Ones I Dont Know Flashcards
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What is plexus
Crossing over
What are the 5 main nerve that emerge from the brachial plexus
Musculocutaneous Axillary Radial Ulnar Median
What are nerve cells stimulate by
Energy, heat, light , pressure
List 7 somatic sensations
Touch Heat Pain Pressure Cold Proprioception Vibration
In the parasympathetic NS up which cranial nerves do the physiological and stretch sensations go?
C 9 (Ix) and 10 (x) (vagus and glossopharyngeal)
S2,3,4 (pelvic splanchnic nerve)
What is the point of digestion
To break down food molecules
So they can get pass the gut wall to the blood and All cells of the body
To provide energy by breaking up the bonds
For raw material to be used
3 main components of connective Tissue matrix
Cells
Fibre
Ground substances
3 main types of fibres found in connective Tissue
Collagen
Elastic
Reticular
What is pleurisy
Inflammation of the pleura
What is eupnea
Normal shallow breathing
What is pneumothorax and what causes it
Collapsed lung-inner layer of lung pulled away from the outer layer due to puncture, which loses its surface tension
What is essential hypertension
High blood pressure not dependent on another condition
Cellular respiration, what is it
Burning of food molecules by oxygen to produce ATP and release Carbon dioxide
List 5 symptoms of hyperthyroidism
Weight loss Fatigue Increased heart rate Heat sensative Xs sweating
Diff btw Type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Type 1 - reduces or absent insulin
Type 2 - insulin resistance due to lifestyle
What is the main mineralocorticoid hormone secretes by the adrenal cortex and what are the 3 main things it helps regulate
Aldosterone
Blood pressure
Blood volume
Acidity
Where is the pineal gland, what does it release and what effect does it have
Roof of 3rd ventricle
Melatonin
Regulates sleepiness
Where do the glucocorticoid hormones come from abs what is their overall effect
Adrenal cortex
Mobilising energy
Responding to stress
How do secretions of the hypothalamus get to the anterior pituitary
Hypophyseal portal system
How do secretions of the hypothalamus get to the posterior pituitary
Neurones that start in the hypothalamus reach down into the posterior pituitary and release neurotransmitter which are stored there
Calcitonin is released from which cells and where are they located
Para follicular, thyroid
What are the breakdown of the peripheral NS
PNS - somatic NS and autonomic NS
Then under autonomic NS is sympathetic and parasympathetic NS
Give 2 reasons why muscle become shorter and stiffer if we don’t stretch
More in elastic fibres laid down in connective Tissue in muscle
Cross bridge form btw actin and myosin
Two proteins in muscle
Myosin and actin