Test #1 Flashcards

(54 cards)

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Physiology

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How the body and body parts work and function

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Anatomical position

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Normal standing position with everything forward and palms facing out

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3
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Sagittal

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Divides body into right and left halves

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Frontal

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Divides body in front and back halves

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Transverse

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Divides body into top and bottom halves

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Receptor

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Nerve that responds to parts of the stimuli

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What pathway does the receptor use

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Afferent

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Control center

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Receives and analyzes information from sensory receptors, then sends a command stimulus

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Effector

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An organ/gland/muscle capable of being activated by nerve endings

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What pathway does the effector use?

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The efferent pathway

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Negative feedback mechanisms causes what to happen

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The stimulus to decline or end

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Examples of negative feedback mechanisms

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Regulate temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, and blood levels

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What does positive feedback mechanism cause

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Enhances the stimulus

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14
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Examples of positive feedback mechanisms

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Labor, blood clotting

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Homeostatic imbalance

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Negative feedback mechanisms are overwhelmed and destructive positive feedback mechanism take over resulting in disease

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Superior

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Above

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Anterior

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Front

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Proximal

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Near to

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19
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Superficial

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Toward surface

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Inferior

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Below

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Posterior(dorsal)

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Back

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Distal

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Deep

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Away from surface

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Medial

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Lateral
Side
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Intermediate
Between medial and lateral
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What does the dorsal cavity contain
Cranial and spinal
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What does the ventral cavity contain
Thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic
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What are the two major cavities
The dorsal and ventral
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Endocrine system
Glands/ hormones
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Respiratory
Lungs, nose, trachea
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Reproductive
Penis and vagina
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Excretory(urine)
Bladder, kidney, ureter
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Nervous
Brain, spinal cord
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Digestive
Mouth, esophagus, stomach
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Cardiovascular
Heart, blood vessel
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Lymphatic/immune
Lymph nodes/vessels
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Muscular
Muscle
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Integumentary
Skin
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Skeletal
Bones
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Structural organization (small to large)
Atoms > molecules > cells > tissues > organs > organ systems
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What two systems work together in homeostasis
Endocrine and nervous
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Two types of diabetes and differences
Type 1: hereditary diabetes | Type 2: adult on set diabetes
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What's in the right hypochondriac
Liver and gallbladder
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What's in the Epigastric
Liver and large intestine
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What's in the left hypochondriac
Stomach and spleen
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What's in the r. Lumbar
Liver and large intestine
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What's in the umbilical
Large and small intestine
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What's in the l. Lumbar
Spleen, pancreas, and large intestine
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What's in the r. Iliac
Large intestine, and appendix
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What's in the hypogastric
Large and small intestine
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What's in the k. Iliac
Large intestine
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Review summary
Review summary.
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Anatomy
Structure and shape of the body and body parts