• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/230

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

230 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
Muscular system has how many functions and what are they?
three 1) movement 2) maintains posture 3) heat production
There are how many muscle types and what are they?
three 1) Skeletal 2) cardiac 3) smooth
Which muscle attaches to bones, is striated and has voluntary movement?
Skeletal -- biceps -- multi-nuclei
Which muscle is striated and has involuntary movement?
Cardiac -- heart -- single nucleus
Which muscle is non-striated and has involuntary movement?
Smooth -- organs, blood & lymph vessels -- single nucleus
One muscle cell is equal to?
one muscle fiber
What is a muscle?
a long cylinder/tube full of protein
What is fascia?
white connective tissue that connect skin to underlying muscle there are three types.
What is superficial fascia?
it attaches skin to underlying muscles
What is deep fascia?
it's in muscle in around the tissue
What is subserous fascia?
deep in muscle tissue
Myo and sacro mean?
muscle
The cell membrane made of two rows of fat proteins is called?
sarcolemma cell membrane of muscle
Each row of myofilament form a ____?
myofibril which is made of myosin: thick myofilament | actin: thin myofilament | z-lines
An H-band is made of ?
Pure myosin, no actin
An I-band is made of?
pure actin, no myosin
An A-band is made of?
actin and myosin
A sarcomere is ?
one unit of z-line to z-line
A row of sarcomere make a?
myofibril
A whole bunch of myofibril make a?
muscle fiber
Tendons attach ___________?
muscle to bone
Ligaments attach __________?
bone to bone it is a type of connective tissue
Epimysium is ________?
[epi:upon mys:muscle ium:membrane] around the whole muscle outer membrane type of connective tissue, non-contractile moves with the whole muscle
Endomysium is ____?
connective tissue filler between muscle fiber
Perimysium is ______?
connective tissue membrane between the fascicle
Isotropic means?
same
Anisotropic means?
without same
Which band is missing when a muscle contracts?
H-band
A muscle contraction is also known as ____?
muscle shortening
Ca++ is stored in the __________?
sacroplasmic reticulum
The main reason we store Ca is _____?
muscle contraction
Any cell at rest has a _____ charge on the outside and a ________ charge on the inside.
positive | negative
Myosin is the _______ for muscle.
ATPase
Motor unit is __________?
point where nerve almost touches muscle fiber ~ 10 to 500 fibers per motor unit {39:14 apr22}
The body can store only so much ATP energy, when the body is filled with ATP it combines with _____ to create _________?
creatine ; creatinephosphate + ADP (inactivity(rest))
ATP + creatine ----->(inactivity: rest) creatinephosphate + ADP is _______?
another energy source
During strenuous exercise after ATP is burned up the body will breakdown creatinephospate + ADP -------> to make ?
ATP + creatine
What is the 'all or none' principle of muscle contraction?
muscle contract maximally or none at all; no such thing as a single muscle contraction
What is a muscle twitch?
single response to a single stimulus
What is muscle tetany?
a sustain contraction like a muscle cramp
What is muscle treppe?
The muscle warming up first contraction of the day, the gradual increase in muscular contraction following rapidly repeated stimulation, Looks like a staircase
What is muscle tonus?
a sustained partial contraction, or alternate contraction and relaxation of neighboring fibers of a group of muscles hold the organ or the part of the body in a neutral functional position without fatigue one set of muscle fibers contracting, essential for many normal body functions, such as holding the spine erect, the eyes open, and the jaw closed
What is the refractory period?
period of time when chemicals are not where they are supposed to be
What is summation?
accumulation of sub-threshold stimuli in quick sections(intervals), the process by which multiple or repeated stimuli can produce a response in a nerve, muscle, or other part that one stimulus alone cannot produce
What is constant rotation?
muscle fiber taking turns contracting, not all fibers contract
Pons
regulate respiratory system, 1st bump Upper Pons –pneumotaxic center, facilitates expiration ( breath out) Lower Pons – apneustic center , facilitates inspiration (breathe in)
Upper Pons
pneumotaxic center, facilitates expiration ( breath out)
Lower Pons
apneustic center , facilitates inspiration (breathe in)
Frontal lobe
personality-- primary emotional center, behavior, and motor speech (left frontal brocas area) common area for strokes
Parietal lobe
sensory interpretation (interprets visual association)
Occipital lobe
vision picture image
Temporal lobe
learning, memory and hearing
Medulla oblongata
frontside (anterior) 3 vital reflex center- 1.cardiac- controls heart 2. Respiratory -depth & rate of breathing works w/Pons 3. Vasomotor- blood vessel size, vasoconstriction (thin) vasodilatation wide non-vital centers swallowing, yawning coughing hiccupping sneezing vomiting --- posterior side – 2 large sensory areas , receive sensory neurons f/spinal cord
Medulla oblongata --- frontside (anterior) 3 vital reflex center
1.cardiac- controls heart 2. Respiratory -depth & rate of breathing works w/Pons 3. Vasomotor- blood vessel size, vasoconstriction (thin) vasodilatation wide non-vital centers swallowing, yawning coughing hiccupping sneezing vomiting ---
Medulla oblongata posterior side
2 large sensory areas , receive sensory neurons f/spinal cord
Why neuronal regeneration is possible in the PNS neurons but not in CNS neurons
because neurons in the CNS have no neurilemma
Parkinsonism
the inability to produce enough dopamine
MS multiple sclerosis
the degeneration of myelin, slows it down to have no effect
Cerebral palsy
damage to motor areas of the brain; if mother has German measles during 1st three months of pregnancy or during birth
Poliomyelitis
caused by virus that affects motor areas of the spinal cord
Forms of paralysis
quadriplegia, paraplegia, hemiplegia
quadriplegia
inability to move from neck down all four limbs
Paraplegia
inability to move from waist down lower limbs (leg)
Hemiplegia
inability to move the right or left side of body
Nucleus
group of nerve cells of the central nervous system having a common function, such as supporting the sense of hearing or smell
Telodendria
storages Ach (acetylcholine) the tail of all neurons containing neurotransmitter substances
Neurilemma
only in nerve cells outside the brain & sc; the outermost layer of the myelin sheath that surrounds the axon of a myelinated nerve cell; Schwann cells continually wrap around axon pushing the nucleus of the Schwann cells out of the cell body forming another layer
Dendrites
branched extension of a nerve cell neuron that receives electrical signals from other neurons and conducts those signals to the cell body
Cell body
portion of a nerve cell that contains the nucleus but does not incorporate the dendrites or axon
Axon
an extension of a nerve cell, similar in shape to a thread that transmits impulses outward from the cell body
3 types of neurons:
multipolar, bipolar, unipolar
Neuromuscular junction
the junction between a nerve and a muscle fibers because nerves do not touch muscles
Creatine phosphate
inactivity rest ATP + creatine make creatine phosphate + ADP which is another energy source used/released during strenuous exercise after ATP is burned up; amino acid that provides energy to muscle
how many spinal nerves
31 pairs
spinal taps are done
between L3 -L5 vertebra but mainly L4-L5 vertebra
spinal cord ends at
L2 vertebra
List three layers of the spinal meninges and the spaces associated with each
duramater, arachnoid, piamater and the spaces associated with each meninges epidural, subdural, subarachnoid
epidural space
is the space between the Duramater and bone
Duramater
(protective) durable, tough white fibrous tissue
subdural space
is the space between the duramater and the arachniod
Arachnoid
delicate, spiderweb look, vascular
subarachnoid space
is the space between the arachniod and piamater
Piamater
very thin delicate covering on the surface of spinal cord
what do the mengines do?
it protects and nurish the brain and spinal cord
what does CSF stand for and what is it?
cerebrospinal fluid; it is a clear watery fluid formed by filteration of blood in the ventricles of the brain, serves as a shockabsorber and nurishes, used as a diagnostic test
Why is the spinal tap done?
to diagnose disease, administer anesthesia, relieve pressure for those that have to much spinal fluid or relieve brain pressure, administer drugs -- antibiotics & pain med
How many pairs of spinal nerves and cranial nerves do we have?
31 pairs of spinal and 12 cranial
Which cranial nerve branches most extensively throughout the body
vagus nerve - cranial nerve X
What is the largest nerve in the body?
sciatic nerve
nerve impules are?
undirectional
All synapse start at the axon the end of the axon simulates the next nerve cell there are 3 types of synapse?
axodendritic (stimulates dendrites), axosomatic (stimulates cell body), axoaxomic (stimulates axon)
The tail of the spinal cord is called?
conus medullaris
The horse-like end of the spinal cord
cauda equina
What are the nodes of Ranvier?
it is the space between jumping myelin
What forms only myelin sheath in the CNS?
oligodendrocyets (oligo-few, denro-tree, cytes-cells) type of neuroglia
Neuroglia are?
supportive cells
The forebrain is?
the cerebrum
The midbrain is ?
then pons, brain-stem, and medulla oblongata it is considered the primitive part of the brain
what is the limbic system?
a group of specific basal nuclei helps control; subconscious muscle movement the emotional visceral brain
What does the pituary gland do?
receives instructons from the hypothalamus to release antidievtic
cerebral peduncles are?
two anterior tracts convey ascending and descending impules
corpora quadrigemina are ?
4 rounded bodies in the posterior of the midbrain
explain the 4 major processes of retinal image formation? what enables you to see
1. reflections of light rays 2. accommodation of lens 3. pupil constriction/dilation[regulates how much light you get] 4) convergence of eyeball
name the 4 medias of light refraction, in the order light is refracted
1)cornea 2) aqueous humor 3)lens (muscle control) 4)vitreous humor (upside down & backwards)
how do rods and cones differ in function
rods are used for night vision which show movements & shapes not for color vision | cones patched in one dense area called central fovea for color and visual acuity (sharpness of vision)
what is conjunctivitis?
inflammation of the conjunctiva ( mucus membrane of the eyelid and eyeball)
what are catarats?
opacity of lens build up of protein
what is glaucoma?
build up of aqueous humor can lead to blindness
what is myopia?
nearsightedness, perfectly focused on the eyeball to long, refractal power of ciliary muscle to strong
what is hyperopia?
farsightedness, perfectly focused behind retina to short ciliary muscle has poor power not strong enough
what is presbyopia?
old sightedness ciliary muscle waers out
What is astigmatism?
irregularity of corena or lens; cornea is not smooth distortion of cornea or lens
external ear
pinna --> external auditory meatus lined with cerumin (earwax) --> tympanic membrane (eardrum)
middle ear
vibrates the ossicles (3 malleus, incus, stapes) stapes carry sound to the inner ear
inner ear
cochlea (hearing) fluid carries sound to inner ear = organ of Cori has hair cells and membrane hearing part = vestibulo for balance --> cranial nerve VIII vestibulocochlear nreve for balance and hearing --> ampula and semicircular canals
Muscular system has how many functions and what are they?
three 1) movement 2) maintains posture 3) heat production
There are how many muscle types and what are they?
three 1) Skeletal 2) cardiac 3) smooth
Which muscle attaches to bones, is striated and has voluntary movement?
Skeletal -- biceps -- multi-nuclei
Which muscle is striated and has involuntary movement?
Cardiac -- heart -- single nucleus
Which muscle is non-striated and has involuntary movement?
Smooth -- organs, blood & lymph vessels -- single nucleus
One muscle cell is equal to?
one muscle fiber
What is a muscle?
a long cylinder/tube full of protein
What is fascia?
white connective tissue that connect skin to underlying muscle there are three types.
What is superficial fascia?
it attaches skin to underlying muscles
What is deep fascia?
it's in muscle in around the tissue
What is subserous fascia?
deep in muscle tissue
Myo and sacro mean?
muscle
The cell membrane made of two rows of fat proteins is called?
sarcolemma cell membrane of muscle
Each row of myofilament form a ____?
myofibril which is made of myosin: thick myofilament | actin: thin myofilament | z-lines
An H-band is made of ?
Pure myosin, no actin
An I-band is made of?
pure actin, no myosin
An A-band is made of?
actin and myosin
A sarcomere is ?
one unit of z-line to z-line
A row of sarcomere make a?
myofibril
A whole bunch of myofibril make a?
muscle fiber
Tendons attach ___________?
muscle to bone
Ligaments attach __________?
bone to bone it is a type of connective tissue
Epimysium is ________?
[epi:upon mys:muscle ium:membrane] around the whole muscle outer membrane type of connective tissue, non-contractile moves with the whole muscle
Endomysium is ____?
connective tissue filler between muscle fiber
Perimysium is ______?
connective tissue membrane between the fascicle
Isotropic means?
same
Anisotropic means?
without same
Which band is missing when a muscle contracts?
H-band
A muscle contraction is also known as ____?
muscle shortening
Ca++ is stored in the __________?
sacroplasmic reticulum
The main reason we store Ca is _____?
muscle contraction
Any cell at rest has a _____ charge on the outside and a ________ charge on the inside.
positive | negative
Myosin is the _______ for muscle.
ATPase
Motor unit is __________?
point where nerve almost touches muscle fiber ~ 10 to 500 fibers per motor unit {39:14 apr22}
The body can store only so much ATP energy, when the body is filled with ATP it combines with _____ to create _________?
creatine ; creatinephosphate + ADP (inactivity(rest))
ATP + creatine ----->(inactivity: rest) creatinephosphate + ADP is _______?
another energy source
During strenuous exercise after ATP is burned up the body will breakdown creatinephospate + ADP -------> to make ?
ATP + creatine
What is the 'all or none' principle of muscle contraction?
muscle contract maximally or none at all; no such thing as a single muscle contraction
What is a muscle twitch?
single response to a single stimulus
What is muscle tetany?
a sustain contraction like a muscle cramp
What is muscle treppe?
The muscle warming up first contraction of the day, the gradual increase in muscular contraction following rapidly repeated stimulation, Looks like a staircase
What is muscle tonus?
a sustained partial contraction, or alternate contraction and relaxation of neighboring fibers of a group of muscles hold the organ or the part of the body in a neutral functional position without fatigue one set of muscle fibers contracting, essential for many normal body functions, such as holding the spine erect, the eyes open, and the jaw closed
What is the refractory period?
period of time when chemicals are not where they are supposed to be
What is summation?
accumulation of sub-threshold stimuli in quick sections(intervals), the process by which multiple or repeated stimuli can produce a response in a nerve, muscle, or other part that one stimulus alone cannot produce
What is constant rotation?
muscle fiber taking turns contracting, not all fibers contract
Pons
regulate respiratory system, 1st bump Upper Pons –pneumotaxic center, facilitates expiration ( breath out) Lower Pons – apneustic center , facilitates inspiration (breathe in)
Upper Pons
pneumotaxic center, facilitates expiration ( breath out)
Lower Pons
apneustic center , facilitates inspiration (breathe in)
Frontal lobe
personality-- primary emotional center, behavior, and motor speech (left frontal brocas area) common area for strokes
Parietal lobe
sensory interpretation (interprets visual association)
Occipital lobe
vision picture image
Temporal lobe
learning, memory and hearing
Medulla oblongata
frontside (anterior) 3 vital reflex center- 1.cardiac- controls heart 2. Respiratory -depth & rate of breathing works w/Pons 3. Vasomotor- blood vessel size, vasoconstriction (thin) vasodilatation wide non-vital centers swallowing, yawning coughing hiccupping sneezing vomiting --- posterior side – 2 large sensory areas , receive sensory neurons f/spinal cord
Medulla oblongata --- frontside (anterior) 3 vital reflex center
1.cardiac- controls heart 2. Respiratory -depth & rate of breathing works w/Pons 3. Vasomotor- blood vessel size, vasoconstriction (thin) vasodilatation wide non-vital centers swallowing, yawning coughing hiccupping sneezing vomiting ---
Medulla oblongata posterior side
2 large sensory areas , receive sensory neurons f/spinal cord
Why neuronal regeneration is possible in the PNS neurons but not in CNS neurons
because neurons in the CNS have no neurilemma
Parkinsonism
the inability to produce enough dopamine
MS multiple sclerosis
the degeneration of myelin, slows it down to have no effect
Cerebral palsy
damage to motor areas of the brain; if mother has German measles during 1st three months of pregnancy or during birth
Poliomyelitis
caused by virus that affects motor areas of the spinal cord
Forms of paralysis
quadriplegia, paraplegia, hemiplegia
quadriplegia
inability to move from neck down all four limbs
Paraplegia
inability to move from waist down lower limbs (leg)
Hemiplegia
inability to move the right or left side of body
Nucleus
group of nerve cells of the central nervous system having a common function, such as supporting the sense of hearing or smell
Telodendria
storages Ach (acetylcholine) the tail of all neurons containing neurotransmitter substances
Neurilemma
only in nerve cells outside the brain & sc; the outermost layer of the myelin sheath that surrounds the axon of a myelinated nerve cell; Schwann cells continually wrap around axon pushing the nucleus of the Schwann cells out of the cell body forming another layer
Dendrites
branched extension of a nerve cell neuron that receives electrical signals from other neurons and conducts those signals to the cell body
Cell body
portion of a nerve cell that contains the nucleus but does not incorporate the dendrites or axon
Axon
an extension of a nerve cell, similar in shape to a thread that transmits impulses outward from the cell body
3 types of neurons:
multipolar, bipolar, unipolar
Neuromuscular junction
the junction between a nerve and a muscle fibers because nerves do not touch muscles
Creatine phosphate
inactivity rest ATP + creatine make creatine phosphate + ADP which is another energy source used/released during strenuous exercise after ATP is burned up; amino acid that provides energy to muscle
how many spinal nerves
31 pairs
spinal taps are done
between L3 -L5 vertebra but mainly L4-L5 vertebra
spinal cord ends at
L2 vertebra
List three layers of the spinal meninges and the spaces associated with each
duramater, arachnoid, piamater and the spaces associated with each meninges epidural, subdural, subarachnoid
epidural space
is the space between the Duramater and bone
Duramater
(protective) durable, tough white fibrous tissue
subdural space
is the space between the duramater and the arachniod
Arachnoid
delicate, spiderweb look, vascular
subarachnoid space
is the space between the arachniod and piamater
Piamater
very thin delicate covering on the surface of spinal cord
what do the mengines do?
it protects and nurish the brain and spinal cord
what does CSF stand for and what is it?
cerebrospinal fluid; it is a clear watery fluid formed by filteration of blood in the ventricles of the brain, serves as a shockabsorber and nurishes, used as a diagnostic test
Why is the spinal tap done?
to diagnose disease, administer anesthesia, relieve pressure for those that have to much spinal fluid or relieve brain pressure, administer drugs -- antibiotics & pain med
How many pairs of spinal nerves and cranial nerves do we have?
31 pairs of spinal and 12 cranial
Which cranial nerve branches most extensively throughout the body
vagus nerve - cranial nerve X
What is the largest nerve in the body?
sciatic nerve
nerve impules are?
undirectional
All synapse start at the axon the end of the axon simulates the next nerve cell there are 3 types of synapse?
axodendritic (stimulates dendrites), axosomatic (stimulates cell body), axoaxomic (stimulates axon)
The tail of the spinal cord is called?
conus medullaris
The horse-like end of the spinal cord
cauda equina
What are the nodes of Ranvier?
it is the space between jumping myelin
What forms only myelin sheath in the CNS?
oligodendrocyets (oligo-few, denro-tree, cytes-cells) type of neuroglia
Neuroglia are?
supportive cells
The forebrain is?
the cerebrum
The midbrain is ?
then pons, brain-stem, and medulla oblongata it is considered the primitive part of the brain
what is the limbic system?
a group of specific basal nuclei helps control; subconscious muscle movement the emotional visceral brain
What does the pituary gland do?
receives instructons from the hypothalamus to release antidievtic
cerebral peduncles are?
two anterior tracts convey ascending and descending impules
corpora quadrigemina are ?
4 rounded bodies in the posterior of the midbrain
explain the 4 major processes of retinal image formation? what enables you to see
1. reflections of light rays 2. accommodation of lens 3. pupil constriction/dilation[regulates how much light you get] 4) convergence of eyeball
name the 4 medias of light refraction, in the order light is refracted
1)cornea 2) aqueous humor 3)lens (muscle control) 4)vitreous humor (upside down & backwards)
how do rods and cones differ in function
rods are used for night vision which show movements & shapes not for color vision | cones patched in one dense area called central fovea for color and visual acuity (sharpness of vision)
what is conjunctivitis?
inflammation of the conjunctiva ( mucus membrane of the eyelid and eyeball)
what are catarats?
opacity of lens build up of protein
what is glaucoma?
build up of aqueous humor can lead to blindness
what is myopia?
nearsightedness, perfectly focused on the eyeball to long, refractal power of ciliary muscle to strong
what is hyperopia?
farsightedness, perfectly focused behind retina to short ciliary muscle has poor power not strong enough
what is presbyopia?
old sightedness ciliary muscle waers out
What is astigmatism?
irregularity of corena or lens; cornea is not smooth distortion of cornea or lens
external ear
pinna --> external auditory meatus lined with cerumin (earwax) --> tympanic membrane (eardrum)
middle ear
vibrates the ossicles (3 malleus, incus, stapes) stapes carry sound to the inner ear
inner ear
cochlea (hearing) fluid carries sound to inner ear = organ of Cori has hair cells and membrane hearing part = vestibulo for balance --> cranial nerve VIII vestibulocochlear nreve for balance and hearing --> ampula and semicircular canals