• 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

1/87

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;

87 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
Three kinds of muscle
1. Smooth Muscle
2. Cardiac Muscle
3. Skeletal Muscle
Functions of Muscle
Motion
Locomotion
Movement of though the body
Thermogenesis
Thermogenesis
Production of heat
Central Nervous System
Brain and Spinal Cord
Peripheral Nervous System
Nerves attached to the cranial
Functions of nerve tissue
Communication among parts of one organism
Integumentary System
Skin and associated structures
Epidermis
No blood vessels
Only in dermis and subcutaneous
Melanocytes
Produces skin pigment melanin upon exposure to UV light
Oil glands....
1. Lubricate hair shaft and stratum corneum
2. Water proofs hair shaft and stratum corneum
3. Serves as food for skin bacteria --ex. pimples
Sweat gland functions
1. Thermo-regulation of body temperatures by evaporative cooling
2. Excretion-the removal of metabolic wastes from the body
3. Chemical signals
Functions of Adipose
1. Energy reservior
2. Thermal insulator
3. Shock absorber-cushion
4. Starting point for synthesis for body chemicals
Major functions of the Integumentary System
1. Protection against....
2. Sensory perception
3. Thermo-regulation
4. Excretion
5. Energy Storage-calories
6. Synthesis of vitamin D upon exposure to sunlight
Integumentary System protects against...
-UV light damage
-Water-proof(no easy gain or loss of water through the skin)
-Chemical proof
-Pathogen proof
-Mechanical damage
SKELETAL SYSTEM
UNIT TWO
2 components of the skeletal system
1. Bone
2. Cartilage
Connective tissues
1. Bone
2. Cartilage
Three types of Cartilage
1. Hyaline Cartilage
2. Elastic Cartilage
3. Fibrous Cartilage
Hyaline Cartilage
EX: end of nose, where two bones meet together
Elastic Cartilage
EX: Ear(external ear-pinna)
Fibro Cartilage
EX: Intervertabrail disc, backbone-vertabrae
Chondrocyte
living cartilage that produce matrix
Volkman Canals
Connect one Haversion canal to other Haversion Canals
Canaliculi
Carry oxygen and glucose from blood to haversion canal to the osteocytes
Major types of joints
-Hinge Joints
-Ball and socket joints
-Gliding joints
-Pivot joint
-Immovable joint
-Partially movable joint
Hinge Joints
freedom and movement on one geometric plane
Ball and socket joint
Provides the most freedom of movement of all the joints
Humerous and scapula--femur and pelvis
Gliding Joint
AKA sliding joint
Pivot Joint
Atlas and axis
Immovable Joints
Bones fused together-bones of the skull
Partially Movable Joints
Between sacraman ilium and two pubic bones in woman
Major functions of the skeletal system
1. Protection
2. Attachment sites for muscles
3. Reservior for salts of calcium
4. All blood cells produced by bone marrow
Muscular System
UNIT TWO
Types of Muscles
1. Skeletal Muscle
2. Smooth Muscle
3. Cardiac Muscle
Where are skeletal muscles found?
Attached to skeleton
What are skeletal muscles functions?
Motion and locomotion
Skeletal muscles have....
Many nuclei per cell
Rod-shaped
Striations
Cell Membrane on skeletal muscles is called the ___________
Sarcolemma
Where are smooth muscles found?
In walls of hollow organs and structures
What are the functions of smooth muscles?
Movement of substances(food) though the body
Smooth Muscles have....
One nucleus per cell
Tapered on ends
Spindle shaped
NO striations
Where are cardiac muscles found?
The heart
What are the functions of cardiac muscles?
Pumps blood though the body
Cardiac muscles have....
One nucleus per cell
Branched cells
Intercaculated discs
Striations
All or none Law of Muscle Contraction
1. One muscle cell can contract 100% or 0%
2. ONE motor unit can contract 100% or 0%
3. ONE sarcomere can contract 100% or 0%
Muscle Tone= Tonus= Firmness=
a few motor units at a time take turns actively contracting and relaxing
What is the strongest tendon in our body?
Achilles Tendon
Latent Period
The period of time after a muscle was stimulated but before it begins to contract
Refractory Period
The period of time during muscle contraction which additional stimulation does not result in additional contraction
Functions of the Muscular System
1. Motion
2. Locomotion
3. Movement of substances through the body
4. Thermogenesis
Digestive System
UNIT FOUR
Ingestion=
eating
Digestion=
The chemical break down of large macro-molecules in to their building blocks
Absorption=
Movement of breakdown products from digestive tract into circulatory system for distribution throughout the body
Salivary Glands
Paratoid gland
Submandibular gland
sublingual gland
Homoestasis
The means by which organisms maintain a constant internal environment in spite of fluctuations in the external environment
Substances from a Haversion Canal are transported to lacuna by channels called
Canaliculi
Large Intestine contains...
1. Cecum and appendix
2. ascending colon
3. transverse colon
4. descending colon
5. sigmoid colon
6. rectum
Maltase breaks into __________ in the intestinal glands
maltose
Maltose breaks into
glucose and glucose
Sucrase breaks into _________ in the intestinal gland
sucrose
Sucrose breaks into
a glucose and a fructose
Lactase breaks ________ in the intestinal gland into....
lactose
Lactose breaks into
a glucose and a glactose
Aminopeptidase breaks ______in the intestinal gland down to amino acids
protiens
Peristalsis
Rhythmic contractions of smooth muscle
Bile
produced by the LIVER and stored in the GALLBLADDER
__________ is not a digestive enzyme
Bile
Bile _________ fats
emulsifies
Work horse of digestive glands
pancreas
Pancreas Enzymes
1. Trypsin
2. Chymotrypsin
3. Carboxypeptidase
4. Lipase
5. Amylase
6. DNAase
7. RNAase
Lipase
breaks down lipids into glycerol and fatty acids
Amylase
breaks starches down into maltose
DNAase
breaks DNA into nucleotides
RNAase
breaks RNA into nucleotides
Digestion happens in the.....
1. Mouth
2. Stomach
3. Small Intestine
Small Intestine is made of the
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
In order of the digestive tract, what are the sphincters?
1. Cardiac Sphincter
2. Pyloric Sphincter
3. Ileocecal valve
4. Anal Sphincter
The _______ duct carries bile from the gallbladder to the duodenum
Bile
Living bone cell is called
Osteocyte
Haversion canals are made of
Blood vessels and nerves
The osteocytes produce
matrix
The subcutaneous layer contains
blood vessels
free nerve endings
Adipose cells
The top four layers of the epidermis are called the
stratum corneum
The stratum corneum are _____________ filled with ________ ________
dead cells filled with keratin protien
The bottom layer of the epidermis is called the
stratum germinativum
In the stratum germinativum....
living cells undergo constant mitosis