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What is the branch of science that studies HOW the body functions?
Physiology
the head is located to the chest
superior
Which cavity is divided into 4 cavities?
Abdominopelvic
Body fluid that has a PH range of 7.35 to 7.45
Blood
In which of the following is the number of hydrogen ions greater?
Stomach acid
Miss Lynn puts sodium Chloride (NaCl) "table salt in a jar, The NaCl diassociates in the water into Na+ and Na-
the process is called
ionization
When atoms share this forms a strong bond called
covelent bonds
Matter
any thing that occupies space and has weight
When temp is lowered to freezing point, water turns to ice it is an example of a
physical change
Eating food, when it is broken down by enzymes so that it can be used for energy and body tissues; it is an example of a
chemical change
An element is a
substance forms in that cannot be broken down any further because all the atoms are the same type
Electrolytes are important in the body because when they break down into ions, they
carry an electrical charge that is used for many functions in the body
All matter is made of atoms, the smalles t bassic unit of matter, what makes them different from each other are
The number of subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, and electrons
The bond that is formed between water molecules as a result of a slightly positive and negative charges in molecules
Hydrogen Bonds
Cytoplasm is

THE GEL IN THE CELL
a gel like substance that supports the shape of the celland asists in the transport of nutrients throughout the cell
Mitochondria

Power Plants of Cell
Organelle that converts nutrients to a form of energy that the cell can use
Cell Membrane

"doorman"
A semipermeable membrane that selectively allows things to enter and exit cell
Nucleus

Control Center
Control center of the cell holds all the genetic info
Lysosomes

LYSOL is used by janitors
Organelles that break down cellular waste.. Janitors of the cell
When a red blood cell is placed in a "HYPER" tonic solution it will

HYPER =too much salt not enough water
SHRINK
Movement of a "SUBSTANCE" of a higher concentration to an area of lower concentration is
Diffusion
An example of a transport mechanism is the SWELLING of a blood clot as it ATTRACTS water is,
OSMOSIS
Bursting of Red blood cells
Hemolysis
Normal Saline is
ISOTONIC
Most abundant compound in human body is
WATER
GLUCOSE (sugar) is BROKEN down in order to
Provide energy (ATP) for the working cells
Building blocks of protein
Amino acids
Glycogen is
The storage form of Glucose
Ade NINE, thym INE, and gua NINE
are bases of DNA
Double stranded nucleic acid,
"blueprint for life"
DNA
glucogenisis
GLUCO = GENESIS
Increases blood glucose
Disease producing microorganism
"pat hogan"
Pathogen
Describes the signs and symptoms that develop in response to a Pathogen
When Pat Hogen
Infection
Cocci, bacilli, and curved rods are classified as
Bacteria
Streptococci, Staphlycocci are classified as
Gram + bacteria
Candidas Albicas

Yeast
Yeast infection
The significance of spore formation
It becomes more resistant to harsh, environmental conditions
MYCOTIC infection
mycosis
(mīkō´sis),
n a disease caused by a yeast or fungus.
Fungus

mykes + osis, condition
With regard to infectious disease, arthropods most often ACT as
Parasites
A Fomite is a
Vector
A vector is a
An animal carrier that transfers an infectious organism from one host to another. The vector that transmits Lyme disease from wildlife to humans is the deer tick or black-legged tick.
A helminth is a
Worm;
hel·minth (hlmnth)
n.
A worm, especially a parasitic roundworm or tapeworm.
The ova of these parasitic pathogenic multicellular animals usually appear in the STOOL of an infected person
Worms/PinWorms
Herpes Varicella Zoster
Causes Chicken pox
Herpes Varicella Zoster may lay dormant in the nerves for many years, when awakened later in life it causes
Shingles
Nurse instructs a patient that when conditions for bacterial growth are not favorable, the bacteria can be stored in a dormant form called
Spores
When a patient complains that he is not yet on an antibiotic , the nurse explains that the physician is waiting on the results of the culture and sensitivity because this test determines
Which antibiotics stop bacterial growth
The patient with a disease caused by a VIRUS has a complication that a patient with a disease caused by bacteria does not, this complication is that a virus
is not killed by an antibiotic
Nurse is distressed when a patient admitted with a diagnosis of pnemonia develops a UTI because the nurse recognizes that the UTI is a
NOSOCOMIAL infection
Nurse instructs the patient that the most important preventive technique for breaking the chain of infection is
HANDWASHING
The part that is ABOVE another part or is closer to the HEAD
Opposite of Inferior
Superior
Posterior
Another word for Dorsal
Toward the Back surface
Medial
Opposite of Lateral
Starts at the Midline or middle of the body
Toward the Midline of the body
Opposite of Superficial
Deep
"away from the surface"
Superficial
Near the Surface
opposite of Deep
Relationship of the wrist to the Elbow
Distal
AWAY from the midline of BODY
Lateral
AWAY from the center
Opposite of central
peripheral
Central
near the center
Relationship of wrist to fingers
proximal
Toward the Surface
Another word is Ventral
Anterior
Body is standing erect, face forward, armas at side toes and palms of hands directed forward
Anotomical position
Refers to the Middle, of the Anterior chest
STERNAL
Refers to the ARM

Don't fall and Brachial your arm
Brachial
Thigh area
Uncle Kenny broke his femor
FEMORAL
Armpit Region

We spray AXe on our armpits
Axillary
Umbilical
Naval belly button area
Gluteal
Buttocks
Pedal
we pedal our bike with our feet
feet
Refers to Cheek
Buccal
we fill our cheeks at Buccal de Beppo
Rounded area of shoulder, close to upper arm

Body builders use roids to make big deltoids
Deltoid
The area behind knee cap

vericose veins behind kneecap can pop and look teal
popliteal
Back of head
Occipital
Genital Area
Inguinal
Pertaining to mouth
oral
Referring to fingers and toes
digital
The cavity that is divided into quadrants
Abdominopelvic
The lower ventral cavity seperated from the Thoracic cavity by diaphragm
Abdominopelvic
The upper ventral cavity
and is surrounded by ribs and largely FILLED with lungs
Thoracic
Diaphragm
The diaphragm separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity and performs an important function in respiration.
Mediastinum
It is the central compartment of the thoracic cavity. It contains the heart, the great vessels of the heart, esophagus, trachea, phrenic nerve, cardiac nerve, thoracic duct, thymus, and lymph nodes of the central chest.
Thoracic cavity is part of the
Ventral Cavity that contains the Mediastinum
Dorsal Cavity (Back) EXTENDS from the cranial cavity and contains the spinal cord
VERTIBRAL CAVITY

The spinal canal (or vertebral canal or spinal cavity) is the space in vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes. It is a process of the dorsal human body cavity.
Also called the Spinal Canal
Vertibral Cavity

The spinal canal (or vertebral canal or spinal cavity)
Dorsal cavity that contains the brain
Cranial Cavity
The location of the abdominopelvic cavity is
Ventral Cavity

(FRONT)
Location of Thoracic Cavity
Ventral Cavity

(FRONT)
Cavity that is divided into regions, such as epigastric iliac and umbilical regions are
abdominopelvic
Describes a solution in which the water is the solvent
Aqueous
Molecules formed by two or more Different elements

LDS compounds were formed by many different elements of mormanism
Compound
Waste product that is formed when food particles are broken down in order to extract energy stored in it's bonds.
Carbon Dioxide

WASTE PRODUCT
Compound that is considered a universal solvent it is most abundant compound in body
water
the action of an enzyme

enzymes speed up increase process
catalyst
Combo of two or more substances that can be SEPARATED by ordinary physical means
MIXTURE
Mixture that contains a aolute and solvent, an there is an EVEN DISTRIBUTION of solute in the solvent
Solution
A solution in which alcohol is the solvent
Tincture
An example of Blood plasma because blood proteins REMAIN SUSPENDED with in the plasma
Colloid Suspension
Mixture that must be shalen up to prevent settling of particles

ie; sand and water
Suspension
Coccus, bacilli, strep and staph
Bacteria
Mycotic infections are
Fungal
Single cell, animal like microbes

Protozoas are single and actlike animals when
Protozoa
Chlamyddia and Rickettsia are
Bacteria
small bacteria that must reproduce within living cells of a host, also considered parasites because they need a host
From the Latin meaning for Poison
VIRUS
Ameobas, ciliates, flagella, sporozoa
protozoa
Consists of RNA and DNA surrounded by a protein shell
Virus
Helminths
Worms/parasites
Ectoparasites
Arthropod

ectoparasite - any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
Arthropod
arthropod
Noun
a creature, such as an insect or a spider, which has jointed legs and a hard case on its body [Greek arthron joint + pous foot]
Parasite
Organism that requires a living host in order to live
Routes by which pathogens LEAVE the body
PORTALS of EXIT
Peptide Bonds

Group of aminos hang out and form a pep rally and bond
The Amine group of Valine joins with the acide part of Phenolalanine to form a peptide bond
Series of ANA erobic reactions that occurs within the cytoplasm

Ana lacks oxygen when she goes to Cytoplasm and has a reacts and is now called A GLYCOLIS
Glycolosis
ANAerobic metabolism of glucose

When Ana does Aerobic she lacks oxygen and is a Glycolysis
Glycolosis
When oxygen is Absent Pyruvic acid is converted to
Lactic Acid
A catalyst
Enzyme
The end products of Aerobic (O2) catabolism of glucose

Go to Krebs Gym in the Mitochondria and make ATP
ATP
Rapid incomplete breakdown of fatty acids
Ketone bodies
Series of Aerobic chemical reactions

Mr. Krebs cycles and needs lots of air so he can do a series of aerobics in the Mitochondria
Krebs Cycle
Essential Aminos
Cannot be sythnthesized by the body
Nitrogen containing waste

UREA stinks like amonia and is a waste
UREA