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Liz API FINAL REV
ST110 API Final Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "K" is the atomic symbol for | Potassium |
| Atom is stable when what energy level is full | Outer energy level |
| DNA molecule is made up nucleotides arranged to form a | Double helix |
| Heart | Cardi/o- |
| Enter/o- | Small intestines |
| -algia | Pain |
| Path- | Disease |
| Cyan/o- | Blue |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal |
| -ology | Study of |
| -rraphy | Surgical suturing |
| -otomy | Surgical incision into |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| Pancreaticoduodenectomy | Whipple |
| Procedure to repair a deviated septum | Septoplasty |
| Visualization of the uterus with an endoscope | Hysteroscopy |
| Removal of the uterus through the abdomen | TAH |
| Incision into the eardrum | Myringotomy |
| Removal of the largest salivary gland | Parotidectomy |
| Removal of the appendix through an endoscope | Laparoscopic appendectomy |
| Region above the Umbilical Region | Epigrastric |
| Region above the Right Iliac Region | Right lumbar |
| Region that is the same as the Right Iliac Region | Right Inguinal |
| Any pathological change or ds in the spinal cord | Myelopathy |
| Any ds caused by fungus | Mycosis |
| Study of the ears, nose, throat | Otorhinolaryngology |
| Excess fluid in body tissue causes swelling | Edema |
| Lower than normal blood pressure | Hypotension |
| Between (not within) the parts of tissue | Interstitial |
| To collapse and be laying flat or to be overcome with exhaustion | Prostrate (with an R, NOT prostate, prolapse or pronation) |
| Discomfort due to the regurgitation of stomach acid upward into the esophagus | Pyrosis |
| Virile | Possession of masculine traits |
| The act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward | Supination |
| Identification of a ds | Diagnosis |
| Formation or discharge or pus | Suppuration |
| Male gland that lies under the urinary bladder and surrounds the urethra | Prostate (NOT ProstRate that means to fall down and lay flat) |
| Act of binding or tying off blood vessels or ducts | Ligation |
| The pounding or racing of the heart | Palpitation |
| Examination technique in which the examiner users their hands to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts | Palpation |
| Study of disorders of the newborn | Neonatology |
| Inflammation of the renal pelvis of the kidney | Pyelitis |
| Surgical creation of an opening bt the colon and the body surface | Colostomy |
| Abnormally large liver | Hepatomegaly |
| Removal of stones from the common bile duct | Choledochlithotomy |
| Drooping of the eyelids | Blepharoptosis |
| System | Group of organs working together to perform a function |
| Primary functions of the Integumentary System | Protection of the underlying structures |
| # of Organ Systems of the body | 11 |
| # of bones in the Skeletal System | 206 |
| Nervous system performs all of the same general functions as what system | Endocrine System |
| Communication bt body functions and the integration of body functions is accomplished by specialized signals | Nerve Impulse |
| Endocrine system secretes | Hormones |
| Endocrine system is composed of special glands that ___ chemicals | Secrete |
| Primary functions of the cardiovascular system | Transportation of materials |
| Moving towards the feet | Inferior |
| Coronal plane | Frontal plane |
| Lowest regions of the body | Right and left Iliac |
| Organs located in the mediastinum | Trachea, Hrt, BV |
| Organs located in the Abdominopelvic cavity | Pancreas, Small Intestines, Stomach |
| Cholecyst/o | Gallbladder |
| Portion consists of the head, neck, torso | Axial |
| Antenatal | Before birth |
| Part of the small intestines | Ileum |
| Supraclavicular | Above the clavicle |
| Olecranal | Back of the elbow |
| Axillary | Armpit |
| Volar | Palm or sole |
| Perineal | Area bt the genitals and the anus |
| Plantar | Sole of foot |
| Occipital | Back of the lower skull |
| Zygomatic | Upper cheek |
| Cephalic | Head |
| Buccal | Cheek |
| Homeostasis | Relative consistency of the internal environment |
| Prediction of the probable cause and outcome of a disease | Prognosis |
| Plane that divides the body into upper and lower parts | Transverse |
| Plane that divides the body into right and left sides | Sagittal |
| Toward the front | Anterior |
| Contains the lungs | Pleura |
| Contains the liver | Abdominal |
| The center, middle region | Umbilical |
| Connective tissue contains large fat compartments | Adipose |
| Most specialized forms of connective tissue, it's matrix is hard and calcified | Bone |
| The function of nervous tissue | Provides rapid communication bt body structures and control of body functions |
| The active transport process is used to incorporate fluids or dissolved substances into cells | Pinocytosis |
| Cell structure encloses the cytoplasm and forms the outer boundary for the human cell | Plasma membrane |
| Threadlike structures made of protein and DNA found in the nucleus | Chromatin |
| Purpose of mitosis | To replace cells that are damaged or destroyed |
| Connective tissue that is hard but flexible and contains imbedded chondrocytes | Cartilage |
| Function of ____ muscle is to maintain body posture | Skeletal |
| Squamous cells | Flat |
| Stage of mitosis in which the two nuclei appear and the cell division is complete | Telophase |
| Superficial | Near the surface |
| Transverse plane | Horizontal or crosswise plane |
| Tissues | Organization of many similar cells that perform a specific function |
| Study of functions of structures and their parts | Physiology |
| Human anatomical position | The body is erect, arms at sides, palms turned forward, head and feet pointed forward |
| Organs contained in the dorsal cavity | Spinal cord, brain |
| NOT located in the ventral cavity | Spinal cavity (Liver, Spleen and Urinary bladder are) |
| NOT a definition of the root word cyst/o | Kidney (fluid-filled sac, urinary bladder, cyst are) |
| Muscle | My/o |
| Gray | Poli/o |
| Slow | Brady |
| Fast | Tachy |
| Painful | Dys- |
| Against | Anti- |
| Dorsal cavity is made up of which sub cavities | Cranial, spinal |
| NOT main part of the cell | Nucleolus (Plasma membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm) |
| Small structures that make up much of he cytoplasm | Organelles |
| Hair-like extensions found on the surfaces of the cell | Cilia |
| The "protein factories" of the cell | Ribosomes |
| "Power plants" of the cell | Mitochondria |
| Ingests microbes that enter the cell | Lysosomes |
| Active transport processes requires the use of | ATP |
| Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane when some of the solutes cannot cross the membrane | Osmosis |
| Uphill movement of a substance through a living cell membrane | Active transport |
| NOT an active transport process | Osmosis (Ion pump, phagocytosis, pinocytosis are) |
| "Genetic info" contained in ____ molecules ultimately determines the transmission and expression of our heritable traits | DNA |
| Another name for the cell division | Mitosis |
| Phase of cell division do chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell | Metaphase |
| NOT a main type of tissue | Transverse (epithelial, connective, nervous are) |
| Abnormal mass that forms when the body fails to control mitosis | Neoplasm |
| NOT classified as a Connective Tissue | Simple Squamous (Areolar, adipose, hemopoietic are) |
| Most abundant and widely distributed tissue in the body | Connective Tissue |
| NOT a cell shape | Circular (squamous, cuboidal, columnar are) |
| Stratified squamous epithelium is found on the surface of the lining of | The mouth and the esophagus |
| Smooth muscle tissue | Visceral |
| NOT a type of muscle tissue | Rigid (skeletal, smooth, and cardiac are) |
| Blood like connective tissue found in the red marrow cavities of bones | Hemopoietic |
| Location that Nervous tissue is found | Brain, spinal cord, and nerves |
| Location of cardiac muscle | Heart |
| Part of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body | Axon |
| Formerly thought to be responsible for apoptosis (programmed cell death) | Lysosomes |
| Part of the sperm cell that gives it motility | Flagella |
| Phagocytosis is an active transport process that requires ____ | Energy |
| Type of replication that precedes mitosis | DNA |
| Stage of mitosis is sometimes referred to as the "resting stage" | Interphase |
| Type of epithelial tissue is found in body areas that stretch, such as the urinary bladder | Stratified transitional |
| Type of passive transport uses pressure rather than a concentration difference to move substances | Filtration |
| Cardiac muscle AKA | Striated involuntary |
| Smooth muscle AKA | Non-striated |
| A cleavage furrow begins to develop in what stage of mitosis | Anaphase |
| Messenger RNA is formed during | Transcription |