Anatomy and Physiology

Question 1

What is absorption?

Answer 1

function of the skin to permit certain substances to penetrate through the cells of the epidermis.

Question 2

What is the process of cell growth and division?

Answer 2

cell cycle

Question 3

What is the study of organs and the systems of the body?

Answer 3

Anatomy

Question 4

What are cells?

Answer 4

The basic units of living matter

Question 5

What is the control center of cells called?

Answer 5

Nucleus

Question 6

What is the body’s largest organ?

Answer 6

skin

Question 7

What is the skin’s normal ph?

Answer 7

4.5-5.5

Question 8

What are the three main layers of skin?

Answer 8

epidermis
dermis
subcutaneous

Question 9

What are the five layers of the epidermis?

Answer 9

stratum basale, stratum spinosa, stratum granulosum, stratum lucidum, stratum corneum

Question 10

What is the outermost layer of the skin?

Answer 10

epidermis

Question 11

what do collagen and elastic fibers provide the skin?

Answer 11

strength and flexibility

Question 12

What are pores?

Answer 12

tiny openings that allow sweat or sebum to pass through

Question 13

What is the study of hair?

Answer 13

trichology

Question 14

What is hirsutism?

Answer 14

excessive amounts of terminal hair found in women in areas of the body when men usually get hair

Question 15

What is the opposite of inversion?

Answer 15

eversion

Question 16

what is myology?

Answer 16

the study of the structure, function, and diseases of the muscles

Question 17

what are phalanges?

Answer 17

The 14 bones that are found in the fingers of each hand and also in the toes of each foot.

Question 18

Osteology is the study of what?

Answer 18

The study of bone

Question 19

What connects bones to bones?

Answer 19

ligaments

Question 20

What connects muscles to bones?

Answer 20

tendons

Question 21

what is the average resting heart rate?

Answer 21

65-85 beats per minute

Question 22

what can you wear to prevent varicose veins?

Answer 22

wear support tights or socks and the appropriate sized shoe

Question 23

What is the lymphatic sysytem?

Answer 23

network of organs, lymph nodes, and lymph vessels that make and move lymph fluid from tissues into the bloodstream.

Question 24

What is a lymph node?

Answer 24

bean shaped structures that filter out bacteria and viruses from the lymph fluid.

Question 25

Where is the buccal lymph node?

Answer 25

in the area

Question 26

Where is the parotid lymph node?

Answer 26

in front of the ears above the jaws

Question 27

Where is the occipital lymph node?

Answer 27

at the base of the skull

Question 28

Approximately how many gallons of blood are in the adult human body?

Answer 28

5.3

Question 29

How can we use lymph nodes to detect infection?

Answer 29

check to see if they are swollen

Question 30

Where is the mastoid lymph node?

Answer 30

behind the ears

Question 31

What is the study of the nervous system?

Answer 31

neuroscience

Question 32

the brain, spinal cord and spinal and cranial nerves are called what?

Answer 32

the central nervous system

Question 33

what controls the nervous system?

Answer 33

the brain

Question 34

what are the 3 major areas of the brain?

Answer 34

spinal cord, cerebellum, cerebrum

Question 35

what is the function of nerves?

Answer 35

to carry messages from the central nervous system throughout the rest of the body and back