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Gross Anatamy I - Exam 2

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What is a low pressure, connection between multiple arteries?   Anastomosis  
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Anastomosis produces what?   collateral circulation  
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3 lethal areas for anastomoses   brain, heart and kidney  
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Femoral Triangle consists of what?   Femoral nerve, artery, vein and lymphatics  
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Where is the femoral triangle located?   Anteromedial thigh  
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T/F: Veins have branches   False: Veins have tributaries  
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Connective tissue which surrounds individual muscle cells. It holds muscle cells, capillaries and nerve fibers in place   Endomysium  
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Connective tissue which surrounds and holds groups of muscles together (usually 12 or more cells)   Perimysium  
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What is a group of muscle cells?   fascicle/fasciculus  
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What is the smallest unit of the muscle is visible to the naked eye?   fascicles (termed a "muscle fiber" by the gross anatomist)  
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Outer connective tissue covering of the muscle.   Epimysium  
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What muscle layer holds fascicles in place to form the complete muscle?   Epimysium  
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Epimysium is sometimes called what?   Muscle Fascia  
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External to epimysium, but sometimes fused to it   Deep Fascia  
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This seperates muscles into functional compartments?   Intermuscular Septa  
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What provides intermuscular septa?   Deep Fascia  
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What surrounds individual muscles and seperates them from their neighbors so they can move freely?   Deep Fascia  
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Which layer of muscle is just deep to skin and fat but just superficial to deep fascia?   Superficial Fascia  
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What are 4 ways skeletal muscles attach?   1. To bone via a tendon which merges with the periosteum of the bone. 2. Directly to the periosteum of above via CT 3. To a flat sheet of fibrous CT termed an aponeurosis 4. To another muscle via a raphe.  
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A flat sheet of fibrous CT   Aponeurosis  
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Line of union between two muscles   Raphe  
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Fixed end of muscle, attaches to part of body which DOES NOT move   origin of a muscle  
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Movable end of muscle, attaches to part of body which DOES move   Insertion of a muscle  
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What term describes how the insertion and origin are opposite?   Functional Reversal  
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How is range of contraction determined of a muscle?   By the length of fascicles/fasciculi and their relation to long axis of muscle  
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_____ fascicles means a _____ range of contraction   Longer;Greater  
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Strength of muscle contraction depends on what? A stronger muscle has what?   Total cross sectional area of fascicles; More fascicles  
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The easiest way to add fascicles without increasing bulk of muscles is to what?   Put fascicles at an angle to the line of pull  
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Parallel fibers   Have a greater range of contraction but lesser strength of contraction  
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Pennate Fibers   Have a lesser range of contraction but greater strength of contraction  
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What enters into the range and strength of the movement produced by a muscle crossing a joint?   Leverage  
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Muscle inserting closer to the joint has what?   Greater range of joint movement and lesser leverage  
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Muscle inserting farther from joint has what?   Lesser range of joint movement and greater leverage  
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Maximal strength(leverage) and maximal ROM are what?   Inverse  
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Range of contraction and strength of contraction of unattached muscle are what?   Very Inverse  
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What are the Two properties of the Nervous System?   Irritability and Conductivity  
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What is a response to a stimulus with the initiation of a nervous impulse?   Irritability  
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What is the transmission of a nervous impulse?   Conductivity  
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Cells involved in the nervous system include what?   Neurons and Glial Cells  
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What are the cells carrying the impulse; structural and functional units of the nervous system?   Neurons  
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What cells are associated with neurons and have supportive function(in CNS)?   Glial Cells  
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Cell boy is also called what?   Perikaryon  
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A group of neuron cell bodies located in the CNS   Nucleus  
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A group of neuron cell bodies located in the PNS   Ganglion  
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What conducts nervous impulse towards the neuron cell body?   Dendrite  
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What usually conducts nervous impulses away from the cell body?   Axon  
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Sensory Neurons do what and are also called what?   Carry impulses to the CNS; Afferent  
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Motor Neurons do what and are also called what?   Carry impules away from the CNS; Efferent  
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Group of neuron fibers in PNS   Nerve  
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Group of neuron fibers in CNS   Tract  
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4 basic sensory functions   Change in basic sensations, changes in spatial orientation, changes in body function and changes in internal environment  
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Special Sensations   Vision; Hearing and Equilibrium; Taste; Smell  
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General Sensations   Touch, Temperature, Pain, Pressure and Proprioception  
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Changes in body function include what?   Visceral and musculoskeletal-articular origin  
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Changes in internal environment include what?   Hydration, internal temperature, oxygen and electrolyte levels and blood pressure.  
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2 types of motor functions   muscular contraction and glandular secretion  
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Structural divisons of the nervous system?   CNS and PNS  
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Functional divisions of the nervous system?   VNS(Voluntary)and INS(Involuntary)  
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CNS consists of what?   Brain and Spinal Cord  
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PNS consists of what?   12 pairs of cranial nerves, 31 pairs of spinal nerves and autonomic nerves of ANS  
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What is an environmental change?   stimulus  
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A neuron with an adapted region (receptor) for detecting a certain type of stimulus, responds by depolarizing to start the impulse   Sensory Neuron  
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Responds to nervous impulse from another neuron and passes the impulse to the effector   Motor Neuron  
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Cells of muscles or glands which respond to impulse and change the activity of body to the stimulus   Effector/Effector organ  
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Which type of receptors are related to the body wall?   Somatic Receptors  
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What are 3 somatic receptors?   Teleceptors, Exteroceptors and Proprioceptors  
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Teleceptors do what? What is its 3 letter classification?   Sense things that are distant; vision and hearing; SSA(Special Somatic Afferent)  
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Exteroceptors are found where and do what? What is its 3 letter classification?   Found in skin and deeper tissues of body wall and used for temperature, touch, pressure and pain; GSA(General Somatic Afferent)  
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Proprioceptors are found where and do what?   Found in skeletal muscles(muscle spindles) and tendons(Golgi tendon apparatus). Detects position and movements of body via stretch in muscles and tendons and stretch or compression in joints; GSA  
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What are the visceral receptors?   Interoceptors and Chemoreceptors  
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Where are interoceptors and what do they do? What is its 3 letter classification?   In viscera and deal with visceral sensations, senses smooth muscle contraction and secretory activity of glands; GVA(General Visceral Afferent)  
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Where are chemoreceptors and what do they do? What is its 3 letter classification?   In nasal(smell) and tongue mucosae(taste); SVA  
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What are 3 motor fibers?   general motor fibers, special motor fibers and visceral motor fibers  
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Where are general motor fibers found and what is its 3 letter classification?   skeletal muscles; GSE(general somatic efferent  
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Where are special motor fibers found and what is its 3 letter classification?   skeletal muscles of the branchial arches; SVE  
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Where are visceral motor fibers found and what is its 3 letter classification?   smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and glands; GVE  
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Major nerves of the lower extremities and their segments?   Femoral Nerve(L2-L4), Obturator Nerve(L2-L4), Sciatic Nerve(L4-S3), Common Fibular Nerve(L4-S2) and Tibial Nerve(L4-S3)  
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Where do the nerves of the lower extremities arise from?   The lumbar and sacral plexuses  
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Which nerve passes through the psoas major muscle, then deep to the inguinal ligament?   Femoral Nerve  
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Which nerve innervates the iliacus and the anterior compartment of the thigh muscles?   Femoral Nerve  
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What muscles make up the anterior compartment of the thigh?   Quadriceps Femoris, Pectineus and Sartorius  
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Which nerve emerges from the medial border of the psoas major, then passes inferiorly and anteriorly and enters the obturator foramen?   Obturator Nerve  
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Which nerve innervates the medial compartment of the thigh muscles?   Obturator Nerve  
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What muscles make up the medial compartment of the thigh?   Adductor muscles, Obturator Externus and Gracilis  
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Which nerve quickly sprays out into its distributing branches after entering the thigh?   Femoral Nerve  
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Which nerve divides into an anterior branch(anterior to adductor brevis) and a posterior branch(posterior to adductor brevis) in the medial thigh?   Obturator Nerve  
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What nerve is the largest in the body?   Sciatic Nerve  
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Which nerve is just inferior to the piriformis and deep to the gluteus maximus?   Sciatic Nerve  
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Which nerve crosses the posterior surface of the gemelli, tendon of the obturator internus, and quadratus femoris muscles and lies deep to the hamstring muscles?   Sciatic Nerve  
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What are the two divisions of the sciatic nerve?   Tibial and Common Fibular(Peroneal)  
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When does the sciatic nerve end?   By dividing into its two divisions  
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Which nerve innervates the posterior compartment of the thigh muscles?   Sciatic Nerve  
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What consists of the posterior compartment?   Hamstring muscles and Adductor Magnus(Posterier Head)  
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Which muscle is innervated by both the sciatic and obturator nerve?   Adductor Magnus  
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Which muscle or muscles in the anterior thigh is not innervated by the tibial division of the sciatic nerve?   Biceps Femoris short head  
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Which branch of the sciatic nerves is the largest?   Tibial Nerve  
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Which nerve travels through the popliteal fossa and lies posterior to the popliteal artery and vein.   Tibial Nerve  
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Which nerve descends immediately deep to the soleus?   Tibial Nerve  
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What are the branches of the Tibial Nerve?   Medial and Lateral Plantar Nerves  
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Where does the Tibial Nerve divide?   Within the Plantar foot  
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Which nerve innervates the posterior compartment of the lower leg muscles?   Tibial Nerve  
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What are the posterior compartment leg muscles?   Gastrocnemius, Soleus, Popliteus, Plantaris, Tibialis Posterior, Flexor Digitorum Longus and Flexor Hallucis Longus  
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Which nerve innervates the plantar skin and intrinsic plantar foot muscles?   Medial Plantar and Lateral Plantar Nerves  
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Which nerve passes through the popliteal fossa just medial to the tendon of biceps femoris?   Common Fibular(Peroneal) Nerve  
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What are the terminal branches of the common fibular(peroneal) nerve?   Deep and Superficial Fibular(Peroneal) Nerves  
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Which nerves passes into the anterior compartment of the leg, deep to the extensor digitorm longus?   Deep Fibular(Peroneal) Nerve  
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Which nerve innervates the muscles of the anterior compartment of the lower leg and extensor digitorum brevis on dorsum of foot ?   Deep Fibular(Peroneal) Nerve  
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What muscles are in the anterior compartment of the lower leg?   Tibialis Anterior, Extensor Hallucis Longus, Extensor Digitorum Longus and Fibularis(Peroneus) tertius  
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Which nerve descends in the lateral compartment of the lower leg?   Superficial Fibular(Peroneal) Nerve  
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Which nerve innervates the lateral compartment of the lower leg?   Superficial Fibular(Peroneal) Nerve  
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What muscles are in the lateral compartment of the lower leg?   Fibularis(Peroneus) Longus and Fibularis(Peroneus Brevis  
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Upper border of the Femoral Triangle   Inguinal Lilgament  
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Lateral border of the Femoral Triangle   Medial border of sartorius muscle  
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Medial border of the Femoral Triangle   Medial border of the adductor longus muscle  
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Anterior wall(roof) of the Femoral Triangle   Fasciae Latae  
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Posterior wall(floor) of the Femoral Triangle   iliopsoas, pectineus, adductor longus and sometimes part of the adductor brevis muscle  
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The apex lead to the ______ of the Femoral Triangle?   adductor canal  
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Branches of the Femoral Artery   Superficial Epigastric Artery, Superficial Circumflex Iliac Artery, Superficial External Pudental Artery, Deep External Pudental Artery, Muscular Branches and Profunda Femoris  
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Branches of the Profunda Femoris Artery   Medial Femoral Circumflex, Lateral Femoral Circumflex and Perforating aa.  
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Branches of the Popliteal Artery   Genicular aa.  
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Branches of the Posterior Tibial Artery   Fibular(Peroneal) Artery, Medial Plantar Artery and Lateral Plantar Artery  
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Branches of the Anterior Tibial Artery   Anterior Medial Malleolar and Anterior Lateral Malleolar  
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Branches of the Dorsalis Pedis Artery   Acruate Artery, 1st Dorsal Metatarsal Artery and Deep Plantar Branch  
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