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Anatomy |
Study of body structures and relation of one part to another |
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Physiology |
Study of how the body works and how the various parts function individually and in relation to each other |
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Sagittal plane |
Divides the body in right and left halves on its vertical axis |
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Frontal plane |
Perpendicular to sagittal plane, divides body into anterior and posterior sections |
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Transverse plane |
Divides body in superior and inferior sections |
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Digestion |
Physical and chemical breakdown of food |
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Metabolism |
Process of absorption, storage, and use of these foods for body growth, maintenance and repair |
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Homeostasis |
Body's self regulating control of its internal enviroment |
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Nucleus |
Controls the chemical reactions occurring in the cell, and important in the cells reproduction |
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Typical cell is made of what 3 things? |
Nucleus, plasma membrane, and cytoplasm |
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What is epithelium? |
The lining tissue of the body |
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Squamous epithelial tissue is found where? |
Tympanic membrane |
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Cubical epithelial tissue is found where? |
Highly specialized areas of the body; kidneys, ovaries |
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What is adipose tissue considered? |
Fatty tissue |
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Skeletal muscle is what type of muscle? |
Voluntary |
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Smooth muscle is what type of muscle? |
Involuntary |
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Function of the ceruminous glands |
Produce earwax |
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Number of bones in the human body |
206 |
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Osteology |
Study of the structure of bone |
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Function of red marrow in bones |
Produce red blood cells |
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Longest bone in the body |
Femur |
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Example of long bones |
Femur and humerous |
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Example of short bones |
Wrist and ankle bones |
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Example of Flat bones |
Skull, sternum, scalpula |
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Example of irregular bones |
Vertebrae, mandible,and pelvic bones |
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Number of bones in the skull |
22 |
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Number of cervical vertebrae |
7 |
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Number of thoracic vertebrae |
12 |
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Number of lumber vertebrae |
5 |
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Number of total ribs |
24 |
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How many pair of true ribs? |
7 |
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How many pair of false ribs? |
5 |
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Last 2 pair of ribs |
Floating ribs |
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3 functions of the muscle |
Providing movement, maintaining body posture, providing heat |
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3 types of muscle tissue |
Skeletal, smooth, cardiac |
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Longest muscle in the body |
Sartorius |
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Process of chewing food in preparation for swallowing and digestion |
Mastication |
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Average adult blood volume |
5-6 liters |
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Plasma consist of ___ percent of whole blood |
55 |
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RBC count of average male, female |
5 million mm3 for males
4.5 million mm3 for females |
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Normal WBC count |
6000-8000 |
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WBC count with infection |
15,000-20,000 |
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The contractions of the heart are stimulated and maintained by the senatorial (SA) node, aka.. |
Pacemaker of the heart |
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All tissues of the body are continuously bathed in what? |
Interstitial fluid |
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How many divisions in the brain? |
6 |
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Olfactory |
Smell |
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Optic |
Vision |
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Oculomotor, cochlear, abducens |
Eye movement |
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Trigeminal |
Sensation of forehead, face, and clenching of the jaw |
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Facial |
Face muscles |
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Acoustic |
Hearing and balance |
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Glossopharyngeal |
Gag reflex |
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Vagus |
Vocal cords, tone of voice |
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Spinal accessory |
Turning head from shoulder to shoulder |
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Hypoglossal |
Tongue |
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Sympathetic nervous system- |
"Fight or flight" |
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Scerla |
Outer layer of the eye |
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Lacrimal gland |
Produces tears |
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"Hammer" of the ear |
Malleus |
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3 bones of inner ear |
Malleus, incus, stapes |
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Thyroid gland secretes what hormone? |
TSH |
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Alpha cells produce what? |
Glucagon |
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Beta cells secrete? |
Insulin |
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Alimentary canal length |
9 meters |
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Small intestine length |
7 meters, (23 feet) |
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Liver is largest gland in the body, and excretes what? |
Bile |
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Gallbladder stores what? |
Bile |
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Amount of urine the bladder can contain |
600ml, urge to pee is 250-300ml |
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Female sex hormones |
Estrogen and progesterone |
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Where are tye parietal bones located?
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behind the frontal bone
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Another name for the eardrum
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tympanic membrane
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How many pints of saliva do the salivary galnds produce daily?
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2-3
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There are how many major types of Glia Cells?
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5
-Astrocytes -Microglia -Ependymal Cells -Oligodendrocytes -Swann Cells |
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Where is the scaphoid bone located?
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wrist
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The term "contractibility" describes what?
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enabling a muscle to become shorter or thicker
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How many carpal bones are in the wrist?
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8
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The stomach is divided into how many regions?
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4
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There are ____ major systems that make up the human body
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11
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Which vein is most commonly used for venipuncture?
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Median Cubital
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Where are the Sternocleidomastoid muscles located?
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on both sides of the neck
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Other actions of testosterone include increasing the production of _____ blood cells.
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red
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Total blood volume of the average adult?
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5-6 liters
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The hypoglossal nerve governs the muscle activity of the what?
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tongue
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Where is norepinephrine produced?
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In the adrenal medulla
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The lining tissue of the body is called?
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Epithelium
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Bones responsible for the prominence of the cheeks?
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Zygomatic
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Length of the Epididymis
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about 6 meters long
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The _______ is the graveyard where old, worn out cells are removed from the blood stream
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spleen
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Women have more or less RBCs than men?
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less
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On which bone would you find the corcoid process?
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scapula
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Phase 3 of deglutition?
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Passage of food into the stomach
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The vertebral column consist of how many movable or true vertebrae?
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24
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About how much does the body weight do muscles make up?
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about 50%
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What do the mylohyoid muscles anatomically and functionally form?
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The floor of the mouth
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What are the tissues the pancreas contains?
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exocrine and endocrine
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What bone forms the back part of the skull and the base of the cranium?
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occipital
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Where would you find the Incus?
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middle ear
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The mandible is joined to the cranium by the ligaments of the what?
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Temporal Mandibular joint
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Mental protberance is another name for?
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the chin
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The inner ear is filled with a fluid called?
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endolymph
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What classification of bones are the vertebrae and mandible?
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irregular
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