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The somatic nervous system innervates what type of muscle?
skeletal
Are the movements created by the somatic nervous system voluntary or involuntary?
voluntary
How many neuron pathways to the effector in the somatic nervous system?
one
the autonomic nervous system is conscious or unconscious control?
unconscious
how many motor neuron pathways to the effector in autonomic nervous system?
two
the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system
sympathetic and parasympathetic
the first of the two motor neurons in the autonomic nervous system is called
preganglionic neuron
the second of the two motor neurons in the autonomic nervous system is called
postganglionic
the first of the two motor neurons in the autonomic nervous system is myelinated or unmyelinated
myelinated
the second of the two motor neurons in the autonomic nervous system is myelinated or unmyelinated
unmyelinated
The axon of the first of the two motor neurons in the autonomic motor pathway is part of what?
either cranial or spinal nerve
Preganglionic neuron cell bodies within the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system are in the thoracic and lumbar regions of the SC, what is this division called?
thoracolumbar division
The preganglionic neuron cell bodies are in 4 cranial nerves in brainstem, which ones and where else are they found?
III, VII, IX, X and in sacral area of SC
Postganglionic neurons within the sympathetic NS typically terminate in several visceral effectors, thust many responses affect almost entire body simultaneously – is sympathetic stimulation therefore short, or long and is it in one particular area of the body, or is it systemic?
short, systemic
Are postganglionic neurons within the parasympathetic nervous system localized to a single effectore, or are they systemic? Is the duration of stimulation long or short?
localized, long duration
Cholinergic neurons and receptors release what?
ACh
There are two types of cholinergic receptors, what are they?
nicotinic and muscarinic
What mimics the action of ACh by binding to nicotinic receptors?
nicotine
Where are nicotinic receptors found?
motor end plates at neuromuscular junctions
What mimics the actions of ACh by binding to muscarinic receptors?
mushroom poison muscarine
Which neurons and receptors are concerned with ACh?
cholinergic neurons and receptors
Which neurons and receptors are concerned with NE (norepinephrine/noradrenalin)?
adrenergic neurons and receptors
What quickly inactivates ACh?
AChE
What are the two types of adrenergic receptors?
alpha and beta
What regulates the autonomic nervous system?
hypothalamus
What are some of the important sympathetic (fight/flight) responses?
pupils dilate, HR, force of contraction, and blood pressure increase, bronchodilation, liver cells produce an excess of glucose
What does the parasympathetic response enhance?
rest and digest activities
What is S.L.U.D.D. connected with and what does it stand for?
parasympathetic responses, stands for – salivation, lacrimation, urination, digestion, defecation
What are the three decreasing parasympathetic responses?
heart rate, bronchoconstriction, constriction of pupils
Where are more than ½ of the sensory receptors in the body located?
in the eyes
What three things is the lacrimal apparatus made up of?
glands, ducts, tears
Lacrimal glands do what?
produce tears
Crying is a sympathetic or parasympathetic response?
parasympathetic
What do lacrimal ducts do?
drain tears from eye into nasal cavity
What are tears made of and what are their function?
made of H2O, salts, mucus, lysoszyme – they clean, lubricate and moisten
The outer layer of the eyeball is the –what- tunic?
fibrous
The fibrous tunic of the eyeball consists of what two structures?
sclera and cornea
What structure of the eyeball is concerned with coarse focus?
cornea
The middle layer of the eyeball is –what- tunic?
vascular
What is the clear portion of the outer layer of the eyeball?
cornea
The vascular tunic is made up of what three structures?
choroid, cilliary body, iris
What structure of the eyeball is black in color?
choroid
What structure of the eyeball absorbs excess light?
choroid
Is the choroid very vascular, somewhat vascular or not vascular at all?
very vascular
Which structure of the eye is concerned with fine focus?
cilliary body
Which structure of the eye secretes aqueous humor?
cilliary body
The cilliary body secretes what?
aqueous humor
What structure of the eye is muscles which alter the shape of the lens for near/far vision
cilliary body
How often is the aqueous humor replenished?
every 90 minutes
What is found between the choroid and the cornea and alters the shape of the lens for fine focus?
cilliary body
What structure in the eye is made of smooth muscle?
iris
Is dilation a sympathetic or parasympathetic response?
sympathetic
Is constriction a sympathetic or parasympathetic response?
parasympathetic
There are three layers of the eye, what are they?
fibrous tunic, vascular tunic, nervous tunic
The third layer of the eye is the – what- tunic?
nervous
What tunic layer of the eye is the retina found?
neural tunic
What tunic layer of the eye is the neural portion found in?
neural tunic
What tunic layer of the eye are the photoreceptors found?
neural tunic
What tunic layer of the eye is the ganglion cell layer found in?
neural tunic
The retina is what kind of tissue?
nervous tissue
The neural portion of the eye contains what?
photoreceptor layer, rods and cones, macula lutea
What is the visual center/axis?
macula lutea
What contains the central fovea which has increased cones for sharpest vision?
macula lutea
What has increased cones for sharpest vision?
central fovea
Are rods black/white or color?
black/white
Are cones black/white or color?
color
Axons extend to form the optic nerve from what cell layer?
ganglion cell layer
What extends to create CN II?
ganglion cell layer
What structure of the eye fine tunes focusing?
lens
What is the first layer of the retina?
photoreceptors
What fills up the space found in the retina?
vitreous humor
What is the jelly like substance found in the eye?
vitreous humor
T/F Vitreous humor is replenished every 90 minutes
False, you have the same amount from birth to death
What lies between the iris and retina?
vitreous chamber
What holds the retina in place?
vitreous humor
What percent of focusing light is at the cornea?
75%
What is the “reflex arc” of vision? Where does it start and end?
photoreceptors, bipolar layer, ganglionic layer, optic nerve, thalamus, visual cortex
The external ear is composed of
pinna, external auditory canal, tympanic membrane
What part of the ear brings sound in?
pinna
The eardrum is the same as the
tympanic membrane
What is the pinna made of?
elastic cartilage
The middle ear is made up of what structures (general)
Eustachian tube, auditory ossicles
What is the Eustachian tube made out of?
elastic cartilage
What equalizes pressure on both sides of the tympanic membrane, or between head and body?
Eustachian tube
What are the names of the auditory ossicles, in correct order?
malleus, incus, stapes
What is the malleus attached to?
tympanic membrane
What are the three structures of the inner ear?
vestibule, semicircular canals, cochlea
What is attached to the vestibule?
semicircular canals
What parts of the inner ear are concerned with equilibrium?
vestibule and semicircular canals
What are the two portions of the cochlea that we need to know?
techtorial membrane, organ of corti (organ of hearing)
What is the bi-polar organ w/hairs within the ear?
organ of corti
Where are the preganglionic neuron cell bodies found within the sympathetic division of the NS?
in the CNS – in the thoracolumbar division
Where are the preganglionic neuron cell bodies found within the parasympathetic division of the NS?
in the CNS – in 4 CN and the sacral division – craniosacral
What is the building block level of the body?
chemical level
What is the chemical level of the body made up of?
atoms that become compounds, compounds that become larger – making a cell
What are the four most important elements or atoms in the chemical level?
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
What makes up the primary componants of the body?
carbs, lipids, proteins
At the chemical level, reactions are dependent on what?
electrons
What level is basis for life?
chemical
What level contains the basic structural and functional unit of the body?
cellular
How many types of cells and tissues are there?
four
What are the four types of cells and tissues?
muscle, epithelial, nerve, connective
On what level does metabolism occur?
cellular
What is metabolism?
all the chemical reactions necessary to sustain life
Two groups of cells that are functioning for a common goal is what?
a tissue
Is there more than one type of tissue in the heart/lungs/anywhere – or is each area/organ specialized?
yes, more than one type everywhere
A group of cells is a __________
tissue
A group of two or more tissues is a(n) _________
organ
Are groups of cells diverse, or all one kind?
diverse
Which is the most diverse type of tissue?
connective tissue
Which is the most abundant tissue?
connective
What are the two basic parts of metabolism?
anabolism, catabolism
Describe anabolism
building up/storing energy
Describe catabolism
breaking down/releasing energy
What is differentiation?
change in a cell from unspecialized to specialized
What is the definition of homeostasis?
dynamic state of equilibrium/balance of fluids – ECF and ICF
What is ECF made up of?
primarily sodium and chloride
Is sodium (Na) an anion or cation?
cation
Is chloride (Cl) an anion or cation?
anion
Is there more ECF or ICF?
More ICF
What is ICF primarily made up of?
potassium, phosphate (K, PO4)
Is K (potassium) a cation or anion?
cation
Is PO4 (phosphate) a cation or anion?
anion
What two systems control homeostasis?
Nervous and endocrine system
List the directional terms, each with its opposite and what it means
superior vs. inferior (above/below), anterior vs. posterior (front/back), medial vs. lateral (middle/outside), proximal vs. distal (close to attachment site/far away)
What are the planes – names and directions
sagittal (right/left side), coronal/frontal (anterior/posterior portions), transverse/cross (superior/inferior portions), oblique (angle between transverse and sagittal)
Name the cavity and organs found in the posterior/dorsal body cavity
cranial/brain, vertebral/spinal cord
Name the two body cavities found in the anterior/ventral body cavity
thoracic, abdominopelvic
Name the body cavities and organs found in the thoracic cavity
pleural/lungs, pericardial/heart
Name the organs found in the abdominopelvic cavity
stomach, pancreas, liver/gallbladder, small/large intestine, spleen, urinary bladder, uterus/ovaries (in female)
Which organs are not found in a particular body cavity?
testes, kidneys, lymph nodes, arteries/veins, muscles, bones
The role of an electron is what?
bonding
Glucose, water, triglyceride, amino acids are examples of what kind of bond?
covalent
Hydrogen bonds do what?
provide stability and shape
In proteins ___________ determines ____________.
shape determines function
Where do you find potential energy?
within bonds of compounds – glucose, fatty acids, glycerol, amino acids
What is kinetic energy?
released energy/muscle contraction
What is the molecular formula for methane gas?
CH4
What is the molecular formula for water?
H2O
What is the molecular formula for carbon dioxide?
CO2
What is the molecular formula for sodium chloride?
NaCl
What is the difference between an organic compound and an inorganic compound?
organic/always has carbon, always covalently bonded, energy and building blocks – inorganic/water and things that dissolve in water, ionic and covalent bonds, salts, acids and bases
What’s the difference between solvent/solute/solution/suspension?
solvent dissolves other substances, solute thing that dissolves, solution made when solute is dissolved by solvent, suspension material mixed for a while with solvent but eventually accumulates on bottom of container
Acids have what molecule?
hydrogen
Is hydrogen positive or negative – a cation or an anion?
positive/cation
Bases have what molecule?
OH (hydroxide)
Is OH (hydroxide) positive/negative an anion/cation
negative/anion
What is a salt?
two charged particles that are neither H or OH
What are the three classifications of carbs?
monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides
Give an example of a monosaccharide
glucose, galactose or fructose
Give an example of disaccharide
sucrose, maltose, lactose
What’s the difference between starch and glycogen?
starch is stored glucose in plants, glycogen is stored glucose in humans
Give an example of a polysaccharide?
starch, glycogen, cellulose (?)
What is a polysaccharide?
lots of mono’s together
What are the building blocks of carbohydrates
monosaccharides
What are the three classes of lipids?
triglycerides, phospholipids, steroids
Cholesterol is a
steroid
What are triglycerides made of?
3 fatty acids and one glycerol
What are phospholipids made of?
two fatty acids, a glycerol and a phosphate
Phospholipids, the heads and tails are which – hydrophobic, hydrophilic
heads are hydrophilic, tails are hydrophobic
DNA is what?
the bodies instruction manual
What are the three parts of a cell?
plasma membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus
Proteins in the plasma membrane come in two flavors, what are they?
integral and peripheral
Channels and pores are integral or peripheral?
integral
Peripheral proteins in the PM are considered what?
anchors
What are the criteria for getting things through the PM?
size, shape, solubility and charge
When protein is used for energy, what is sacrificed?
actin and myosin
Mitochondria
ATP
Golgi body
sorting packaging sending
ER
transportation
Centriol
mitotic spindles
Nucleus
DNA
Ribosomes
protein synthesis
Lysosome
digestion
mRNA is used in
transcription
tRNA is used in
translation
transcription happens in
nucleus
translation happens in
ribosome
polypeptide goes to
golgi body
polypeptide is made in
ribosome
functional protein leaves golgi body via
exocytosis
the nuclear membrane disappears during
prophase
chromatin shortens and thickens into chromosomes during
prophase
chromosomes are lined up at the equater during
metaphase
chromosomes actively moving in
anaphase
nuclear membrane reappears in
telophase
chromosomes unravel into chromatin in
telophase
what’s the anagram to remember mitosis phases?
PMAT
how many chromosomes in a cell
46
where do you find stratified squamous epithelials and what are their function?
epidermis, protection
location and function of squamous epithelials?
lungs/kidneys, diffusion and filtration
location and function of simple cuboidal?
kidneys, secretion
location and function of adipose connective tissue
hypodermis – cushioning, protection, insulation, storage of NRG
location of dense irregular connective tissue
dermis
functions of skin
protection, synth. Vit. D, thermoregulation, sensation, excretion and absorption
where is hyaline cartilage found?
end of long bones, nose, embryo
where is fibrocartilage found?
pubic symphysis, intervertebral discs, menisci
where is elastic cartilage found?
epiglottis, external ear, Eustachian tubes
what are the three major minerals found in bone in order?
Ca, PO4, Mg
what is hemopoiesis and where does it occur?
production of all blood cells, occurs in red blood marrow
what happens at the epiphyseal plate?
endochondral ossification
epiphyseal plate is also known as
growth plate
the diaphysis is made out of
compact bone
the epiphysis is made out of
spongy bone
osteoblasts are made out of
osteoprogenitors
what cell makes boney matrix?
osteoblasts
what cell is a mature bone cell that maintains boney matrix?
osteocyte
what cell breaks down boney matrix?
osteoclasts
chondroblasts do what?
make cartilage matrix
review parts of compact bone
osteon, lamellae, haversian canal, osteocyte, lacunae, canaliculi
what are the bony islands in spongy bone?
trabeculae
what are the spaces in trabelculae filled with?
red bone marrow
where does intramembranous ossification happen?
flat bones of skull, mandible, clavicle
IO makes what?
spongy bone
In what type of tissue does IO happen?
fibrous connective tissue
Does IO have a capillary?
yes
The majority of bones are made through IO or EO?
endochondral ossification
Does EO have capillary?
no
Osteoblasts and chondroblasts which goes with which type of ossification?
osteoblasts with IO, chondroblasts with EO
Chondroblasts lay down what during EO?
hyaline cartilage
What is hyaline cartilage replaced with in EO?
spongy bone
Hgh does what?
stimulates boney growth at the epiphyseal plate, provides collagen, doesn’t make boney matrix
Calcitonin makes or destroys boney matrix?
makes
Pth makes or destroys boney matrix?
destroys