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Weeks 1-5/Assignment 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many regions are in the abdominopelvic area | Nine |
| What make up the abdominopelvic quadrants | 1. Right hypochondriac region 2. Epigastric region 3. Left hypochondriac region 4. Right lumbar region 5. Umbilical region 6. Left lumbar region 7. Right iliac (inguinal) region 8. Hypogastric region 9. Left iliac (inguinal) region |
| How many abdominopelvic quadrants are there | 4 |
| What direction of the body is Superior | Toward the head, upper |
| What direction of the body is Inferior | Toward the feet, lower, below |
| What direction of the body is Anterior | Front, front of |
| What direction of the body is posterior | Back, back of |
| What direction of the body is Medial | toward the midline of the body |
| What direction of the body is Lateral | Toward the side of the body, or away from its midline |
| What direction of the body is Proximal | Toward or nearest the trunk of the body |
| What direction of the body is Distal | Away from or farthest from the trunk or the point of origin of a body part |
| What direction of the body is Superficial | Nearer the surface |
| What direction of the body is Deep | Farther away from the body surface |
| What is the Sagittal plane | Lengthwise plane running from side to side, decides the body or any of its parts into right and left sides |
| What is another name for the Transverse plane | Horizontal plane |
| What is Homeostasis | Relatively constant states maintained by the body |
| What are the regulatory functions of Homeostasis | 1. Sensor mechanism 2. Integrating, or control, center 3. Effector mechanism 4. Feedback |
| What is an Afferent signal | Signal traveling TOWARD a particular center or point of reference |
| What is an Efferent signal | Signal moving AWAY from a center or other point of reference |
| What is an element | Substances that cannot be broken down or decomposed into two or more different substances |
| What is a Compound | Substances that can be broken down or decomposed into the elements that are contained within them |
| An organic compound consist of | Compounds are composed of molecules that contain carbon-carbon covalent bonds or carbon-hydrogen covalent bonds or both |
| An inorganic compound is | Compounds that Do NOT have carbon-carbon or carbon-hydrogen bonds, some compounds have carbon atoms |
| What are the attributes of water | - Strong polarity - High specific heat - High heat of vaporization - Cohesion |
| What is an acid considered to be | Any substance that will release a hydrogen ion (H+) when in solution |
| What is considered a Base | Electrolytes that when dissociated in solution, shift the H+/OH- balance in favor of OH- |
| What is “pH” and what does it represent | The power of hydrogen. Relative H+ ion concentration of a solution. Indicates the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution |
| What does the Fluid Mosaic Model symbolize | The structure of cell membranes and how they have molecules that are bound tightly enough to form a continuous sheet but loosely enough that the molecules can slip past one another. |
| Hydrophilic refers to what | Lipids whose heads are “water loving” |
| Hydrophobic refers to what | Lipids whose tails are “water fearing” |
| What are the folds within the Mitochondria | Cristae |
| What are IMP’s and where are they located | IMP’s are Integral Membrane Proteins that are located within the structure of the membrane itself |
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