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Physiology

Weeks 1-6

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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
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