Test #1 Flashcards

1
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Physiology

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How the body and body parts work and function

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2
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Anatomical position

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Normal standing position with everything forward and palms facing out

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3
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Sagittal

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Divides body into right and left halves

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4
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Frontal

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Divides body in front and back halves

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5
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Transverse

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Divides body into top and bottom halves

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6
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Receptor

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Nerve that responds to parts of the stimuli

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7
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What pathway does the receptor use

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Afferent

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8
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Control center

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Receives and analyzes information from sensory receptors, then sends a command stimulus

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9
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Effector

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An organ/gland/muscle capable of being activated by nerve endings

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10
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What pathway does the effector use?

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The efferent pathway

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11
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Negative feedback mechanisms causes what to happen

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The stimulus to decline or end

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12
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Examples of negative feedback mechanisms

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Regulate temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, and blood levels

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13
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What does positive feedback mechanism cause

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Enhances the stimulus

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14
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Examples of positive feedback mechanisms

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Labor, blood clotting

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15
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Homeostatic imbalance

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Negative feedback mechanisms are overwhelmed and destructive positive feedback mechanism take over resulting in disease

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16
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Superior

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Above

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17
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Anterior

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Front

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18
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Proximal

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Near to

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19
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Superficial

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Toward surface

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20
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Inferior

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Below

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21
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Posterior(dorsal)

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Back

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22
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Distal

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Away from

23
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Deep

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Away from surface

24
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Medial

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Middle

25
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Lateral

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Side

26
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Intermediate

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Between medial and lateral

27
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What does the dorsal cavity contain

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Cranial and spinal

28
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What does the ventral cavity contain

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Thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic

29
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What are the two major cavities

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The dorsal and ventral

30
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Endocrine system

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Glands/ hormones

31
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Respiratory

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Lungs, nose, trachea

32
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Reproductive

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Penis and vagina

33
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Excretory(urine)

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Bladder, kidney, ureter

34
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Nervous

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Brain, spinal cord

35
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Digestive

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Mouth, esophagus, stomach

36
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Cardiovascular

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Heart, blood vessel

37
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Lymphatic/immune

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Lymph nodes/vessels

38
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Muscular

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Muscle

39
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Integumentary

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Skin

40
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Skeletal

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Bones

41
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Structural organization (small to large)

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Atoms > molecules > cells > tissues > organs > organ systems

42
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What two systems work together in homeostasis

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Endocrine and nervous

43
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Two types of diabetes and differences

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Type 1: hereditary diabetes

Type 2: adult on set diabetes

44
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What’s in the right hypochondriac

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Liver and gallbladder

45
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What’s in the Epigastric

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Liver and large intestine

46
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What’s in the left hypochondriac

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Stomach and spleen

47
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What’s in the r. Lumbar

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Liver and large intestine

48
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What’s in the umbilical

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Large and small intestine

49
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What’s in the l. Lumbar

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Spleen, pancreas, and large intestine

50
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What’s in the r. Iliac

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Large intestine, and appendix

51
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What’s in the hypogastric

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Large and small intestine

52
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What’s in the k. Iliac

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Large intestine

53
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Review summary

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Review summary.

54
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Anatomy

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Structure and shape of the body and body parts