Question | Answer |
The greatest visual acuity is found at the | fovea centralis |
Gradual clouding of the lens | cataracts |
cortical region for hearing | temporal lobe |
Olfactory tract damage would affect | taste and smell |
White covering of the eye | sclera |
Salty taste | tip |
lack of one type of cone cell | color blindness |
farsightedness | hyperopia |
Cone cells | color vision |
the portion of the eye concerned with image formation | retina |
choriod | vascular light abssorbing tunic |
The __________ controls the amount of light entering the eye | iris |
Type I diabetes melitis must control it with | insulin injections |
Hypothyroidism in children is called | cretinism |
________ is the hormone that allows glucose to be taken up by the body | insulin |
_________ acts antagonistically to insulin and is produced by the same endocrine gland | glucagon |
Normals development of the immune system is due to hormones produced by the | thymus |
____________ is necessary for the synthesis of thyroxine | iodine |
Growth hormones | effects bones and muscles |
_______________ stimulates milk production | prolactin |
When both A and B clot on the plate the blood type is | AB |
Blood normally clots in | 3 to 6 minutes |
The axillary artery is located | in the arm pit |
the normal pH of blood is | 7.4 |
decrease in oxygen carrying capacity of the blood | anemia |
is the respiratory pigment that binds to oxygen | hemaglobin |
is the liquid portion of blood | plasma |
means defiency of blood | ischemia |
arteries that feed capillary beds | arterioles |
carry blood toward heart and have valves | veins |
permit gas to exchange between the blood and tissue | capillaries |
freshly oxygenated blood is recieved by the | left atrium |
the myocardium of the heart recieves its blood supply from | coronary arteries |
High blood pressure | hypertension |
heart beating greater than 100 times a minute | tachycardia |
ideal vital capacity | 4800ml |
total volume of exchangable air | total lung capacity |
competes with oxygen for binding sites is deadly | Carbon monoxide |
prevents aspiration of food into the lower respiratory passages | eppiglottis |
controls the diaphram | phrenic nerve |
the detergantlike molecule that prevents alveoli from sticking together | surfactant |
normal breathing | eupnea |
has the greatest stimulating effect on the brain | carbon monoxide |
signifcantly delays stomach emptying | lipids or fats |
stores and concentrates bile | gall bladder |
spincter between the esophagus and stomach | cardioesophageal |
chemical digestions of fats is intiated in the | small intestine |
chemical digestion of proteins is intiated in teh | stomach |
insulin is produced in the | pancreas |
vitamin associated with eyesite | A |
soupy mixture of food in the stomach | chyme |
the structures in the intestine that increase the surface area | vili |
the structure that suspends the small intestine from the abdominal wall | mesentery |
usually indicates liver problems | jaundice |
causes severe eppigastric pain associated with prolong storage of bile in the gall bladder | gall stones |
blood sugar | glucose |
three nitrogenous waste found in blood | urea, uric acid, creatinine |
alcohol acts as a diuretic because it inhibits the release of | ADH |
inflammation of the bladder | cystitis |
when voiding cannot be voluntarily controlled | incontinence |
Daily we loose about this many liters of water | 1.5 |
body water content is greates in | infants |
electrolyte most involved in fluid balance | sodium |
kidney excretes | nitrogenous waste |
pus in the urine | pyruia |
may indicate a peron is pregnant if it is present in the urine | albumin |
presence of glucose in the urine may indicate | diabetes mellitis |
voiding or emptying the bladder | micturation |
when white blood cells are atracted to an inflamitory area | chemotaxis |
the antibody most abundant in body secretions | IgA |
shorterm immune protection antibodies are recieved from someone else | passive immunity |
Most numerous phagocyte | neurtophil |
T cells | cell mediated immunity |
antibody that have the highest percentage in the blood | IgG |
antibody in tears and saliva | IgA |
Antibody associated with the allergic reaction | IgE |
type of immunity passed from mother to baby | passive immunity |
type of immunity when you get a vaccine | active immunity |
Hiv invades and kills, they turn on the immune system | Helper T cells |
turns off the immune system | supressor T cell |
attact and lyses pathogens | killer T cell (cytotoxic) |
surrounded by the prostrate gland | urethra |
mouth of the uterus | cervix |
the set of color receptors with in the retina are sensitive to what 3 visable wavelenghts | red, blue, gree |
olfactory cells are normally stimulated by substances | in solution |
bacterial infection known as pinkeye | conjuntivitis |
when neither A or B clots on the plate the blood type is | O |
arteriole system that supplies the brain with blood | carotid |
heart beating too slow less t han 50 beats per minute | bradycardia |
animal storage form of carbohydrates | glycogen |
brain cells suffer most when this drops | blood glucose |
digestion of this begins in the mouth | carboydrates |
increase during alleric reations | esonophils |
type of waste excreted by the kidneys | nitrogenous |
type of immunity that reacts to anything that is nonself example phagocytosis, skin, mucus | nonspecific immunity |
where the egg is producedd | ovary |
responsible for the yellow color of urine | urochrome |
unequal curve of the lens of the eye | astimgatism |
bending of light | refraction |