FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS Flashcards
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What color is a sign or jaundice?
Yellow
How many chromosomes does spermatozoid have?
23 Chromosomes
What are the layers of the muscles?
Most inner: Endomysium
Middle: Perimysium
Outer: Epimysium
Who produces amylase?
Pancreas and salivary gland
Pancreas - Endocrine & Exocrine
Pancreas :
-Exocrine: Secretes pancreatic juice into the duodenum.
-Endocrine: It functions mostly to regulate blood sugar levels, secreting the hormones insulin, glucagon, somatonstatin and pancreatic polypeptide
What are immunoglobins?
Antibodies
Functions of immunoglobins?
“Markers of Destruction” Plasmatic cells, B cells
Main function of bile
EMUSIFICATION (digestion of fat with bile acid)
Who produce CCK?
Duodenum to secrete pancreatic juice and bile
What is Arterial Sclerosis?
Hardening of Arteries due to collagen
What is Atheroid Sclerosis?
Hardening of Vessels (aging process)
Is hydrogen Alkaline or Acid?
ACID
Opposite of hydrogen?
Bicarbinate
What is it called when there is bleeding of the upper GI tract?
MELINA
Rapid heart beat medical terminology
Tachycardia
What is palpation?
Feeling/symptom: tachycardia and bradycardia can both cause palpation
What is Bradypnea?
Slow breathing
Calcitonin
Hormone that decreases calcium in blood
Parathyroid
Increases calcium in blood/opposes calcitonin
What are cathecolamines?
Adrenaline/Noradrenaline, Epinephrine/norepinephrine. Secreted from the Adrenal gland (kidney) in the medulla
What is Dysuria?
Hard time urinating. Painful urination
Hemolysis
destruction of red blood cells
What part of the small intestine has the most chemical digestion?
Duodenum
What is the importance of Alpha Cells & Beta Cells in the Pancreatic Islets of Langerhands?
Alpha cells produce the hormone glucagon, which raises blood glucose levels.
Beta cells produce the hormone insulin, which lowers blood glucose levels.
Human islets are made up of 30% alpha cells & 60% beta cells.