► med - anatomy & physiology

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Decks in this class (130)

Upper limb (shoulders and axilla)
What are the features of the clav...,
What are the features of anterior...,
What are the features of the post...
40  cards
Upper limb (muscles of the shoulder)
What muscles insert onto the less...,
What muscles insert onto the grea...,
What muscles insert in the intert...
15  cards
Upper limb (forearm)
What are the joints of the elbow ...,
What are the movements associated...,
What are the ligaments associated...
24  cards
Upper limb (arm)
What are the features of the mid ...,
What are the features of the dist...,
What are the relations of the bra...
12  cards
Upper limb (hands)
What are the boundaries of the ca...,
What are the attachments of the f...,
What are the contents of the carp...
34  cards
Pelvis
What are the anatomical spaces in...,
What are the anatomical spaces in...,
What are the branches of the inte...
42  cards
Neck
What are the boundaries of the an...,
What are the divisions of the ant...,
What are the contents of the diga...
28  cards
Thoracic inlet and superior mediastinum
What are the borders of the thora...,
Why is the 1st rib atypical,
What are the structures that pass...
28  cards
Lungs and thoracic walls
What is the composition of the th...,
What are the contents of the inte...,
What are the contents of the inte...
31  cards
Posterior mediastinum
What are the relations of the des...,
What are the branches of the desc...,
What is the structure of the oeso...
17  cards
Anterior abdominal wall
What are the 9 regions of the abd...,
What are the 2 longitudinal plane...,
What are the 2 transverse planes ...
33  cards
Posterior abdominal wall
What are the muscles of the poste...,
What are the origins and insertio...,
What is the innervation and funct...
47  cards
Biliary system
How is the liver divided,
How is the liver functionally div...,
What are the relations of the cau...
22  cards
Pelvic viscera
What are the boundaries of the pe...,
What are the boundaries of the pe...,
What are the peritoneal reflectio...
44  cards
Lower limb (thigh)
What are the features of the patella,
What are the angles of inclinatio...,
What are the proximal attachments...
20  cards
Lower limb (hip joint)
What are the structures at the hi...,
What are the structures at the hi...,
What are the attachments of the j...
20  cards
Lower limb (gluteal region)
What are the main arteries supply...,
What is the course of the superio...,
What is the course of the inferio...
9  cards
Joints of the Lower Limb
The hip joint is a ball and socke...,
The hyaline cartilage lined ___ s...,
The acetabulum is deepened by the...
79  cards
Lower limb (knee joint)
What are the boundaries of the po...,
What are the contents of the popl...,
What is the course of the tibial ...
23  cards
Lower limb (leg)
What are the muscles of the anter...,
What are the muscles of the poste...,
What is the blood supply to the knee
18  cards
Posture and locomotion
What are the major differences be...,
What are the functions of the ver...,
What is the primary curvature of ...
25  cards
Anatomy
What is the role of the epicardium,
What happens when the pericardial...,
What is pericardiocentesis
92  cards
Basic Concepts in Anatomy
The following describes what anat...,
The following describes what anat...,
The following describes what anat...
67  cards
Anterior and Medial Thigh
The deep fascia of the thigh is c...,
Laterally in the thigh there is a...,
What is the main action of the an...
75  cards
Triangles of the Neck 1
What is the superior attachment t...,
What is the inferior attachment t...,
What is the lateral attachment to...
56  cards
Triangles of the Neck 2
What nerves are found in the caro...,
What makes up the muscular triang...,
This nerve found in the carotid t...
55  cards
Triangles of the Neck 3
The anterior boundary of the root...,
The posterior boundary of the roo...,
Subclavian vessels vertebral arte...
58  cards
Peritoneum & Upper Abdomen Viscera
What is the thin serous membrane ...,
What is the thin serous membrane ...,
Where does vasculature in referen...
42  cards
Lower Abdomen
What specific part of the small i...,
What are the 3 anatomical divisio...,
What is the stomach lined with an...
40  cards
Body Systems
What are the 11 organ systems of ...,
Organs of the integumentary system 4,
What is the function of the integ...
25  cards
Body orientation
Refers to a person standing erect...,
Lying face upward,
Lying face downward
81  cards
Epithelial & Connective Tissue
Collections of specialized cells ...,
Four primary types of tissue,
Which tissues are the most divers...
148  cards
Tissue Repair
What does bone matrix contain,
Two types of bone,
What does spongy bone have
103  cards
Muscular
Though skeletal muscle fibers don...,
What are myofibrils composed of,
Where is smooth muscle located
90  cards
Integumentary System
What does skin consist of,
What cells are part of the epider...,
What is the most common cell in t...
104  cards
Joints
What are joints classified by,
What are the structures that join...,
What are the functions that joint...
45  cards
Joints 2
What is a joints range of motion ...,
Where is the talocural joint located,
How are types of movement at join...
75  cards
The autonomic nervous system
What are the divisions of the ans,
What are the general function of ...,
What is the general structure of ...
20  cards
Muscular 2
What is the 2nd step of the cross...,
What happens to the calcium ions ...,
What phases occurs after the stim...
62  cards
Muscular 3
Types of skeletal muscle fibers,
What type of myoglobin content do...,
What type of myoglobin content do...
113  cards
Muscular 4
What do most muscles attach to bo...,
What is the origin,
What is the insertion
141  cards
Muscle Locations
What is the origin of the coracob...,
What is the insertion of the cora...,
What is the action of the coracob...
134  cards
Neurology
With graded potentials when chann...,
What will ions do with graded pot...,
What is the structure of a dendrite
98  cards
Neurology 2
What are action potentials caused by,
What causes ion differences,
What does neuron and muscles cell...
102  cards
Neurology 3
What does the brain develop from,
What does the fluid filled center...,
What passes through the brain stem
114  cards
Neurology 4
What do many of the cranial refle...,
Where is the falx cerebri located,
What is the outer layer the perio...
65  cards
Senses
Where is the olfactory epithelium...,
What is olfaction,
What does olfaction occur in resp...
97  cards
Senses 2
The lens functions by keeping the...,
What is another name for the cili...,
What is the name for the middle l...
188  cards
Blood
Give the normal range for blood s ph,
What is bilirubin broken down int...,
Deficiency in this is indicated i...
260  cards
Nervous System
The cranial nerve vi that supplie...,
Also referred to as the accessory...,
A chemical neurotransmitter that ...
210  cards
Prefixes
A,
Ab,
Able
46  cards
Lymph & Immune Systems
What is the standard emergency tr...,
Round nodules of lymphatic tissue...,
Once in the lacteals where do lip...
178  cards
Nervous System 3
What do spinocerebellar tracts carry,
What do primary neurons from the ...,
What do primary neurons from the ...
76  cards
Nervous System
Which pathways allow different pa...,
Which pathway allows one part of ...,
What is a reverberating circuit
73  cards
Nervous System 2
What is sensation the stimulation of,
What is perception,
Where are general senses
122  cards
PNS and Spinal Cord
What is the difference b w affere...,
Which horn of the spinal nerve is...,
Which horn of the spinal nerve is...
42  cards
Prefixes & Suffixes
De,
Decid,
Delta
96  cards
Spinal Cord
Dorsal root ganglia are,
Surrounding the neural tube inter...,
Surrounding the neural tube motor...
116  cards
Somatic Motor
All neural structures outside the...,
Includes sensory receptors periph...,
Provides links to and from the ex...
130  cards
Musculoskeletal
In the gluteal region what are th...,
What function do the gluteal regi...,
What nerves innervate the gluteal...
47  cards
Somatic Motor 2
1 receptor 2 sensory neuron 3 int...,
Site of stimulus,
Transmits the afferent impulse to...
42  cards
Eye
Respond to touch pressure vibrati...,
Sensitive to changes in temperatu...,
Respond to light energy retina in...
277  cards
Muscular
What is the commonest benign bone...,
What benign bone tumour is an int...,
Where are simple bone cysts usual...
35  cards
Joints
What are these features suggestiv...,
In ra are women or men more commo...,
In the pathogenesis of ra what is...
80  cards
Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Name a progressive disease that i...,
What 5 substances form plaque,
What two things can happen to a p...
68  cards
Cardiovascular
What characteristic of an ekg wou...,
The outermost layer of the heart ...,
Are cardiac muscle cells branched...
901  cards
Endocrine System
Hormones that circulate in the bl...,
All amino acid based hormones exc...,
Pth release chiefly regulated by
156  cards
Endocrine System
A term that indicates a function ...,
The abbreviated name for a group ...,
These specialized fatty acids cau...
85  cards
Pharmacology
In the sympathetic system what do...,
During sympathetic activity once ...,
During the parasympathetic system...
445  cards
Skeletal
The point at which the clavicle a...,
An injury caused by distraction o...,
The tip of the shoulder and the s...
115  cards
Skeletal 2
What does an angle represent on a...,
What are the characteristics of t...,
Which ribs are considered false ribs
82  cards
Skeletal
What reflex is absent in spinal s...,
With incomplete spinal injuries w...,
What syndrome can occur with hype...
46  cards
Skeletal
What is the term for iv discs los...,
What can happen in the annulus fi...,
What type of back problem is char...
95  cards
Skeletal
What disease in children is a def...,
What condition presents in childr...,
What skeletal dysplasia is the co...
69  cards
Skeletal
Name some early local complicatio...,
Name some early general complicat...,
Name some late local complication...
33  cards
Skeletal
During long bone growth what happ...,
If pressure in bones causes elect...,
What does pth cause osteoblasts t...
181  cards
Skull
The cranium is formed by how many...,
The neurocranium consists of the ...,
Viscerocranium is formed from the...
61  cards
Skeletal
I contains no blood vessels or ne...,
A provides support flexibility an...,
A similar to hyaline cartilage i ...
238  cards
Hypertension
What would a blood pressure great...,
Name two types of hypertensikon t...,
What causes cardiac failure
60  cards
Bone dynamics
What are the functions of bone,
What are the different types of bone,
What is the periosteum
20  cards
Myocardial Infarction
What is an acute coronary syndrome,
What are the two types of mi,
Give three acute coronary syndromes
96  cards
Cardiac Arrhythmias
Where is the origin in a supraven...,
What are ectopic beats,
Whta may cause single beats or ta...
135  cards
Ear
The external ear consists of what...,
The auricle contains an elastic c...,
What is the blood and nerve suppl...
41  cards
Structure of GI Tract and Motility
What structure of the gi tract ch...,
What structure of the gi tract de...,
What structure of the gi tract st...
73  cards
Structural Cardiac Abnormalities
What is a cardiac murmur due to,
What murmur has 2nd sound splitting,
What murmur has a third sound
104  cards
Physiology and Pharmacology of Salivary and Gastric Secretion and Gastric Motility
What are the three pairs of saliv...,
Where is the parotid gland located,
Where is the submandibular gland ...
91  cards
Cardiovascular System
Carry blood away from heart oxyge...,
Contact tissue cells directly ser...,
Carry blood toward heart
122  cards
Musculoskeletal System
The enzyme that causes muscle rel...,
The strong tendon that joins the ...,
The component that makes up most ...
80  cards
Gastroenteritis and Food Poisoning
What condition causes gi symptoms...,
What is the commonest cause of fo...,
What cause of food poisoning is r...
138  cards
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Abdominal pain and peri anal disease,
Diarrhoea and bleeding,
What does nod2 card15 1bd 1 genes do
89  cards
Digestive System
Alimentary canal,
Accessory digestive organs,
Six gastrointestinal activities
146  cards
Digestive System
A term that describes the content...,
Where is lactic acid generated in...,
Difficult or infrequent defecatio...
575  cards
ENT
What does the inner ear consist of,
What do both hearing and equilibr...,
What are hair cells
69  cards
Water Balance in the GI tract
What is a passive process driven ...,
How much water enters the tract p...,
How much water is absorbed by the...
59  cards
Physiology and Pharmacology of the Small and Large Intestine
What is the longest part of the s...,
What three substances does the sm...,
What substances does the small in...
91  cards
Cardiovascular Principles
What is an electrically controlle...,
Where are the electrical signals ...,
What is the term used to describe...
321  cards
Vascular and Ischaemic Heart Disease
Where do the right and left coron...,
Where does most coronary venous b...,
What area of the heart becomes de...
241  cards
Biochemistry
What is glycogenolysis,
What is the main storage form of ...,
When is liver glycogen broken down
313  cards
Integumentary
What is the outer layer of skin a...,
What layer is beneath the epiderm...,
What skin layer is described ecto...
195  cards
Histology
Where is the most blood in the body,
What is the inner middle and oute...,
Describe the tunica intima
48  cards
Dermatology
Give two advantages of topical tr...,
Give three disadvantages of topic...,
What is a cream
203  cards
ENT
What are the wings of the nose ca...,
What is the dent between septum a...,
From the facial aspect what part ...
102  cards
ENT
What veins can be seen on the ven...,
What is the frenulum of the tongue,
Name the three pairs of major sal...
66  cards
Circulatory System
The pressure in the aorta against...,
Leukocytes that lack granules,
The smallest of plasma proteins t...
199  cards
Pharmacology
What is an unpleasant sensory and...,
What are the three classification...,
What does nociceptive pain begin ...
85  cards
Ear 2
What is the tympanic membrane ova...,
What two muscles open the resting...,
What does dysfunction of the eust...
87  cards
Ear 3
What frequency of tuning fork is ...,
What type of tuning fork is used ...,
What are the 6 ds of ear disease
74  cards
Digestion 2
Which bone is a long bone and has...,
Which bone is a flat bone and pro...,
Which bone has a proximal head fo...
156  cards
Biochemistry
What has more carbon oxidation al...,
What is the final product of cata...,
What is more reduced alcohol or a...
261  cards
Biochemical Aspects of Liver Metabolism
Where is the first destination of...,
What does the liver produce,
Name a plasma protein excreted fr...
77  cards
Physiology of Carbohydrate and Protein Digestion and Absorption
What type of digestion in the sma...,
What kind og digestion in the sma...,
Wat is the term for the overall p...
41  cards
Disorders of Growth
In terms of increases in size of ...,
In terms of increase in size of a...,
What does the term atrophy mean
178  cards
Pathology
What occurs when the p53 gene is ...,
What inactivates free radicals,
What protects against free radica...
129  cards
Genetics
How is dna always replicated and ...,
What is the dna sugar backbone co...,
What are the bases in dna and wha...
123  cards
Microbiology
What part of herpes simplex is th...,
What are the names of infectious ...,
What are responsible for transmis...
186  cards
Neurology 1
What part of the neurone receives...,
What is the synthetic and metabol...,
Where in a neurone is the site of...
91  cards
Embryology
What is the embryonic period,
How long does it take the single ...,
What is conceptus
103  cards
Immunology
In what two ways is the immune sy...,
What 5 things can result when the...,
What is the name for exposure of ...
312  cards
Histology
What features are common to all e...,
What is the inner cytosol of a eu...,
What is the cytoskeleton of a cell
270  cards
Neurology 2
What do lower motor nuerones command,
What neurones does the lmns compr...,
Where do axons of the lmns exit t...
91  cards
Neurology 3
In multipolar neurones where are ...,
In unipolar neurones where are th...,
What are a collection of nerve ce...
94  cards
Neurology 4
Are febrile fits epilepsy risk fa...,
What can opiods anti emetics anti...,
What investigation is mandatory w...
99  cards
Physiology - Cellular
What lipids does the plasma membr...,
What appearance does the plasma m...,
Describe the head of a phospholipid
116  cards
Physiology
What is external respiration,
Name the four steps of external r...,
State boyle s law
204  cards
Immunology
What are spur infections,
What would make you think a patie...,
What two things would make you su...
457  cards
Blood
Abnormally low wbc count commonly...,
Regulation functions of blood,
Low rbc production anemias 4
116  cards
Immune System
Resistance to disease,
Two intrinsic systems of immunity,
Two lines of defense in the innat...
156  cards
Respiratory System
Process of respiration,
Site of gas exchange,
Conduits to gas exchange sites
157  cards
Urinary System
Functions of kidneys,
Endocrine function of kidneys,
Major excretory organs
104  cards
Fluid & Electrolytes
Body water content in infants,
Adult males body water content,
Adult females body water content
119  cards

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