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Physiology
Weeks 1-6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Epidemiology? | The study of the occurence, distribution and transmission of diseases in human populations. |
| What is Homeostasis? | A state of relative constancy. |
| Which lipid is part of vitamin D? | Steriods. |
| What is glycoprotein made up of? | a carbohydrate and a protein. |
| How can water move through the cell membrane? | By facilitated diffusion. |
| True or False; diffusion requires a concentration gradient. | True |
| What is channel-mediated transport? | The process in which a membrane carrier structure attracts a solue to a binding site, changes shape, and releases the solute on the other side of the cell membrane. |
| What is osmosis? | The physical process by which water and solute move through a membrane when a hydrostatic pressure gradient exiswts across the membrane. |
| What is the name of the area referred to as true skin? | dermis. |
| True or False; epithelial tissue is important in communication and control. | False. |
| Which cells electrically insulate axons to increase the speed of conduction? | Oligodendrocytes. |
| True of False; The humerus articulates proximally with the clavicle. | False. |
| What is the term used when moving a body part away from the medial plane of the body? | Abduction. |
| What is the type of movement that occurs when the head is dropped to the shoulder, then to the chest, to the other shoulder, and toward the back? | circumduction. |
| What phase of the twitch contraction is there a triggering release of calcium ions into the sacroplasm? | Relaxation Phase |
| What is the opposite of eversion? | Inversion. |
| What are three causes of physiological muscle fatigue? | A relative lack of ATP High levels of lactate Failure of the sodium-potassium pumps |