Physiology Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Chemoreceptors in the _______ function as part of the inspiratory and expiratory control center | Medulla Oblongata |
The medulla oblongata is sensitive to ___ and ____, while the peripheral chemoreceptors, ____ and _____ are primarily sensitive to PCO2. | CO2 and H+, carotid and aortic bodies |
Respiration is stimulated by ______ | increased PCO2, increased H+, and low PO2 |
The apneustic and pneumotaxic center lie in the ______, and function to _______. | Pons, limit the duration of inspiration and increase respiration rate |
In diabetes mellitus, the body is in which state? | metabolic acidosis (inc in ketone bodies) |
During vomiting the body is in metabolic alkalosis, what is happening to the H+ cencentration, PCO2 and respiration? | decrease in H+ and inhibited respiration causes an inc in PCO2 and inc in H+ |
In metabolic acidosis, what is happening? | Respiration is stimulated causing you to blow off CO2, thus lowering the H+ concentration |
Hyperventilation causes respiratory _______, low ___ and ____. | alkalosis, H+ and PCO2 |
With hyperventilation, why breath into a bag? | Re-breathing expired air inc PCO2 and returns pH to normal |
With hypoventilation you are experiencing respiratory ____. | acidosis (low pH) |
The neurohypophysis is connected to the brain via what? | Supraoptic Hypophyseal Tract |
What hormones are released from the posterior pituitary? | ADH/vasopressin and Oxytocin |
This hormone, _____, creates aquaporins in the ______ of the kidney to reabsorb H2O and inc BP | ADH, collecting duct |
_______ causes milk let down and causes uterine contractions during labor | Oxytocin |
What hormone stimulates milk production post partum? | Prolactin |
The anterior pituitary is influenced in two ways, what are they? | 1. Negative feedback 2. Releasing factors from the hypothalamus |
GH Releasing Factor is responsible for releasing what two hormones from the Anterior Pituitary? | 1. GH 2. Somatostatin |
An increase in GH produces ____, while a decrease produces _____ | gigantism, dwarfism |
What hormone stimulates the adrenal gland? | ACTH (Corticotropin) |
What stimulates sperm production in males? | FSH |
The hormone, _____, stimulates ______ to produce Testosterone | LH, interstitial cells of Leydig in the testes |
What is responsible for ovulation in females? | LH |
______ hormone takes calcium out of the ____ and puts it into ______ | Calcitonin, blood, bone |
Where is the melanocyte stimulating hormone produced? | Pars Intermedia |
The ______ cells of the thyroid produce its major hormone ______, that functions to regulate metabolism | parafollicular, calcitonin |
The major horm from the thyroid is ______, but the active form in the body is _____ | Thyroxine (T4), Triiodothyronine (T3) |
Decreased TH in children produces ____, while in adults it produces _____ | cretin, myedema |
Graves disease is related to an ______ in TH | increased |
Parathyroid hormone ______ blood calcium, _____ reabsorption of phosphate | increases, decreases |
What hormone takes Ca out of bone and puts it in blood? | PTH/Parathyroid hormone/Parathorome |
A decrease in PTH causes ____ while an increase causes ______ | muscle twitching/tetany, BP |
From the capsule to the medulla, name the layers of the adrenal cortex and the major hormone that they produce. | capsule 1. Zona Glomerulosa: Aldosterone 2. Zona Fasciculata: Cortisol 3. Zona Reticularis: Androgens medulla |
What hormone is increased with osteitis fibrosa cystica? | PTH |
Aldosterone _____ Na excretion and ____ K+ excretion in the distal tubule of the kidneys | reduces, increases (aka reabsorbs Na and H2O, excrete K+) |
Low calcium would affect the ___ gland while high calcium affects the ____ gland | parathyroid, thyroid |
What energy sources is cortisol involved in the metabolism of? This causes your blood sugar to ___ and your WBC count to ____ | carbohydrate, fats, proteins stay up/raise, drop |
The paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus produces | Oxytocin |
The adrenal medulla is derived from ______ and secretes _______ | neural crest cells, norepinephrine (NE) and epinephrine (Epi) |
NE and Epi are secreted in response to _____ and function to _______ | sympathetic stimulation, raise blood sugar from the liver |
Somatostatin is a horm that is produced in two places, ___ and ____, causing the inhibition of separate hormones | 1. hypothalamus (inh GH) 2. delta cells of the pancreas (inh insulin, glucagon, gastrin, secretin, renin) |
A peptide hormone, ______, is formed in the liver to mediate the affects of GH on _______ | Somatomedin, cartilage |
FSH stimulates the ______ to produce what hormone? | ovarian follicle, Estrogen |
Progesterone is produced by the _____ functioning to _____ | corpus luteum, 1.inc uterine lining 2. inc body temp |
Estrogen is high during the ___ stage of the menstrual cycle while progesterone is high during ______ stage. | Proliferative phase (1st stage) Secretory/ 2nd stage (after ovulation) |
The pancreas produces what three hormones and from what cells? | 1. Insulin from beta cells 2. Glucagon from alpha cells 3. Somatostatin from delta cells |
Which hormone is also called the thermogenic hormone? | Progesterone (for its ability to inc body temp) |
The ______ plexus is in the muscular layer of the GI tract while the _____ plexus is in the sumucosa. | Myenteric/Auerbach Meissner |
Digestion of starch begins in the mouth with this form of amylase | Ptyalin |
______ cells produce HCL which then stimulates ____ cells to produce pepsinogen | Parietal cells, Chief cells (the chief drinks pepsi) |
This substance is involved with the absorption of vit B12 and is produced by parietal cells in the stomach | Intrinsic factor |
Gastrin, which increases _______ secretions, is released from what cells? | gastric, mucosa cells of the stomach |
How does secretin influences the pancreas, duodenum and the stomach? | 1. Stimulates the flow of pancreatic juices (amylase & lipase) 2. buffers acid chyme 3. decreases gastric motility |
These hormone is released from the small intestine in response to fat in the diet. | CCK Cholecystokinin and enterogastrone |
What are two hormones that close the pyloric sphincter? | enterogastrone and CCK |
What two hormones break down proteins that are activated by Enterokinase? | Trypsin and chymotrypsin |
What hormone causes the contraction of the gall bladder and stops the action of gastrin? | CCK (to digest fats!) |
What structure in the kidney filters blood? | Glomerulus |
What is the fate of proteins and glucose in the blood when it is filtered? | Proteins don't pass through (ALL amino acids are reabsorbed in the proximal tubule) Glucose can pass through |
The Loop of Henle has two separate affects on water, what are they? | Descending limb: Osmotic P moves water into interstitial ts Ascending limb: impermeable to water |
Sodium is normally reabsorbed in three areas, what are they and what is the main one? | Prox tubule (most) Ascending limb Distal tubule |
What promotes reabsorption at the peritubular capillaries? | 1. Colloid osmotic pressure 2. Hydrostatic pressure |
Where is the most Cl- absorbed? | Prox tubule |
K+ and H+ are normally secreted at the ______ | distal tubule |
Where is the most water and glucose reabsorbed? | Prox tubule |
Interlobar artery flows into the ______, that detects a decrease in blood ___ and ____ | Afferent arteriole, pressure and volume |
Aldosterone has the most affect at which part of the kidney? | distal tubule |
Renin is released in response to ____, by ______ into the blood | decreased BP and blood volume, JG cells |
The liver produces ______ that is cleaved by renin into angiotensin I | Angiotensionogen |
The enzyme ____ in the _____ cleaves Angiotensin I into Angiotensin II | ACE/Angiotensin converting enzyme, lung |
What is the function of Angiotensin II? | 1. Stim thirst 2. VC vessels 3. Stim ADH 4. St adrenal cortex to secrete Aldosterone from the zona glomerulosa |
Where does the substance urine officially start? | collecting ducts |
The major caylx flows into _____, which flows into the renal pelvis | renal sinus (minor caylx -> major caylx -> renal sinus -> renal pelvis -> ureter) |
Blood flows from the glomerulus into what? | Efferent arteriole |
This is a law that states that anterior spinal roots are motor and dorsal are sensory | Bell Mangendie |
In Boyles law, for a volume of gas one variable remains constant while two others vary inversely | at constant temp, a volume of gas varies inversely with pressure |
The majority of carbon dioxide is found in what form? | HCO3 bicarbonate ion (70%) |
Charles law states what? | at constant pressure, a volume of gas varies directly with absolute pressure |
the solubility of gas in a liquid is proportional to the pressure of the gas is what law? | Henry |
23% of carbon dioxide is found in what form? | in combination with hemoglobin |
What does ventricular pressure depend on? | muscular tension, size and shape of the heart - this is LaPlace law |
Frank Starlings law states what? | Cardiac output is directly proportional to diastolic filling, or CO = Venous Return |
What percentage of carbon dioxide is dissolved in the blood? | 7% |
What is it called when you can not pump all of the blood out of your heart? | congestive heart failure |
What is the most common cause of left sided heart failure? | hypertension |
What two arteries carry de-oxygenated blood? | Pulmonary artery and Umbilical artery |
Which vessel has the highest concentration of blood in the body? | Pulmonary vein |
What percentage of oxygen is carried by hemoglobin? | 97% |
How is the pacemaker of the heart stimulated to contract? | it is self excitatory (SA node is the pacemaker) |
The pacemaker is excitatory to ________, then to the _____ which delays the impulse | internodal pathways, AV node |
What sends an impulse to the ventricles? | Purkinje system |
Where is the pacemaker of the heart located? | crista terminalis of the RA |
What does the P wave represent in an EKG? | atrial depolarization (atrial contraction to get the last 30% of the blood out of the atria) Also called End diastolic filling time |
Isovolumetric contraction is represented by what? | PR interval - impulse delayed so the ventricles can build tension |
What represents atrial repolarization in an EKG? | nothing, it is covered up by the QRS complex |
What represents repolarization of the papillary muscles? | U wave |
What would it mean if your patient had an altered ST segment? | myocardial infarction/acute cardiac failure (could also cause an inverted T wave) |
Right sided heart failure is causing backup in the IVC, where would it backup from there? | liver and legs |
What is the most common cause of isolated right sided heart failure? | lung condition/corpulmonaly |
How would a primary heart block show up on an EKG? | elongated PR interval |
What is heard during the 1st heart sound? | closure of AV valves during isometric contraction |
In an EKG, what signifies the end of systole? | Dicrotic notch |
Tricuspid stenosis would occur in diastole or systole? | Diastole |
What two variables would give you a persons Inspiratory Capacity? | IRV + TV (inspiratory reserve volume + tidal volume) |
Inspiratory reserve volume, tidal volume and expiratory reserve volume all together would represent what? | vital capacity |
What is your tidal volume controlled by? | pneumotaxic center |
To take a deep breath you must shut off _____ with ______. | pneumotaxic center, apneustic center (represents TV + IRV) |
All respiration is controlled by what? | Dorsal motor nucleus of the Vagus nerve |
Would an aortic stenosis be diastolic or systolic? | systolic |
Under what conditions will hemoglobin give up oxygen? | 1. inc Temp 2. inc DPG/Diphosphoglycerate 3. inc H+ 4. inc CO2 |
In the red blood cell, water and carbon dioxide combine using what enzyme? | carbonic anhydrase |
What should be the normal pH range of the blood? | 7.35-7.45 |
The Bohr Effect is a property of what molecule? | hemoglobin |
A decrease in pH would cause the dissociation curve for the Bohr effect to shift in what direction? | right it shifts right when you 1. inc Temp 2. inc DPG/Diphosphoglycerate 3. inc H+ 4. inc CO2 |
What mineral sets the threshold for nerve firing? | Calcium Ca++ controls the Na+ gates |
The ascending phase of an action potential represents what? | Depolarization, receptors leaking Na+ into the cell |
A receptor is in the hyperpolarized period, could it fire an action potential? | yes, but it would need an extremely large stimulus and to activate the Na/K pumps |
What does the dorsum sellae cover? | the infundibulum/stalk from the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary |
In a relaxed muscle, what prevents actin and myosin from combining? | ATP attached to the myosin crossbridges tropomyosin-troponin attached to actin (actin and myosin combining = contraction) |
Ca is released from the _____ at the ___ junction causing the release of _____ to the T tubules | sarcoplasmic reticulum, myoneural junction, acetylcholine |
What is the resting membrane potential of muscle? of a neuron? | muscle -90mV neuron -70mV |
What is the minimum current strength needed for an action potential to occur? | Rheobase |
What are the effector cells of the parasympathetic nervous system? | muscarine (activated by ACh) |
What brain waves would be normal in a child but abnormal in an adult? | theta |
What brain waves do you experience during REM sleep? | beta (also during specific mental activity) |
What brain waves are never seen during sleep in a normal adult? | alpha, only seen in quiet awake periods |
What 4 areas are only stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system? | 1. adrenal medulla 2. erector pili muscle (hair) 3. sweat glands 4. smooth muscle of arterioles that supply periph blood vessels for VC |
Which band within the sarcomere remains the same with contraction? | A band |
Which band within the sarcomere disappears with contraction? | H band |
Define a motor unit | the functional unit of muscle, consists of the alpha motor neuron and all the fibers it innervates |
Shortening of a muscle belly is considered what type of contraction? | concentric |
What type of contraction produced the most strength? | Eccentric contraction, lengthening of the muscle belly |
What color are slow twitch muscle fibers and why? | red because of a higher abundance of myoglobin |
What is the energy source for fast twitch muscle fibers? | anaerobic glycolysis |
Name the two exceptions to the smooth muscle is a "multiunit muscle" rule? | 1. iris of eye 2. pili erector tissue they are single unit smooth muscle |
In smooth muscle, what is the analogous to troponin? | calmodulin |
In a smooth muscle contraction, what enzyme binds calcium to calmodulin | myosin kinase |
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