and makes large vision field

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27
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What is accommodation ?

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Increase refractive ability of eye necessary for near vision

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28
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What is pupillary constriction ?

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Blocks light rays That pass through lens and increase sharpness of image

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29
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What is the first thing the light hit In The eye ? Pathway of light rays!!!

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Cornea (from eye)  
Anterior and posterior chamber
Pupil
Lens
Vitreous chamber and vitreous humor 
Retina

Optic nerve fiber (to brain )
Cerebral cortex

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30
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What does the brain do with images when picked up ?

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Interpret them

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31
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What’s in the outter ear ?

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Pinna or auricle

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32
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What’s in the middle ear ?

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Malleus
Incus
Stapes
The 3 occipital bones

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33
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What’s in the inner ear ?

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Organ of corti
Auditory nerve
Chochlea
Semicircular canal

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34
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What is the a actual organ of hearing ?

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Organ of corti

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35
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What does the organ of corti responsible for ?

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Hearing and balance (equilibrium )

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36
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What nerve pair lets us see ?

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Optic nerve

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37
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How many cranial nerve do we have ?

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12 pair

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38
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What does vagus mean ?

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Wondering nerve

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39
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What does the vagus nerve do ?

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Slow heart rate

Goes down the Thoriac area to the abdominal area , controls peristalsis of the stomach

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40
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What gives us sence of taste ?

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The olfactory nerve

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41
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What is the disease causes by the trigeminal nerve ?

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Trigeminal neuralgia

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42
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Trigeminal neuralgia is _____ and the _____ nerve ?

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Sensory

Fifth cranial nerve

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43
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The facial nerve is ______ and the ____ cranial nerve ?

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Motor

7th cranial nerve

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44
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What is the occipital area ?

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Visual area

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45
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What is the partial area for ?

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Sensory and memory

46
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What is the temporal area for ?

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Hearing (where the auditory goes through )

47
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What is the frontal area for ?

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Motor and judgement

48
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What is the cerebrum made of ?

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Gray mater

49
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What is the cerebrum for ?

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Thinking process

Brain/good sence

50
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What is the cerebellum ?

A

The little brain

51
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What does the hypothalamus do ?

A

Regulate body tempreature

52
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What is the medulla oblongata do ?

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Vital center

B/p HR ,resp

53
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Where is the cerebral spinal fluid formed ?

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Choroid plexus

54
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Where does the cerebral spinal fluid circulates ?

A

The meninges

55
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What are the mininges ?

A

Dura mater
Arachnoid space
Pita mater

56
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The fluid circulates in the arachnoid space and is returned where in the brain ?

A

Cranial Venus sinuses

57
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What is the purpose of the cerebral spinal fluid ?

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  • shock observer

- for nutrient to carry away waste from the brain cell

58
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What’s the purpose of the spinal cord ?

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Send message the through the body and transmit message to the brain

59
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What are the two part of the central nervous system ?

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Brain and spinal cord

60
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How many pair if spinal nerves are their ?

61
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What does the spinal nerve control ?

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The PNS

things that are outside of control of the brain

62
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What does the dendrite do ?

A

Recieve the impulses

Carry the impulses through the cell body down the axon through the gap(snapse ) to the next dendrite

63
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What insulation is the axon coated with ?

64
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What transmit the electrical impulses that comes down to the dendrite , cell body axon and tries to get across to the next dendrite ?

A

Chemical neurotransmitter

65
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What are the chemical neurotransmitters ?

A

Acetylcholine
Dopamine
Epinephrine
Norepinephrine

66
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What does the parasympathetic nervous system do ?

A

Bring is back to normal

Like a parachute

67
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What does the sympathetic system do ?

A

Fight or flight response

68
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What is the fight or flight response do ?

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Increase HR 
decrease peristalsis 
Open up bronchioles 
Shut down the bladder 
Dilate the pupils
69
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is the autonomic nervous system voluntary or involuntary ?

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Involuntary

70
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What are reflexes ?

A

Involuntary response to stimuli

71
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What is the patella reflex ?

72
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What inactivate acetocyline ??

A

Choloriestarae

73
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What causes muscle fatigue ?

A

Build up of lactic acid

74
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What is the oxygen that’s stored in the muscle at all times ?

75
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What is the most abundant energy source ?

A

Glycogen or glucose

76
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What is the oxygen in the RBC ?

A

Hemoglobin

77
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What is synergistic muscle

A

Works together

78
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What is antagonistic muscle ?

79
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What happens when a muscle pulls on a bone

A

It shortens

80
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What is muscle tone ?

A

Continuous muscle contraction

81
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What is the joint capsule ?

A

Like a sleeve

82
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What is the joint capsule lined with ?

A

Synovial membrane

83
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What does the synovial membrane secrete ?

A

Synovial fluid

84
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What is the purpose of the synovial fluid ?

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To prevent wear and tear

Lubrication

85
Q

What are the ends of the bones covered with ?

A

Articular cartilage

86
Q

What is the miniscus , what do they do and prevent ?

A

Little disc
They help reduce heat
Prevent rubbing in each other

87
Q

What are bursa ?

A

Jelly belly pillow

The bone slide Over the bursa instead of the bone

88
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What is it called if the bursa gets inflamed ?

89
Q

Where are suture joints found ?

A

In the head

90
Q

What is the symphysis pubis ?

A

Pubic bone

Seperate during child birth

91
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Where are the ball and socket joints?

A

Shoulder and joint (acetabulum )

92
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Where is the hinge joint ?

A

Elbow and knee

93
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Where is the pivot joint ?

A

Head and neck

94
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What are the first too vertebrae called ?

A

Atlas and axis or the c1 & c2

95
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What is the muscle fasia ?

A

Covering if the muscle

The white membrane

96
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What is the periosteum ?

A

Covering of the bone

97
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What does the episyseal disc on the bone do ?

A

Stops bone growth

98
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When does the episyheal disc close/stop growing ?

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Between 17-24

99
Q

What do tendons do ?

A

Connect muscle to bone

100
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What do ligament do ?

A

Connect bone to bone

101
Q

What’s produce in the bone marrow ?

A 
Red marrow 
Yellow marrow (fat)
102
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What do red bone marrow produce ?

A

Red blood cell
White blood cells
Platelets

103
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What are the chief minerals of the bone ?

A

Calcium and phropous (main ones )

Protein and vitamin D

104
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Where are encapsulated nerve ending found ?

105
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What’s the largest bone in the body ?

106
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What the largest bone in the upper body ?

107
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What part of the ear is equilibrium imbalance ?

A

Inner (semi circular canal )

108
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What is the difference between abduction and addiction ?

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Abduction is away from the body

Addiction is towards the body

109
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What’s the purpose and muscle and muscle tone ?

A

Shape , posture and produce heat

110
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What is acetabulum ?

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The socket in the hip

111
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What is the eustachian tube ?

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(pharyngotympanic tube) connects the middle ear cavity with the nasopharynx.

112
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What is the window of the eye that first allow light rays to enter ?

A&p Midterm Term 3 (1 decks)

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