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Study Stack Set 2

Weeks 6-12

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CNS vs PNS CNS: structural and functional center of the nervous system containing the brain and spinal cord, interpreting sensory information, and initiates outgoing response. PNS: contains nerve tissues that are in "peripheral" outer regions.
Sympathetic vs Parasympathetic divisions Sympathetic: fight or flight Parasympathetic: rest and repair
Types of senses Sense of: pain, temperature, touch, proprioception, smell, taste, hearing/ balance, vision
Major endocrine glands and locations Hypothalamus (cranial) Pituitary (cranial) Pineal (cranial) Thyroid/ Parathyroid) (neck) Thymus (mediastinum) Adrenal (abdominal/ retroperitoneal) Pancreatic (abdominal/ pancreas) Ovaries (pelvic) Testes (scrotum) Placenta (pregnant uterus)
Classes of blood cells Erythrocytes (transports O2/ CO2) Neutrophils (cellular defense) Basophils (heparin secretion) Eosinophils (cellular defense) Lymphocytes (humoral defense) Monocytes (macrophage) Platelet (blood clotting)
Artery/ Vein/ Capillaries Artery: carries blood away from heart Vein: carries blood towards heart Capillaries: carries blood between arteries and veins permitting substance exchange between blood and surrounding tissue
Layers of heart Epicardium: outer layer Myocardium: middle bulky layer Endocardium: interior lining
Fetal circulation components 1. Two umbilical arteries 2. Placenta 3. Umbilical vein 4. Ductus Venous/ arteriosus 5. Foramen ovale
Starling's law of the heart -The longer and more stretched the heart fibers in the beginning of contraction, the stronger the general contraction. -The amount of blood in the heart at the end of diastole determines amount of stretch/ preload placed on heart fibers.
Ejection fraction Ratio of stroke volume to end-diastolic volume
Afterload The pumping work that the heart must do to push blood into the arteries. The harder the push, the lower the stroke volume.
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