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A comprehensive overview of various concepts and terminologies related to human anatomy and physiology. It covers a wide range of topics, including the structure and function of the cardiovascular, skeletal, nervous, and endocrine systems, as well as the properties of different types of cells, tissues, and organs. The document also delves into the mechanisms behind various physiological processes, such as bone formation, hormone regulation, and sensory perception. By studying this document, students can gain a solid foundation in the fundamental principles of human anatomy and physiology, which are essential for understanding the complex workings of the human body and its various systems. The information presented can be particularly useful for students pursuing courses in fields such as medicine, nursing, biology, and health sciences.
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allows blood to flow directly from the right atrium into the left atrium to bypass pulmonary circulation - ✔️ ✔️ foramen ovale
carries blood from the umbilical vein to inferior vena cava; allows some blood to bypass the liver - ✔️ ✔️ ductus venosus
atrial contraction; systole; p wave - ✔️ ✔️ atrial depolarization
max volume of air that can be exhaled following maximal inhalation - ✔️ ✔️ vital capacity
allows blood in pulmonary artery to flow directly into the descending aorta to bypass the pulmonary circulation - ✔️ ✔️ ductus arteriosus
ventricular relaxtion; diastole; t wave - ✔️ ✔️ ventricular repolarization
most important stimulus for the release of aldosterone - ✔️ ✔️ renin
volume of air in lungs following maximal inhalation - ✔️ ✔️ total lung capacity
provides oxygenated blood to brain - ✔️ ✔️ circle of willis
aorta; left pulmonary veins; left atrium; left ventricle; bicuspid - ✔️ ✔️ structures that carry oxygenated blood (left heart)
pulmonary arteries; vena cava; right atrium; right ventricle; tricuspid - ✔️ ✔️ structures that carry unoxygenated blood (right heart)
transport unoxygenated blood from the fetus to the placenta - ✔️ ✔️ umbilical arteries
transports oxygenated blood from the placenta to the fetus - ✔️ ✔️ umbilical vein
volume of air that remains in lung after forceful exhalation - ✔️ ✔️ residual volume
ventricular contraction; systole; qrs complex - ✔️ ✔️ ventricular depolarization
located between left ventricle and left aorta - ✔️ ✔️ aortic semilunar valve
located between right ventricle and pulmonary artery - ✔️ ✔️ pulmonic semilunar
two semilunar valves - ✔️ ✔️ pulmonary and aortic
pushes blood out of the heart into the pulmonary trunk-lungs - ✔️ ✔️ right ventricle
decreases thoracic and lung volume and increases pressure in the lungs - ✔️ ✔️ exhalation
space between the vocal cords - ✔️ ✔️ glottis/rima glottidis
vagus nerve effects - ✔️ ✔️ sa node
pacemaker of the heart - ✔️ ✔️ SA node
right heart pumps blood to the - ✔️ ✔️ pulmonary circulation
acetylcholine; rest; decrease temp; hyperkalemia; hypocalcemia; parasympathetic nervous system - ✔️ ✔️ factors that decrease heart rate
norepinephrine; epinephrine; stress; increase in temp; anticholinergic drugs; hypokalemia; hypercalcemia - ✔️ ✔️ factors that increase heart rate
Left AV valve - ✔️ ✔️ Bicuspid
what substance is secreted in urine to decrease bloods ph - ✔️ ✔️ bicarbonte HCO
what substance is secreted in urine to increase bloods ph - ✔️ ✔️ hydrogen ions
plasma protein albumin is produced by - ✔️ ✔️ liver
volume of blood pumped from one ventricular of the heart with each beat - ✔️ ✔️ stroke volume
volume of blood being pumped by heart, in particular by a left or right ventricle in the time of one minute - ✔️ ✔️ cardiac output
vagus nerve - ✔️ ✔️ decreases heart rate
Right AV valve - ✔️ ✔️ Tricuspid
septum between right and left atria - ✔️ ✔️ foramen ovale
eliminated when we have acidosis - ✔️ ✔️ hydrogen ions
only structure of respiratory tract that is part of digestive system - ✔️ ✔️ pharynx
protein is digested - ✔️ ✔️ stomach and duodenum
enzyme that breaks down starch - ✔️ ✔️ amylase
caused by closing of semilunar valves - ✔️ ✔️ 2nd heart sound
caused by closing of the av valves - ✔️ ✔️ 1st heart sound
Causes bronchoconstriction - ✔️ ✔️ Parasympathetic-acetylcholine
lower than normal amount of potassium in the blood - ✔️ ✔️ hypokalemia
chemical alteration of food - ✔️ ✔️ chemical digestion
breakdown of large food particles into smaller pieces - ✔️ ✔️ mechanical digestion
controls the diaphragm - ✔️ ✔️ phrenic nerve
chief muscle of inspiration - ✔️ ✔️ diaphragm
enzyme that digests fat - ✔️ ✔️ lipase
excess potassium in the blood - ✔️ ✔️ hyperkalemia
decrease in the concentration of plasma sodium - ✔️ ✔️ hyponatremia
fluid located in the intracellular space - ✔️ ✔️ cytoplasm
Lowers calcium levels - ✔️ ✔️ Calcitonin
stimulates the reabsorption of water - ✔️ ✔️ ADH
pharynx is superior to the - ✔️ ✔️ larynx
digests, absorbs, secrets hormones and digestive enzymes - ✔️ ✔️ functions of small intestine
arteries have higher blood pressure than - ✔️ ✔️ veins
hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex - ✔️ ✔️ aldosterone
arterioles have higher blood pressure than - ✔️ ✔️ venules
pulses 1st originated to the last - ✔️ ✔️ sa node, av node, bundle of his, purkinje fibers
produces bile - ✔️ ✔️ liver
Most digestion and absorption of nutrients occur in the __________. - ✔️ ✔️ duodenum
volume of air that can be forcefully inhaled after normal inhalation - ✔️ ✔️ inspiratory reserve volume
volume of air that can be forcefully exhaled after normal exhalation - ✔️ ✔️ expiratory reserve volume
enzyme that activates the angio-aldosterone system - ✔️ ✔️ renin
connects with the stomach aka cardiac sphincter - ✔️ ✔️ lower esophageal sphincter LES
2nd heart sound is caused by - ✔️ ✔️ Closing of Semilunar valves
1st heart sound - ✔️ ✔️ AV valves closing
tubes that conduct urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder - ✔️ ✔️ ureters
right lungs has how many lobes - ✔️ ✔️ 3
Left lung has how many lobes? - ✔️ ✔️ 2
caps larynx to prevent food from entering the airway - ✔️ ✔️ epiglottis
traps pathogens/particles and goes to stomach - ✔️ ✔️ mucous
relaxation of external sphincter - ✔️ ✔️ voluntary
stimulates production of Red Blood Cells - ✔️ ✔️ erythropoietin
parts of small intestine - ✔️ ✔️ duodenum, jejunum, ileum
#1 fuel choice - ✔️ ✔️ carbs
tiny air sacs in the lungs - ✔️ ✔️ alveoli
Causes Jaundice - ✔️ ✔️ Bilirubin
blood clotting - ✔️ ✔️ vitamin K
albumin maintains - ✔️ ✔️ osmotic pressure
extracellular fluid - ✔️ ✔️ interstitial fluid, lymph, transcellular fluid and plasma
storage, excretion, phagocytosis, detoxification, synthesis of plasma proteins, metabolism of carbs, proteins, fats - ✔️ ✔️ liver function
sagittal plane - ✔️ ✔️ a vertical plane that divides the body into unequal left and right portions
frontal plane - ✔️ ✔️ divides the body into anterior and posterior portions aka coronal plane
anything that occupies space and has weight-solid, liquid, gas - ✔️ ✔️ matter
a solution has 2 parts - ✔️ ✔️ solvent and solution
substance being dissolved in a solution - ✔️ ✔️ solute
subatomic particles - ✔️ ✔️ protons, neutrons, electrons
two or more atoms bonded together - ✔️ ✔️ molecule
superior - ✔️ ✔️ above another structure
inferior - ✔️ ✔️ part located below another part
medial - ✔️ ✔️ toward the midline of the body
lateral - ✔️ ✔️ away from the midline
superficial - ✔️ ✔️ located on or near the surface of the body
particles are relatively large and tend to settle to the bottom unless mixture is shaken continually - ✔️ ✔️ suspensions
the particles that are mixed together remain evenly distributed - ✔️ ✔️ solutions
proximal - ✔️ ✔️ closer to the point of attachment
caused by transfer of electrons between atoms - ✔️ ✔️ ionic bond
involves a sharing of electrons by the outer shells of the atoms - ✔️ ✔️ covalent bond
ion is positively charged - ✔️ ✔️ cation
ion is negatively charged - ✔️ ✔️ anion
Posterior (dorsal) - ✔️ ✔️ Toward the back
Anterior (ventral) - ✔️ ✔️ toward the front surface
Homeostasis - ✔️ ✔️ body's ability to maintain a stable internal environment
two or more different atoms bonded together - ✔️ ✔️ compound
major component of cellular membrane - ✔️ ✔️ phospholipids
5 steroids - ✔️ ✔️ cortisol, aldosterone, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone
Polyaccharides - ✔️ ✔️ starch and glycogen
Disaccharides - ✔️ ✔️ Sucrose and lactose
Monosaccharides - ✔️ ✔️ glucose and fructose
what is the energy molecule - ✔️ ✔️ ATP
the more H+ we have in a solution the more - ✔️ ✔️ acidic
more water, less salt. this solution causes red blood cells to burst - ✔️ ✔️ hypotonic solution
organic compounds that are commonly called fats and oils - ✔️ ✔️ lipids
sites of protein synthesis - ✔️ ✔️ ribosomes
taking in or ingestion of substances by the cell membrane - ✔️ ✔️ endocytosis
mitosis - ✔️ ✔️ 46 chromosomes
less water, more salt - ✔️ ✔️ hypertonic
transverse plane - ✔️ ✔️ a horizontal plane that divides the body into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) portions
Body's level of organization - ✔️ ✔️ atoms-molecules-cells-tissues-organs-organ systems
anatomy - ✔️ ✔️ the study of body structure
physiology - ✔️ ✔️ study of function
pathophysiology - ✔️ ✔️ defects of a function
part of solution present in the greater amount. it does the dissolving and is usually liquid or gas - ✔️ ✔️ solvent
stimulated state-due to influx of NA (sodium) - ✔️ ✔️ depolarization
activated during periods of stress or times when a person feels threatened - ✔️ ✔️ sympathetic nervous system
inability to drain the aqueous humour - ✔️ ✔️ glaucoma
located inbetween the external and middle ear - ✔️ ✔️ eardrum (tympanic membrane)
long shaft of bone - ✔️ ✔️ diaphysis
enlarged ends of long bones - ✔️ ✔️ epiphyses
found in arms, forearms, palms, fingers, thighs and legs - ✔️ ✔️ long bones
found in the wrist and ankles-cubed shaped - ✔️ ✔️ short bones
mature bone cells - ✔️ ✔️ osteocytes
build bones - ✔️ ✔️ osteoblasts
breakdown or chew bone - ✔️ ✔️ osteoclasts
vertebral column - ✔️ ✔️ cervical 1-7, thoracic 1-12, lumbar 1- 5
bending of a joint - ✔️ ✔️ flexion (biceps)
middle ear bones - ✔️ ✔️ ear ossicles
voluntary; overlies the skeleton and are striated - ✔️ ✔️ skeletal muscle
form in the ribs, breastbone, cranium, and shoulder girdle; thin, flat and curved - ✔️ ✔️ flat bones
hormone produced in the adrenal cortex, stress hormone, increases glycaemia, decreases immunity and increases abdominal fat - ✔️ ✔️ cortisol
hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex to produce cortisol - ✔️ ✔️ acth-adrenocorticotropic hormone
hormone produced by the pancreas that increases the blood glucose levels; it makes the liver break down the glycogen into glucose - ✔️ ✔️ glucagon
paranasal cavities - ✔️ ✔️ frontal, ethmoidal, sphenoidal, maxillary
protein hormone produced by the pancreas that increases the blood glucose levels - ✔️ ✔️ insulin
the way glucose is stored mainly in the liver and muscles - ✔️ ✔️ glycogen
hormones that have opposite functions/actions - ✔️ ✔️ antagonists
nerve fibers that carry impulses from the CNS to the effectors - ✔️ ✔️ efferent
Amphiarthrosis (intervertabtal discs) - ✔️ ✔️ slightly movable joints
Diarthrosis (knees, elbows, wrists) - ✔️ ✔️ freely movable joints
stimulates the breast develop to produce milk - ✔️ ✔️ prolactin
stores important minerals, calcium, and phosphorus. contains red bone marrow, which produces blood cells - ✔️ ✔️ skeletal system
paranasal sinuses - ✔️ ✔️ frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid, maxillary
Synarthrosis (sutures between skulls-flat bones) - ✔️ ✔️ immovable joints
released by the sympathetic nerve and induces bronchodilation and vasocontriction - ✔️ ✔️ norepinephrine
most active during quiet, non stressful conditions. has a calming effect on the body - ✔️ ✔️ Parasympathetic nervous system
Photoreceptors for gray/black/white vision - ✔️ ✔️ rods
receptors stimulated by changes in pressure or movement of body fluids - ✔️ ✔️ mechanoreceptors
break in which skin remains intact - ✔️ ✔️ simple fracture
process of bone formation - ✔️ ✔️ ossification
Where does endochondral ossification occur? - ✔️ ✔️ Long bones
straightening of a joint - ✔️ ✔️ extension
somatosensory area - ✔️ ✔️ parietal lobe
motor area - ✔️ ✔️ frontal lobe
steroid hormone receptors are located where - ✔️ ✔️ inside the cell on the nucleus
pain hormones-these molecules give the pain sensation and are secreted by various tissues whenever there is an injury - ✔️ ✔️ prostaglandins
helps regulate fat, glucose, and protein metabolism - ✔️ ✔️ cortisol
secreted by the parathyroid glands-increases plasma calcium - ✔️ ✔️ parathyroid hormones
secreted by the thyroid gland and decreases plasma levels - ✔️ ✔️ calcitonin
secreted by the thyroid gland, control metabolic rate and regulate growth and development - ✔️ ✔️ thyroid hormone
contracts uterine muscles during labor - ✔️ ✔️ oxytocin
hearing receptors are located - ✔️ ✔️ in the cochlea
stimulates the adrenal cortx to secrete steroids - ✔️ ✔️ ACTH
blood forming cells-located in spongy bone - ✔️ ✔️ red bone marrow
another word for joint - ✔️ ✔️ articulation
vital function (regulation of heart rate, blood flow, blood pressure, respiratory centers) reflux for coughing, sneezing, swallowing and vomiting - ✔️ ✔️ medulla oblongta
smooths out and coordinates voluntary muscle activity; helps in the maintenance of balance and muscle tone - ✔️ ✔️ cerebellum function
location of protein (non steroid) hormone receptors - ✔️ ✔️ extracellular
location of the receptors for steroid hormones, such as cortisol - ✔️ ✔️ intracellular
stimulates the development of the ova and sperm - ✔️ ✔️ follicle stimulating hormone
sluggish, weight gain, TSH levels are high, low T3 and T4 - ✔️ ✔️ hypothyroidism
thyroid stimulating hormone produced by the anterior pituitary - ✔️ ✔️ TSH
an element from diet that needs to be in sufficient amounts in order to produce T3 and T4 - ✔️ ✔️ iodine
stimulates water reabsorption in the kidneys - ✔️ ✔️ ADH
causes ovulation in women, stimulates progesterone in women and testosterone in men
in highly movable joints - ✔️ ✔️ synovial fluid
includes hip bones, vertebra, and various bones in the skull - ✔️ ✔️ irregular bones
motor area-personality-behavior-emotional expression-intellectual functions-memory storage - ✔️ ✔️ frontal lobe functions
allows you to experience the sensations of temp, pain, light touch, and proprioception. Also concerned with reading, speech and taste - ✔️ ✔️ parietal lobe functions
CNS includes the - ✔️ ✔️ brain and spinal cord
responsible for contraction of muscle - ✔️ ✔️ sarcomeres
supplies the skeletal muscle. emerges from the brain and spinal cord and travels to the skeletal muscle - ✔️ ✔️ somatic motor nerve
involuntary-found in organs and nonstriated - ✔️ ✔️ smooth muscle
receives signals from other neurons and then transmit the signals toward the cell body - ✔️ ✔️ dendrites
PNS includes what: - ✔️ ✔️ Cranial nerves and spinal nerves; all the neural tissue outside the CNS
contains the nucleus - ✔️ ✔️ cell body
Stimulates growth - ✔️ ✔️ Growth hormone
located in the cochlea, inner ear - ✔️ ✔️ hearing receptors
hearing and speech - ✔️ ✔️ temporal lobe
otoliths are important for - ✔️ ✔️ equilibrium
nerve fibers that carry impulses from the receptors to the CNS - ✔️ ✔️ afferent
powerful antimolecule inflammatory molecule, increase blood glucose levels, decrease immunity, if in excess increased belly fat, aka stress hormone - ✔️ ✔️ major affects of cortisol
increases blood glucose - ✔️ ✔️ glucagon
decreases blood glucose - ✔️ ✔️ insulin
salt retention hormone - ✔️ ✔️ aldosterone
sodium levels in the blood - ✔️ ✔️ natremia
hormone from the pituitary gland that stimulates T3 and T4 secretion in the blood - ✔️ ✔️ TSH
chemical messengers that influence our control activities of other tissues and organs - ✔️ ✔️ hormones
involved in chewing - ✔️ ✔️ masseter
flexion of forearm - ✔️ ✔️ biceps brachii
extension of forearm - ✔️ ✔️ triceps brachii
connects bone to bone - ✔️ ✔️ ligaments
connects muscle to bone - ✔️ ✔️ tendons
freely movable joints (shoulders, hips) - ✔️ ✔️ ball and socket
freely movable joints (elbows, knees) - ✔️ ✔️ hinge
receptors stimulated by changes in temp - ✔️ ✔️ thermoreceptors
receptors stimulated by tissue damage or distention - ✔️ ✔️ pain receptors or nocieptors
receptors stimulated by changes in the chemicals such as hydrogen ions, calcium, and food - ✔️ ✔️ chemoreceptors
receptors stimulated by light - ✔️ ✔️ photoreceptors
Neurotransmitters that cause constriction of the pupil (miosis) - ✔️ ✔️ acetylcholine
Photoreceptors for gray/black/white vision - ✔️ ✔️ rods
Receptors stimulated by changes in pressure or movement of body fluids - ✔️ ✔️ mechanoreceptors
break in which the skin remains intact - ✔️ ✔️ simple fracture
process of bone formation - ✔️ ✔️ ossification
Where does endochondral ossification take place? - ✔️ ✔️ in the long bones at the epiphyseal disc or growth plate
straightening of a joint - ✔️ ✔️ extension
somatosensory area - ✔️ ✔️ parietal lobe
motor area - ✔️ ✔️ frontal lobe
steroid hormone receptors are located where - ✔️ ✔️ inside the cell on the nucleus
pain hormones - ✔️ ✔️ prostaglandins
helps regulate fat, glucose and protein metabolism - ✔️ ✔️ cortisol
includes hip bones, vertebra, and various bones in the skull - ✔️ ✔️ irregular bones
what cellular division leads to the formation of sperm and egg - ✔️ ✔️ meosis
primary reproductive organs for men - ✔️ ✔️ gonads-testes
primary reproductive organs for women - ✔️ ✔️ gonads-ovaries
how many chromosomes with meiosis - ✔️ ✔️ 23
how many chromosomes with mitosis - ✔️ ✔️ 46
produces ATP - ✔️ ✔️ mitochondria
helps sperm burrow/anchor onto the egg - ✔️ ✔️ acrosome
where do we produce testosterone - ✔️ ✔️ interstitial cells
genital ducts pathway - ✔️ ✔️ testes-epididymis-vas deferens-ejaculatory duct-urethra
breeding - ✔️ ✔️ Parasympathetic nervous system
penis becomes enlarged because Parasympathetic NS-acetylcholine - ✔️ ✔️ erection
movement of semen from genital ducts into proximal urethra by peristalsis stimulated by sympathetic NS-norepinephrine - ✔️ ✔️ emission
expulsion of semen from urethra caused by skeletal muscle contractions - ✔️ ✔️ ejaculation
penis returns to resting size when what causes contraction of arteries to penis, decreasing blood flow in and increasing venous flow out - ✔️ ✔️ sympathetic NS- norepinephrine
anterior pituitary hormones - ✔️ ✔️ FSH and LH
releasing hormones gonadotropins - ✔️ ✔️ hypothalamus hormones
stimulates seminiferous tubules to produce sperm - ✔️ ✔️ FSH
stimulates interstitial cells to secrete testosterone - ✔️ ✔️ LH
negative feedback control - ✔️ ✔️ testosterone
major action of FSH on testes - ✔️ ✔️ produces sperm
site of fertilization - ✔️ ✔️ fallopian tubes
bottom of the uterus - ✔️ ✔️ cervix
site of implantation - ✔️ ✔️ uterus
uterine lining that sheds during menstruation-innermost layer of uterus - ✔️ ✔️ endometrium
contracts due to a posterior pituitary hormone oxytocin during labor (positive feedback)- muscular layer of uterus - ✔️ ✔️ myometrium
outermost layer of uterus - ✔️ ✔️ perimetrium
makes the uterine lining cells undergo mitosis to proliferate=cellular renewal - ✔️ ✔️ estrogen
thickens the lining of the uterus - ✔️ ✔️ progesterone
pregnancy hormone - ✔️ ✔️ progesterone
Ovum gets produced through meiosis and the ovarian follicle hosting the egg matures to become the mature ovarian follicle - ✔️ ✔️ FSH
extruded ovum from the exploding graafin follicle gets swept into fallopian tube - ✔️ ✔️ LH
ovulation-egg - ✔️ ✔️ LH
graafin follicle-follicular cells-egg - ✔️ ✔️ FSH
parts of uterus - ✔️ ✔️ fundus, body, cervix
buffers to maintain pH of blood that also maintains osmotic pressure of the blood - ✔️ ✔️ albumins
gamma globulins are antibodies involved in immunity - ✔️ ✔️ globulins
converts into insoluble fibrin to form blood clots - ✔️ ✔️ fibrinogen