Question | Answer |
What is the LEAST common but MOST dangerous form of cancer? | Melanoma |
What are the 4 stages of Bone healing in order? | Hematoma forms, Callus Forms, Bony Callus, Bone Remodeling |
Where are red blood cells formed? | Marrow |
What is the blueish material formed in the embryonic bone? | Hyaline Cartilage |
What are hip and shoulder joints called? | Ball and Socket joints |
What is the Oxxa Coxae? | Hip Bone |
What is the Axial skeleton? | Skull, spine and ribs |
Which bone does not articulate with any other bone | Hyoid |
The Neuromuscular junction is... | Where the nerve sits on and attaches to the nerve. Between a Neuron and a muscle |
What attaches bone to muscle? | Tendons |
A Sarcomere is | Segment of myofibril, Smallest contractile unit of muscle, extends from one z disc to the next |
________is attached to the movable bone, when muscle contract, moves towards the origin which is immovable. | Insertion |
Quadriceps (Thigh) include what muscles? | Rectus Femoris, Vastus lateralis, Vastus medialis. |
Largest protective organ of our body? | Skin or integument |
What glands produce hormones that regulate body systems.... | Endocrine glands |
What cavity houses the lungs and heart? | Thoracic Cavity |
The Dorsal Cavity contains what? | Cranial and spinal |
What element us a universal solvent? | Water |
ATP is... | Energy |
Levels of structural organization that make up the body... | Chemical level>Cellular >Tissue >
Organ >Organ System >Organism |
Covalent bonds... | Atoms Shared |
Ionic bonds take what... | An electron |
______ Reaction occurs when two or more atoms or molecules combine to form a larger, more complex molecule. | Synthesis Reaction |
Solutions with a pH lower then 7 are... | Acidic |
Alkaline solutions have a pH higher or lower 7? | Higher |
Inorganic compounds lack....? | They lack Carbon |
Organic Compounds contain what? | Carbon |
Enzymes are catalysts that do what? | Start a reaction |
Enzymes are recognized by this suffix forming part of its name.. | -ASE |
Movement of molecules from a high concentration region to a low concentration region | Diffusion |
What type of muscle is striated and involuntary... | Cardiac |
What type of muscle is NOT striated and involuntary | Smooth |
This muscle is striated and voluntary.. | Skeletal |
What is the study of tissues called? | Histology |
Where are proteins built? | In Ribosomes |
What is the cell membrane made out of? | A Phospholipid bilayer |
In what layer of the epidermis do the cells actively divide stem cells? | Stratum Basale layer |
If your skin is red, painful and swollen what degree burn do you have? | 1st Degree |
Your burn is this degree if its red, swollen and blistered. | 2nd Degree |
If your skin is gone, what degree burn do you have? | 3rd Degree |
Bone tissue found at the ends of long bones.. | Spongy bone |
The hip bones are formed by the fusion of three bones, the.... | illium, ischium and pubis |
What is the antagonist of the quadriceps? | The Hamstrings |
Segment of myofibril, Smallest contractile unit of muscle, extends from one z disc to the next | Sarcomere |
In the reflex arc the message from the brain is ____ and to the brain is_____. | Motor, Sensory |
In what part of the nervous system does the body automatically defend itself? | The Autonomic (Involuntary) nervous system |
What carries the message away from the neuron? | Axon |
Junction between two neurons | Synapse |
What part of the brain controls swallowing and breathing? | Medulla Oblongata |
What does the Sympathetic nervous system control? | Fight or flight response |
Pathway of light through the eye... | Cornea>Aqueous Humor>Lens>
Vitreous Humor>Retina |
Photoreceptor cells are.... | Rods and cones |
Semicircular canals control... | Dynamic and Static Equilibrium |
Where is the Spiral Organ of Corti located? | The cochlea |
Order that sound passes through the ear... | Pinna>Auditory Canal>Eardrum>
Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup>
Oval Window>Internal Ear |
Where are the savory receptors on the tongue? | Middle of the tongue |
What is the largest endocrine gland? | Pineal Gland |
Testosterone is produced where? | Testes |
Adrenals glands are found where? | On top of the kidneys |
What organ makes insulin to break down sugar? | Pancreas |
Hormones get on the ____highway? | Blood (Circulatory System) |
This doesn't have a nucleus | Erythrocytes |
What is a pigment in cells? | Hemoglobin |
Do leukocytes have nucleus? | Yes |
What cells have hemoglobin that carry oxygen? | Red Blood cells |
Bone marrow is the site of.... | Red blood cell formation |
What formed element clots blood? | Platelets |
Universal blood recipient? | Type AB |
What is the largest blood vessel in the body? | Aorta |
Smallest vessels in the body... | Capillaries |
What is the pacemaker of the heart? | Sinoatrial Node (SA Node) |
What separates the left atrium from the left ventricle? | Bicuspid(mitral) valve |
Nutrient system of the heart | Coronary Vessels |
Natural immunity is... | Mothers milk and exposure |
Artificial immunity is... | Vaccines and needles |
HIV attacks.... | Helper T Lymphocytes |
Lymphatic structures found in small intestines | Peyer's Patches |
Plasma cells (immature B lymphocytes) produce what.... | antibodies |
Capturing lymph fluid from blood vessels and putting it back in is a function of what body system> | Lymphatic System |
Lines the nasal cavity, rests of rich network of thin-walled veins the warm air as it flows past. Moistens air and traps incoming bacteria and other foreign debris | Respiratory Mucosa |
Process that gas exchange uses... | Diffusion |
What protects the covering of the larynx | Epiglottis |
What is used in both the respiratory and digestive system? | Pharynx |
Pathway Carbon Dioxide leaves the body... | Alveoli>>bronchi>>trachea >>
larynx>>pharynx |
Membrane that covers the lungs... | Pleura |
What covers everything exposed to the outside? | Muscosa |
Name three respiratory disorders... | COPD, Emphysema, Bronchitis |
Wavelike motion of contraction and relaxation of the muscles, propels food when swallowing... | Peristalsis |
What forms stool? | Large Intestines |
Pathway of food... | Pharynx>Esophagus>
Stomach>Small Intestine>
Large Intestine |
What forms the renal corpuscle? | Glomerulus and Bowmans Capsule |
Outer region on Kidney? | Renal Cortex |
Inner region of Kidney? | Renal Medulla |
Main functioning Unit of the kidney... | The Nephron |
Order of Urine elimination? | Collecting Duct> Renal Pelvis>
Ureters>Bladder>Urethra |
Fertilized egg has how many chromosomes? | 46 |
Where does fertilization of the ova occur? | Fallopian tube |
What surrounds a baby in the placenta? | Amniotic fluid |