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How many stages are there in the healing of a bone fracture?

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Four stage

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What type of fracture is common in children?

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Greenstick Fracture

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A _______ is a narrow slit-like opening and a _____ is a shallow basin-like depression serving as an articular surface.

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Fissure; Fossa

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What is located om the humorous?

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The greater tubercle

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There are ____ true ribs and ___ floating ribs.

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7; 2

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What is the structure found on the Femur?

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Intercondular Fossa

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What are the five regions of the vertebral column in roder from superior to inferior/

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Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, and Coccygeal

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The brain and spinal cord make up what system,?

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Central Nervous system

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The synaptic cleft is found in between what?

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Neurons

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The point where communication occurs between neurons.

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Synaptic Cleft

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What part of the neuron receives information?

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Dendrites

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_____ nerves are white in color, while ____ are grey

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Myelninated; unmeylinated

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Whta nerve is faster than the unmyelinated?

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Myelinated

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Nerves impulse propagation requires what?

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action potential

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What is released at the axon terminal?

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Neurotransmitters

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What enables voluntary control of skeletal muscles?

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The frontal Lobe

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What controls our body’s temperature?

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Hypothalamus

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18
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What is a bacterial or viral irritation of the conjunctiva?

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Pinkeye

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What is the white of the eye?

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Sclera

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What is the pigmented portion of the eye?

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Iris

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What is the transparent anterior portion of the Sclera?

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The Cornea

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What is located in the middle ear/

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Ossicles

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What is another name for the tympanic membrane?

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The Eardrum

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Where are are the hair cells used for hearing located?

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Organ of Corti

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What are the taste sensations?
Bitter, Salty, sweet, and Sour
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Chemo-receptors are the receptors for?
Taste and Smell
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What is located within the Sphenoid bone?
Pituitary Gland
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What is the the lutenzing hormone in men called?
Interstitial cell stimulating hormone
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What does not control the body's coordination?
Hormones
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What is not produced by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland?
Oxytocin
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The binding of a hormomne to its target cell does not usually cause what?
Cellular mutation
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What is the hypersecretion of growth hormone in adulthood?
Acromegaly
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Rising blood levels of aldosterone cause the kidney tubules to reabsorb what?
Sodium
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What is the antagoinst to calcitonin?
Parathormone
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What is necessary for proper thyroid function?
Iodine
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What is the hyposecretion of thyroxine in early childhood?
Cretinism
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What may indicate a malfumction of the parathyroid gland?
Tetany
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What is another name for antidiuretic hormone?
Vasopressin
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What is not produced by the adrenal cortex?
Epinephrine
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The posterior [pituitary is not strictly and endocrine gland because why?
It releases hormones
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What are the tiny masses found on the [osterior surface of the thyroid gland?
Parathyroid glands
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What stimulates the osteoclast decrease the calcium within the bones?
PTH
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What helps regulate the sleep-wake cycle?
Melatonin
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What is produced by the beta cells?
Insulin
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What has a hypoglcemic effect?
Insulin
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What is responsible for the maturation of the T lymphocytes?
Thymosin
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What disease is the hypo secretion of the adrenal cortex hormones?
Addison's Disease
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What flows to the heart?
Lymph
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What does not have similiar valves to veins?
Lymph nodes
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The thymus programs the _____ cells at peak levesll during youth.
T
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The right lymphatic duct drains lymph from the what quadrant?
The right Upper quadrant?
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______ are lymph tissue found omn the walls of the small intestine?
Peyer's Patches
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The pumping action of the heart does or does not aid in lymph return?
Does not
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What is slower the specific or non specific body system?
Specific body system
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Macrophages do or do not circulate throughout the body?
Do not
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Is the appendix a lymphatic organ?
No
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What are the four cardinal signs of inflammation?
Redness, heat,swelling, pain
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What is one of the first line of defense?
Mucous membrane
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What are two chemicals released immediately after injury occurs?
Histamine and Kinin
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What protects nearby cells from viruses? (Its a protein)
Inteferon
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What is the bodys thermostat?
The hypothalamus
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What is the valve that is atrioventricular and found on the right side of the hear?
Tricuspid Valve
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The left atrium recieves blood rom what veins?
Pulmonary Veins
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The aortic semilunar valve (3 cusps) opens when the ventricle is in what?
Systole
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The mitral valve prevents back flow into what?
Left atrium
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What carries oxygenated blood?
Pulmonary vein
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What is the pacemaker of the heart?
The SA node
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The aorta receives blood during ____ ___ _____, and the _____ _____ receives blood during right ventricular systole.
Left Ventricle systole; pulmonary trunk
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What is the volume of blood pumped out of each ventricle during systole?
Stoke volume
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What is a fast heart beat called?
Tachycardia
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What is a slower heart beat called?
Bradycardia
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The "lub" sound is long and loud because?
It is the closure of the AV valve
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Why do substances leave the bloodstream at the arterial end of the capillary?
Blood pressure is higher
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What do incompetent venous veins cause?
Varicose veins
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What is the blood flow path?
Arteries, arterioles, capillary beds, venules, veins
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What causes increased peripheral resistance?
Atherosclerosis
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What is the order of blood vessel from outer to inner?
Tunica externa, tunica media, tunica intimas
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What modifies epidermal cholestrol into vitman D?
Skin
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What are the epithelial tissue membranes?
Cutaneous; Mucous; Serous
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What layer of skin is made up of keratinized cells with no blood supply?
Epidermis
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What system causes vasoconstriction to occur?
The sympathetic nervous system
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What kind of membrane lines the body cavities that open to the outside?
Mucous membrane
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What is another name for the cutaneous membrane?
Skin
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What is the synovial membrane composed of?
Connective tissue
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What is made up of sweat glands, hair, and nails?
Skin
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The hypodermis is made up of what type of tissue?
Adipose (fat) tissue
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Melanocytes are made where?
The stratum basale
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What protects DNA from damaging UV radiation?
Melanin
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Where is the dermal papillary layer?
In the upper dermal region
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What material do the fetal sebaceous glands produce?
Vernix Caseosa
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What is contact dermatitis?
Skin exposure to chemicals
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Nails are scale like modifications of the what?
Epidermis
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What is the rule of nine used for?
Estimating the fluid loss in burn patients.
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What is the first threat to a third-degree burn patient?
Dehydration
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The ankle bones are considered ______, and the vertebrae are _________?
Short; irregular
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What are the most important minerals stored in the bone?
Calcium and phosphorus
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______marrow stores fat and ______ marrow makes blood cells.
Yellow; Red
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The presence of an _____ means that the bone is still lengthening (growing)
Epiphyseal plate
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What connects the periosteum to the compact bone?
Sharpey's fibers
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What type of fracture is common in and osteoporotic bone?
A compression fracture
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What is it called when a bone is exposed to the outside?
Compound fracture
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What type of fracture is a crushed bone?
Compression fracture.
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The foramen magnum passes through what bone?
Occipital bone
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A comminuted fracture is what?
Where the bone is fragmented
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Histamine and kinin do not stimulate what?
Lysozyme

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