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STUDY STACK 2
SCI220-21 Human Anatomy with Lab 2023-3 Week 13 (weeks 6-12)
Term | Definition |
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SELF-TOLERANCE | THE ABILITY OF OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM TO ATTACK ABNORMAL OR FORGEIN CELLS BUT SPARE OUR OWN NORMAL CELLS |
SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE | FORCE OF THE BLOOD PUSHING AGAINST THE ARTERY WALLS WHILE VENTRICLES ARE CONTRACTING |
OPSONIZATION | PROCESS THAT MARKS CELLS FOR DESTRUCTION BY PHAGOCYTES BY COMPLEMENTS ACTING AS OSPONINS |
VISCERAL PAIN | DULL OR ACHING PAIN THAT DEVELOPS MORE SLOWLY OVER TIME AND TRAVELS OVER B FIBERS |
TROPIC HOROMONES | HOROMONES THAT TARGET OTHER ENDOCRINE GLANDS AND STIMULATE THEIR GROWTH |
AVEOLI | sacs that serve as gas exchangers; all other parts of the respiratory system serve as air distributors |
CLEFT PALATE | condition in which the palatine bones fail to unite completely and only partially separate the nose and the mouth, thereby producing difficulty swallowing |
Spermatogenesis | formation of mature male gametes (spermatozoa) by seminiferous tubules; stimulated by follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) from the anterior pituitary (and also GnRH from hypothalamus) |
B-CELL MECHANISMS | antibody-mediated immunity (humoral immunity); produce antibodies that attack pathogens |
IgG | makes up 75% of antibodies in the blood; predominant anti-body of the secondary antibody response |
ARTERY | carries blood away from heart; includes great vessels aorta, pulmonary trunk (splits into two pulmonary arteries), and coronary arteries from cardiac muscle |
Atrioventricular (AV) valves | prevent blood from flowing back into the atria from the ventricles when the ventricles contract |
HEMODYNAMICS | collection of mechanisms that influence the dynamic (active and changing) circulation of blood |
CARDIAC OUTPUT (CO) | volume of blood pumped out of the heart per unit of time (ml/min or L/min) |
Vasomotor chemoreflexes | chemoreceptors located in aortic and carotid bodies are sensitive to hypercapnia, hypoxia, and decreased arterial blood pH |