A&P 101 Sem. 2 Final Flashcards
causes of conduction deafness
malformation of outer ear, fluid in middle ear, buildup of earwax
causes of motion sickness
stimulation of semicircular canals during motion
Characteristics of light and vision
pupil dilates with less light, constricts with more, rods help with night/low light vision, cones with color distinction
Characteristics of articular cartilage
hyaline cartilage that covers the ends of long bones, protects, prevents friction
elastic cartilage
similar to hyaline, found in external ear and epiglottis
fibrocartilage
highly compressed with great tensile strength
contains collagen fibers
found in menisci of the knee and in intervertebral discs
homeostatic imbalance
illness
hyaline cartilage
support, flexibility, resilience most abundant of skeletal cartilages articular- covers ends of long bones costal- connects the ribs to the sternum respiratory- makes up larynx, reinforces air passages nasal- supports the nose
characteristics of odorants
bind to transmembrane odorant receptors of olfactory hair membranes, binds G proteins
characteristics of various muscle cells
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action potential
electrical impulses carried along the length of axons, always the same regardless of stimulus
the underlying functional
afferent nerves
sensory nerves
conjunctiva
thin, transparent mucous membrane
desmosomes
junction between cells..???????????
disaccharide
common table sugar
efferent nerves
motor nerves
endomysium
surrounds a group of muscle fibers
epimysium
covers an entire muscle
excitatory potential
EPSP- excitatory postsynaptic potentials
graded potentials that can initiate an action potential in an axon
use only chemically gated channels
Na+ and K+ flow in opposite directions at the same time
postsynaptic membranes do not generate action potentials
ganglia
group of cell bodies located outside the CNS
gap junction
communication joint between cells
generator potential
because of a graded potential that must be strong enough to stimulate an action potential
graded potential
short response, smaller the farther away from source
mixed nerves
carry autonomic and somatic impulses
four types
somatic afferent and somatic efferent
visceral afferent and visceral efferent