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1) What are the characteristics of life?
Responsiveness, Respiration, Reproduction, Circulation, Conductivity, Absorption, Digestion, Growth, Secretion, Excretion.
2) How are the body structures organized according to different levels?
Chemical, Cellular, Tissue, Organ, System, Organism.
3) Describe the standard anatomical position of the body.
Erect body, Face forward, Palms forward, Straight leg, Sole on the ground, Arms both sides.
4) What structures are found within the dorsal and ventral body cavities?
Dorsal:
1.Cranial 2. Spinal

Ventral:
1. Thoracic Cavity (Mediastinum & L/R Pleural Cavity)
2. Abdominopelvic (Abdominal Cavity & Pelvic Cavity)
5) What structure separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity?
Diaphragm
6) What organ occupies the majority of the mediastinum?
Heart
7) What are the 9 abdominal regions and their underlying organs?
1. Rt. Hypochondriac-Liver,GB,
2. Epigastric – Liver, GB, ST
3. Left Hypochondriac, ST, SP
4. Rt Lumbar- Lg Intestine
5. Umbilical –SM Intestine, L. Intestine
6. Left Lumbar- Lg Intestine
7. Right Iliac (Inguinal)-Appendix
8. Hypogastric-SM Intestine
9. Left Iliac (Inguinal)-
8) What are the 4 abdominal quadrants and their underlying organs?
1. Right Upper; Liver, GB,ST,
2. Left Upper; SP, ST,Lg Intestine
3. Rt Lower; Lg Intestine, Appendix
4. Left Lower; Lg Intestine
9) Define directional terms, sections, and planes.
{Frontal , Sagittal, Transverse}, Lateral, Anterior, Posterior, Superior, Inferior, Distal, Proximal}
10) Define homeostasis and negative feedback.
Homeostasis: Is a term used to describe the relatively constant state maintained by body-internal environment around body cells remains constant.
Negative Feedback:
1. Are Inhibitory
2. Stabilize physiological variables
3. Produce an action that is opposite to the change that activated the system
4. Are responsible for maintaining homeostasis
5. Are much more common than positive feedback
11) Describe the mechanism of the regulation of body temperature.
Negative Feedback mechanism= When temperature drops, sensory receptor in the skin and blood vessels sense the temperature change, hypothalamus sends signal to body that creates goose bumps to raise body temp by shivering.
12) What are the major element s in the human body?
HONC
• Hydrogen
• Oxygen
• Nitrogen
• Carbon
13) What organic molecules are found in the human body?
Carbohydrate; glucose, lactose, sucrose, glycogen, and starch
Lipid: fats, oils, and steroids
Protein: keratin, hemoglobin, antibodies, and enzymes
Nucleic Acids: deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), ribonucleic acid (RNA), and adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
14) Describe the cellular structures and their functions (including organelles, cytoskeleton, cell extensions, and cell connections).
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15) What are the physiological processes of the cells? List at least 4 examples.
Growth, Reproduction (cell division), Membrane Transport(osmosis), Cell Metabolism (endocytosis,exocytosis)
16) Describe the cell membrane transport (both passive and active transport).
Passive transport
No cellular energy (ATP) is required
Movement of substances along the concentration or pressure gradient
Active transport
Cellular energy (ATP) is consumed
Movement of substances against the concentration or pressure gradient
17) What does histology study?
Study of Tissue.
Describe the structures that derive from different primary germ layers.
• Mesoderm: Bones, Muscles, Blood
• Ectoderm: Outside Development (spinabifida)
• Endoderm;
19) What are the 4 principal types of tissue and their general functions?
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20) How are epithelial tissues classified according to cell shapes and arrangements?
1. Simple Squamous- Single Layer
2. Simple Cuboital-Used to transport Urine
3. Simple Columnar-
4. Pseudostratified- respiratory tract
5. Stratified Squamous
a. Keratinized-Skin
b. Non Keratinized- Orifices
21) What is pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium?
• Found in throat; cilia propels fluid
• Appears to be multilayered
22) Where is transitional epithelium located?
Bladder
23) What do connective tissues include? Where do you find them?
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24) What is the most commonly seen connective tissue in the body?
• Areolar
25) What is the structural unit of the bone tissue?
• Osteon
26) Where are the body membranes located?
Epithelial: Cutaneous, Serous, Mucous,
Connective Tissue: Synovial
27) What is the largest, thinnest, and heaviest organ in the body?
Skin
28) What are the 5 layers of the epidermis?
1. Corneum
2. Lucidum-Found in Palms & Soles only
3. Granulosum
4. Spinosum
5. Basal
29) What skin structures determine the fingerprints?
• Dermal Papilla
30) What structures are found in the dermis?
Papillary Layer (dermal papilla) & Reticular Layer (Thick Dermal Layer
31) How is the skin color determined and modified?
• Determined by the quantity of Melanin; and melanin is determined by genes; exposure of sunlight and ACTH, amt of oxygen in blood
32. What are the main sources of the body heat production and heat loss?
• Heat production is from food metabolism; localized to glands & muscles esp liver
• Heat Loss: Sweating through evaporation
33. What structures belong to skin appendages?
• Hair, nails, skin, glands, sebaceous glands
34. Describe the features of the 4 types of bone?
Long Bone: Extended Longitudinal Axis/ Extended and uniquely shaped articular ends
Short Bone: Cube or box shaped structure/ as broad as they are long
Flat Bone: Broad & Thin and flattened and curved surface (scapula, Cranium)
Irregular: Clustered in group; various size and shapes (vertebra)
35. Describe parts of a typical long bone.
• Diaphysis; shaft
• Ephiphysis; heads
• Articular Cartlidge; joint lining (were synovial fluid)
• Periosteum; Outer covering of bone
• Medullary Cavity; inside of bone where marrow is (endosteum)
• Endosteum; lining of medullary
36. Define osteon or Haversian System:
• Central canal with blood vessels surrounded by concentric lamellae where you see spaces called lucanae (contain osteocytes)
37. What are the functions of bone?
Support
Protection
Movement
Mineral Storage
Hematopoiesis
38. Where are bones developed from?
• Epiphysial Plate; Cartilage
39. What does the axial skeleton include?
Skull, Spine, Ribcage,
40. What does the appendicular skeleton include?
Consists of 126 Bones
Bones of appendicular skeleton form appendages to axial skeleton; everything besides the previous question
41. How many bones are there in axial and appendicular skeleton?
Axial: 80 bones
Appendicular: 126
42. What are the paired and unpaired cranial bones?
Paired: Parietal and Temporal
Unpaired: The rest
43. What bones to parietal bones connect?
43. What bones to parietal bones connect?
They form a movable joint with occipital, temporal, sphenoid, frontal
44. What are the paired and unpaired facial bones?
Paired: Nasal, Maxillary, Zygomatic, Lacrimal, Palatine, Inferior Nasal Conchae
Unpaired: Vomer, Mandible
45. What facial bones form the hard palate?
Palatine Process of Maxilla
Horizontal Plate of Palatine Bone
46. What facial bones form the sockets for teeth?
Aveloar Process (more specific), Maxilla, Mandible (more general)
47. What are the most delicate bones in the body?
Malleus (Hammer), Incus (Anvil), Stapes (Stirrups)
48. Which bone in the body that does not have articulations with other bones ?
Hyoid
49. How many vertebrae are there in different spinal segments?
Cervical: 7
Thoracic: 12
Lumbar: 5
50. What are the normal and abnormal spinal curvatures?
Lordosis-Sway back
Kyphosis- Hunchback (called Scheumermans Disease in kids)
Scoliosis- Side Curvature
51. Define true ribs, false ribs, floating ribs?
True Ribs: Articulate to sternum (1st 7 ribs)
False: do not articulate (8-12)
Floating: Do not articulate to sternum (11 &12)
52. What are the shoulder and hip girdles composed of?
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53. What bones contribute to the formation of the acetabulum & obturator foramen?
Acetabulum: Illium, Ischium, Pubis
Obturator: Ischium & pubis
54. How many bones are there in the upper and lower limbs respectively?
Upper: 64
Lower: 62
55. Between what bones are the shoulder elbow wrist hip knee and ankle joints formed?
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56. Name 8 capral bones & 7 tarsal bones?
Carpals:
Scaphoid
Lunate
Triquetrum
Pisaform
Trapezium
Trapezoid
Capitate
Hammate

Tarsals:
Talus
Navicular
Cuneiform (3)
Cuboid
Calcanceous
57. Open: Complete break( bone through skin)
Closed: Complete Break (Bone in skin)
Complete Break: Bone breaks in two
Inclomplete Break: Bone break, but not into two
Linear Break: Cracked bone
Transverse: Horizontal Break
Oblique Break: Diagonal
Green Stick: found in children (incomplete fracture)
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58. How are joints classified acc to function and structure?
• Structure: classified by strength
o Fibrous=tough (found in Sutres in skull; found in ulna/radius, tibia/fibula connections)
o Flexible=cartilaginous
o fluid =Synovial
• Function: classified by movability
o Immovable; synarthroses
o Slightly movable; amphiarthroses
o Freely moveable; diarthroses
59. Where are the hinge, ball & socket, & pivot joints located?
Hinge: *Knee, Elbow
Pivot: Dans of axis against atlas (C1,C2)
Head of radius against ulna (elbow)
Ball & Socket: Shoulder & Hip
60. Describe the different types of body movement?
Angular: includes flexion & extension, plantar & dorsiflexion, abduction & adduction,
circular movement: inclusive of rotation and circumduction, supination, & pronation
Gliding movements: Wrist
Special Movements: Opposition & Reposition (humans only)
Inversion/Eversion: Inward/Outward rotation of foot
Protraction/Retraction: Shoulder, Jaw, Tongue
Elevation/Depression: S/A/A (same as above)