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Physio 1 - Midterm
Nightingale Physiology Midterm
| Impact of effector activity on sensors may be positive or negative. Homeostatic mechanisms are categorized as... | Organs that are directly influenced by physiological variables or mechanisms |
| Negative feedback control systems oppose changes that are opposite in direction to disturbances, they are.... | Slowed or maintained in the homeostatic range |
| Define Autoimmunity | Self-Immunity |
| Term that means course of disease development | Pathogenesis |
| Where is the body's thermostat located | Hypothalamus |
| What is ATP | Form of Energy that cells generally use |
| What is a nucleic acid composed of | Subunits of sugar, nitrogen base and phosphate bond |
| Four elements of proteins | Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen |
| What type of lipid forms hormones | Steroids |
| How is maltose formed | When two molecules of glucose join |
| What does a prostaglandin act as | "tissue hormone" |
| What is an enzyme | A protein that acts as a catalyst |
| What happens during anaphase | Chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cells along the spindle fibers |
| How does RNA make protein | Translation |
| Stage of mitosis where the centrioles move to opposite poles of the cell | Prophase |
| What happens with an active transport | Materials move from a low concentration to a high concentration |
| Statum basale | Layer where keratinization begins |
| Barrier area of the skin | Stratum corneum |
| What tissue causes a keloid scar | Connective |
| What does brown fat do | Helps newborns maintain body temp |
| External portion of the bone.. | Cortical Bone |
| Function of axial skeleton | Framework for muscles that anchor and stabilize appendicular bones |
| Where is the zone of hypertrophy in the epiphyseal plate | Third layer |
| Kyphosis | Condition caused by abnormal roundness in the T-Spine |
| What is isometric contraction | Muscle tension increases, but muscle length stays the same |
| Pillow-like structure in some synovial joints | Bursa |
| What kind of joint is a gliding joint | Multiaxial |
| The major functions of muscle? | Movement, Support, Protection, Heat Generation |
| Another name of aerobic training | Endurance Training |
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