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Anatomy and physiology

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what are the forces responsible for normal inspiration   Atmospheric pressure due to weight of the air is the force that moves air into the lungs  
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What are the forces responsible for normal expiration   force responsible is from elastic recoil of lung tissues and from surface tension  
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What is the function of iron   enables hemoglobin molecules in red blood cells to carry oxygen  
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What is the function of calcium   structure of bones and teeth  
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what is the function of phosphorus   metabolic reactions  
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what is the function of potassium   maintains osmotic pressure and regulate pH  
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what is the function of sulfur   amino acids, thiamine, insulin and biotin  
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what is the function of sodium   osmotic pressure and regulate water movement  
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what is the function of Chlorine   osmotic pressure, regulate pH  
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What is the function of magnesium   metabolic reaction  
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in a typical U.S. diet how much of the percentage of total body image is supplied by carbohydrates   50%  
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The American heart association recommends what percentage of calories of a person's diet should be derived from fat and protein   30%  
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The amounr off oxygen released from oxyhemoglobinincreases when carbon dioxide concentration increases   75%  
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what is the first event in inspiration   atmospheric pressure due to the weight of the air  
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The renal corpuscle is composed of what   filtering unit with blood capillaries (glamorous) and a surrouding thin walled saclike structure called glomerular capsule  
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What is urine composed of   95% water and contains urea and uric acid and may have a trace of amino acids and elctrolytes  
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What happens if the arteriole that supplies the blood to the glomerulus becomes constricted   Can result in kidney failure  
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what is the countercurrent mechanism and where does it primarily function   primarily functions in nephron loops, it ensure that the medullary intertitial fluids becomes hypertonic  
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function of the kidneys   main function is to regulate the volume, compostion, and pH of body fluids  
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An increase in glomerular osmotic pressure in an increase in the rate of what   Capillary pressure  
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what is extra-cellular fluid   similiar in composition, high concentration of sodium, chloride, calcium, and bicarbonate ions, and lesser concentration of potassium, magnesium, phosphate, and sodium ions  
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what is intra-cellular fluid   high concentrations of potassium, phosphate, and magnesium ions, greater concentration of sulfate ions and lesser sodium, chloride, and bicarbonare ions. has greater concentration of protein than plasma  
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What regulates the movement of water and electrolytes between fluid compartments   intracellular and extracellular composition  
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a person in a moderate enviroment probably would lose the greatest amount of water by what means   exercise adn lack of hydration  
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Acid base buffer systems minimize pH changes by what mechanism   bicarbonate buffer system, phosphate buffer system, protein buffer system  
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define the acid base buffers in blood   H+ dorps carboxyl group can becoame ionized, releasing hydrogen thus resisting pH change  
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What are the bronial tree and branches   composes of secondary or lobar and bronchi (2 on left and 3 on right) branches: right and left primary bronchi, secondary bronchi, tertiary bronchi, intralobular bronchioles, terminal bronchioles, respiratory bronchioles, aveolar ducts, alveolar sac, aveo  
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