TEST3 Flashcards
What is not a type of connective tissue
simple squamous epithelial
The function of synovial fluid is to excrete wastes around a joint? T/F
False, its to cushion/lubricate
What is an element necessary for muscle contraction blood clotting and exocytosis
Ca++
What is the element conducted into a nerve cell during a nerve impulse?
Na++, (sodium goes into cell) depolarization
Whaat is the element conducted out of a nerve cell during a nerve impulse
K++, (repolarization)
What is the period called when K++ moves out of a nerve cell during nerve impulse
repolarization
What type of tissues make up the majority of the integumentary system?
Stratified squamous epithial and connective tissue
which membrane would you find lining the GI tract
mucous
the ion known as bicarbonate is
HCO3
the type of blood cell involved in cellular defense
leukocyte
what can we say about the size of the integumentary and skeletal systems ( in terms of weight)
they are both 15% of b.w.
When ions diffuse into a cell they must come through a __ made of __
channel , protein
When a neurotransmitter or hormone opens up a channel we call that channel
ROC receptor operated channel
which type of macromolecule makes up the most myelin sheath
lipids (phospolipids in cell mem)
Which muscles would be useful in moving your toes?
gastronemius and tibialis anterior
the structure that serves to hold bones together
ligament (bone to bone)
tendon (bone to muscle)
what would be your guess for what an enzyme called acetylcholiesterase does
breaks down acetylcholine
ABCDE of cancer stand for
Asymmetry, border, color, diameter
The hormone your body makes that stimulates Ca++ reabsorption in the kidney and absorpition in the GI tract??
vitamin d3
Acetylcholine or any other substance that has been released from a cell has undergone???
exocytosis ( requires atp and ca++)
striated, skeletal muscle is..?
generally under voluntary control, an example of muscle tissue
What is true about myelin
made by oligodendrocytes in the CNS, and cover and insulates axon, speeding up conduction of impulses
the CNS is composed of
the brain and spinal cord