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Will the same textbook for this course also be used during Spring semester?
Yes
Are you allowed to drop one of the lab exams this semester?
No
How many points will the final exam be worth this semester?
100
Name the 16th century anatomist who is now called the "Father of Anatomy".
Andreas Vesalius
Give the name for the Greek philosopher who's work was considered to be the authority in anatomy until the 1500's.
Galen
What is the name for the study of tissues?
Histology
What single word means "The Study of body function"?
Physiology
Other than a dorsal hollow nerve cord or a notochord, what structure do all vertebrates have during their life cycle?
Pharyngeal Pouches
Is it true that only mammals have a jaw that articulates with the skull?
No
In what Class are humans a member?
Mammalia
Write down the species name for humans, but not the genus name for humans; this is a one word answer?
sapien
What does an opposable thumb allow a human to do that a cat cannot do?
Grip things
About what fraction (1/2, 1/4, etc) of the total body is composed of water?
2/3
Other than interstitial fluid, where is our extracellular fluid located?
Blood or Plasma
Which of the four types of tissue has matrix?
Connective
What do organs have that makes them different from a tissue?
Consists of 2 or more tissues
What is the anatomical term that means "face down"?
Prone
What plane sections tissue across its longest dimension, like the slice in a hot dog bun?
Longitudinal
What body plane is perpendicular to both the coronal plane and the sagittal plane?
Transverse
What directional term means the opposite to the term distal?
Proximal
If you are holding a lung in your hands, what is the specific two word name for the serous layer that you are touching?
Visceral Pleura
What is the other anatomical name for the abdominopelvic cavity?
Parietal Pericardium
Give the general name for the double thick layer of membrane that connects viscera to the dorsal body wall.
Mesentary
Name any organ that is located within the dorsal cavity of the body.
Brain or Spinal Cord
What is the maximum magnification of a light microscope, like the ones we use in lab?
1000
What is the gas that is often used to preserve specimens that are used to make microscope slides?
Formaldehyde
How many nanometers are there in one meter?
1 Billion
A centimeter is equal to 1 x 10 to what power of a meter?
-2
What is the diameter of a red blood cell?
8 Microns
Is it possible to see mitochondria with a light microscope?
No
Give an example of a substance that can freely pass through the double phospholipid layer of a cell membrane.
Alcohol, cholesterol
Name the organelle that brings RNAs together and is the place where aminoi acids are linked together into long chains.
Ribosome
Name the cellular organelle that contains proteolytic and lipolytic enzymes.
Lysosome
What organelles within a cell produce the most ATP?
Mitochondria
Write out the whole name for RNA.
Ribonucleic Acid
Name the organelle that is usually near the center of a cell and is made of two units each with nine sets of microtubles.
Centrosome
What specific type of molecule is produced in the nucleolus of the cell's nucleus?
rRna
Other than mRNA and rRNA, what type of RNA is present in cytoplasm?
tRNA
Name the movable hair-like structures that extend from the surface of cells in the respiratory passages in non-smokers?
Cilia
Name the yellow stretchy fibers found in some connective tissue.
Elastin
What is the only type of cell division that occurs inside puppies?
Mitosis
How many autosomes are there in each oocyte (egg) cell?
22
How many sex chromosomes are there in each sperm cell?
1
Draw a stick figure showing what a pair of "chromosomes" look like in the 4N configuration?
XX
During what phase (Interphase, telophase, etc) of the life of a cell chromatids seperate and the centromers "snap"?
Anophase
What is the name for the phase (Interphase, telophase, etc) that comes right after telophase?
Interphase, G1
What happens during prophase of meiosis that does not happen during prophase of mitosis?
Crossing over or Synapsis
What is the genetic condition that causes Turner's syndrome?
XO
Can there be a water gradient if the solutions on both sides of a membrane are isotonic?
No
What molecules move across the cell membrane of an intestinal cell during osmosis?
Water
What part of the solution does the "hyper" refer to in a hypertonic solution?
Solute
Does a hypotonic solution contain more water or does it contain less water than the solution on the other side of the membrane?
More
Give the "osmotic" name for the solution around the outside of a cell that is shrinking because of the solution.
Hypertonic
Would the sodium concentration in fresh dialyzing fluid be higher, lower, or the same to clear blood that has too much sodium?
Lower
What is required for all active processes like the sodium/potassium pump that is not required for diffusion?
ATP or Energy Source
What is the name for the process by which white blood cells "eat" by forming a membrane vesicle that surrounds a bacteria?
Phagocytosis
Which of the 3 basic embryonic tissue layers gives rise to muscles?
Mesoderm
Other than a "free surface", what characteristic do almost all epithelial cells have?
Basement Membrane
Give a function of epithelial tissue other than: absorption, protection, excretion, or filtration.
Secretion or Diffusion
What is the name for a type of epithelial cell that is one cell layer thick, but looks like it is more than one cell layer thick?
Pseudostratified
What is the name for the shape of a cell that is flat like a fried egg?
Squamos
Give the specific one word name for the epithelium that lines blood vessels?
Endothelium
What type of epithelium is the inner surface of the mouth (the surface that touches food) made of?
Stratified Squamos
What substance is produced by goblet cells?
Mucus
Are the linings of the esophagus and stomach ciliated?
No
What type of epithelium is found in the larynx, epiglottis, pharynx, anal canal, and male urethra?
Stratified Columnar
Give the general name for a group of membranes that do open to the outside of the body.
Mucous
WHat is the name for the condition where too much fluid is present in the abdominopelvic cavity?
Acites
What is the name for the membrane that surrounds a joint like the knee or between finger bones?
Synovial
WHat do exocrine glands have that endocrine glands do not have?
Ducts
What word in the name of a gland "says" that the gland is cup-like or sac-like?
Acinar or Alveolar
What is the mechanism by which holocrine glands secrete their product?
Whole cell is secreted
What specific type of tissue makes up the ligaments between vertebrae and is also present in arterial walls?
Elastic Connective Tissue
Give the name for a young cartilage cell that is actively producing matrix.
Chondroblast
What specific type of connective tissue are intervertebral discs made of?
Omit
What is the name for a flat sheet of connective tissue that acts like a tendon and is located between a muscle and a bone?
Aponeurosis
You know the name for a membrane around a cartilage, what do you think is the name for a membrane around a bone?
Periosteum
Name the specific tissue that the rings in the trachea are made of?
Hyaline Cartilage
What is the name for the toiled seat-like structure that is located between the larynx and the pharynx?
Epiglottis
What is present inside canaliculi?
"Arms" or osteocytes
In which type of muscle tissue do fibers form little net-like brances?
Cardiac
Other than oligondendrocytes, what cells form multiple layers of cell membrane around axons?
Schwann
Are smooth muscles in the esophagus voluntary or are they involuntary?
Involuntary
Is the lowering of serum glucose level by the action of insulin an example of negative feedback or is it positive feedback?
Negative Feedback
Give a value that would be a normal glucose level in blood.
80-120 mg/dL
What specific cells become a Melanoma?
Melonocytes
Name the layer of dermis that forms the ridges that make fingerprints.
Papillary
Name the modified sebaceous gland that is called a chalazion when inflammed.
Meibomian (Torsal)
Which layer of epidermis is present only in thick skin?
Stratum Lucidum
Name the last phase of hair growth during which hair stops growing and falls out?
Telogen
Which birthmark usually fades with time: a cavernous hemangioma or a capillary hemangioma?
Capillary hemangioma
What gland produces sebum?
Sebaceous
What is the name for the tiny muscle that is attached to hair follicle and contracts to make its hair stand up?
Arrector Pili
What is the common name for an eponychium?
Cuticle
What is the name for the waterproofing molecule that is present in the outermost layer of epidermis?
Keratin
How many points are each lecture quiz worth this semester?
20
What is the minimum number of adults that must be in the lab "after hours", like on weekends?
2
What experiment did William Harvey do that earned him the title of "Father of Physiology"?
Showed that blood flows through arteries and veins
In what Phylum are humans a member?
Chordatea
Other than pharyngeal pouches or a dorsal hollow nerve cord, what structure do all vertebrates have during their life cycle?
notochord
Is it true that mammals are the only animals that have hair?
Yes
What does the word diphondontia mean?
2 Sets of teeth
Write out the whole scientific name for humans?
Homo sapien
What anatomical characteristic has allowed humans to become very successful animals other than: being bipedal, stereoscopic vision, large brains, vocal structure or use of language?
Buodontia or Opposable Thumbs
What is the name for the process that keeps internal conditions constant and is what physiology is all about?
Homeostasis
What is the name for the space that means "between tissues" and is neither blood nor cytoplasm?
Interstitial or Extracellular
What is the general term for any group of similiar cells that work together for a common function?
Tissue
What is the meaning of the word rectus?
Straight
Do palms of the hand face the anterior or do they fae the posterior direction when the body is in the anatomical positoin?
Anterior
What directional term means the opposite to the term caudal in the human?
Cranial/Superior
What specific plane divides the body into anterior and posterior halves?
Coronal or Frontal
What body organ is located within the inferior part of the dorsal body cavitiy?
Spinal Cord
Name nay organ that is located within the mediastinum.
Trochea, esophagus, thymus
Give the specific two word name for the layer that lines the inner surface of the pericardial sac.
Parietal Pericardium
Give the specific two word name for the outer mesothelial covering of the stomach and intestine.
Visceral Peritoneum
What is the maximum resolution of a light microscope?
0.2 microns
What type of microscope would be used to best see tiny "whiskers" on the face of a dust mite?
SEM
During the preparation of microscope slides, what must be done to the tissue so that hot paraffin can diffuse into cells?
Dehydrate or replace water with alcohol
How many millimeters are there in one meter?
1000
Is it possible to see ribosomes with a light microscope?
No
Name the molecule that looks like a balloon with two strings that is seen in drawings of cell membranes.
Phospholipid
What is the function of a ribosome?
Protein Synthesis
Give the name for the cellular organelle that looks like two bundles of straws lying close together.
Centrosome or centrioles
What structure seen in a microscope is the part of a cell that produces ribosomal RNA?
Nucleolus
Which of the three types of RNA determines the order in which amino acids will be combined?
mRNA
What molecule is chromatin made of?
DNA
Name a fiber that is found in matrix other than collagen or elastin?
Reticulin
Give the name for a cell adhesion protein that glues cells together.
Laminin or Fibronectin
What is the only type of cell division that occurs inside a third grade student?
Mitosis
Are mitochondria located on the outside of a cell or are they located in the inside of a cell?
Inside
What is the general name for the chromosomes that are not sex chromosomes?
Autosomes
During what phase (prohpase, anaphase, etc) of cell division do "chromosomes" line up in the center of the cell?
Metaphase
During what phase (prohpase, metaphase, etc) of cell division does cytokinesis begin?
Anaphase
During what period (like "S", G1, or prophase) of the cell cycle are most mitochondria produced?
G2
What benefit does a species gain because chromosomal crossing over occurs
Increased Variability
What abnormal birth condition is caused by a chromosomal deletion on one of the number five chromosomes?
Cri du Chat (Cat-Cry Syndrome_
What is the name for the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?
Diffusion
What would the potassium concentration be in dialyzing fluid if someone on dialysis has too much potassium in their blood?
Low potassium in dialyzing fluid
If the solution on one side of a membrane is hypertonic, what is the solution on the other side of the membrane called?
Hypotonic
What is the special name for the type of endocytosis where the cell engulfs water in tiny vesicles?
Pinocytosis
Give the name for the embryonic germ layer that gives rise to the nervous system.
Extoderm
Other than a "free surface" what is the other major characteristic that almost all epithelial cells have?
Basement Membrane
Give the specific one word name for the epithelium that lines all surfaces within the peritoneal cavity.
Mesothelium
Give the specific name for the tissue that is the lining of the ureter.
Transitional Epithelium
Name the tissue that lines the upper respiratory passages and the eustachian tube.
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium
Other than producing hormones, how do endocrine glands differ from exocrine glands?
Ductless or Secrete directly into blood
What is the shape of an eccrine sweat gland?
Tubular
Give the specific name for a cell that is actively producing matrix in elastic cartilage?
Chondroblasts
What specific type of tissue are the capsules of the liver, kidney, and spleen made of?
Dense Irregular Connective Tissue
Other than intervertebral discs or a meniscus, where in the body is fibrocartilage located?
Pubic Symphysis
Where is the nucleus located inside a skeletal muscle cell?
Next to cell membrane
Of the tree types of muscle tissue, which one would be located within the walls of the small intestines?
Smooth
What is the collective name for the four types of nervous system cells that feed and protect neurons?
Neuroglea
What is the normal value for the measure of serum glucose?
70-130 mg/100mL
Give the name for the part of the body that detects rising blood pressure and then tells the medulla to slow heart rate?
Carotid Sinus
Give the name of the hormone that causes serum calcium level to rise.
Parathormone
What type of feedback is seen when a fetal head presses against the cervix thus causing increased uterine contractions?
Positive
What does skin protect us from other than: germs, UV radiation, mechanical contact, or temperature changes?
Dehydration
What percentage of skin consists of both arms and one leg?
36%
Which layer is thicker, the epidermis or the dermis?
Dermis
What layer in the epidermis consists of cells that are also called "prickle cells"?
Stratum Spinosum
Name the layer of the epidermis where cell division begins.
Stratum Basale
In the "ABCDs" of recognizing a melanoma, what did the "D" stand for?
Diometa
Name the layer of dermis that forms ridges that make finderprints.
Papillary
What color is the ball on the end of a hair that has been pulled out before it is ready to fall out?
Black
What is the name for the moon shaped area on the finger nail that is distal to the eponychium?
Lunula
What class of lever is closing the jaw an example?
3
What does the word hemopoiesis mean?
Blood Formation
What is the name for the holes in the surface of a bone through which blood vessels pass?
Nutrient Foramina
Gross Anatomy
Size (things seen with the naked eye)
What is the study of structure by dissection?
Anatomy
What type of anatomy is used to see small stuff like cytology and histology?
Microscopic Anatomy
Who was the "Father of Anatomy"?
Andreas Vesalius
Where was Andreas Vesalius born?
Brussels
What type of anatomy is the study of similar organisms?
Comparative Anatomy
What is the study of biological function?
Physiology
What is the anatomy of embryos?
Developmental Anatomy
What organ has both Anatomy and Physiology?
Heart
What is a system that is deveopled by biologists to name and show relationships between living organisms?
Taxonimic Scheme
What are the 3 types of domains?
Archaea, Eubacteria, and Eukarya
Which of the 3 domains is the biggest?
Eukarya
Which type of domain includes "ancient bacteria"?
Archaea
Which type of domain includes "other bacteria"?
Eubacteria
What Kingdom are humans in?
Animalia
What does each Kingdom contain that contains similar organisms?
Phyla
Which Phylum are humans in?
Chordata
Chordates are creatures that have what?
Backbones
What are the three things all chordates have during some phase of their life?
Notochord, Dorsal hollow nerve cord, and pharyngeal pouch
What is a stiff rod that runs down the back of chordates?
Notochord
What phase of life does the notochord exist and what does it get replaced by?
Embryonic phase and gets replaced by bone
What is a primitive chordate that lives in the marine environment off the coast of Southern California and South Carolina to South America and is about 5 cm long?
Amphioxus
What are pouches in the throat that open as gills in fish?
Pharyngeal Pouches
What does a humans first pouch become?
Middle Ear Cavity and Eustachian Tube
What Class are humans in?
Mammalia
What other characteristics do only mammals have other than: mammary glands, hair, facial muscles, heterodont teeth, diphondontia, a diaphragm, external ears, four chambered heart with a left aortic arch, single lower jaw bone articulating with skull, 7 cervical vertebrae, and non-nucleated RBC?
3 ear ossicles
What Order are humans in?
Primate
What 2 things do all primates have?
Large brains & Opposable Thumbs
In what Family are humans in?
Hominidae
What means different types of teeth?
Heterodontia
How many types of teeth do most mammals have?
4
What is the basic unit of life?
Cell
What is the study of cells?
Cytology
What means "same standing"?
Homeostasis
How much of the water that is composed in the body is located INSIDE cells?
2/3
What are the 2 types of extracellular fluid?
Blood or Interstitial
Which extracellular fluid circulates and carries "supplies" to cells throughout the body?
Blood
Where do the substances that diffuse out of blood that surrounds cells go into?
Interstitial Fluid
What is an organized group of similar cells that perform a similar function?
Tissue
What is the study of tissue?
Histology
What are the 4 major types of tissue that have been described by histologists?
Epithelial, Muscle, Nerve, and Connective.
Which type of tissue contains matrix?
Connective
What is a group of tissues and cells that perform a similar function?
Organ
What is a group of organs that perform a given function?
System
What languages are anatomical terms either in?
Latin or Greek
What directional term is it when standing erect, heels together, and thumbs out?
Anatomical Position
What directional term means face down or when lying face down?
Prone
What directional term means face up?
Supine
What directional term is the front and leading surface?
Anterior
What directional term is back and behind surface?
Posterior
What direction term means toward the head?
Superior
What directional term means toward the feet?
Inferior
What directional term means toward the midline?
Medial
What directional term means away from the midline?
Lateral
What directional term means closer to the surface?
Superficial
What directional term means further away from the surface?
Deep
What directional term means closer to a point of reference?
Proximal
What directional term means distant from a point of reference?
Distal
What body plane is where the body is divided into right and left parts?
Sagittal
What body plane is where the body is divided into EQUAL right and left parts?
Midsagittal
What body plane means sagittal off to one side?
Parasagittal
What body plane is where the body is divided into front and back parts?
Frontal
What body plane is where the body is divided into upper and lower parts?
Transverse
What body plane is where the body is divided through tissue, like muscles?
Tissue Sections
What body plane is where the body is divided through the narrowest part of a tissue or cell?
Cross Section
What body plane is where the body is divided through the longest part of a tissue or cell?
Longitudinal Section
What body cavity passes along the dorsal surface of the body and contains the brain and spinal cord?
Dorsal Cavity
What are the 2 cavities inside the dorsal cavity?
Cranial Cavity and Spinal Cavity
What body cavity passes along the ventral surface of the body and contains visceral organs?
Ventral Cavity
What are the 2 types of ventral cavities?
Thoracic & Peritoneal
What are the 3 parts of the thoracic cavity?
Pleural, Pericardial, Mediastinum
What part of the thoracic cavity contains the lungs?
Pleura
What part of the thoracic cavity contains the heart?
Pericardial
What part of the thoracic cavity is the region between the lungs that contains the trachea, esophagus, major vessels, nerves, thymus gland, and fat?
Mediastinum
What are the 2 parts of the peritoneal cavity?
Abdominal and Pelvic
Which part of the peritoneal cavity is between the diaphragm and the superior plane and the pelvis?
Abdominal
What part of the peritoneal cavity is inferior to the superior plane of the pelvis?
Pelvic
What is the inflammed sac around the heart called?
Pericarditis
What is an inflammation around the lungs?
Pleurisy
What is an inflammation of the membrane lining the abdominal cavity?
Peritonitis
What is a general term that is used for several structures?
Membrane
What type of membrane lines the walls of the body cavity?
Parietal
What type of membrane covers the surfaces of organs that are located inside the body cavity?
Visceral
What means "around heart"?
Pericardium
What is the layer on the wall surrounding the heart?
Parietal Pericardium
What is the outer layer of the heart, located on the heart?
Visceral Pericardium
What means "lungs"?
Pleura
What is the shiny inner layer of the ribs?
Parietal Pleura
What is the outer covering of the lungs?
Visceral Pleura
What means "abdominicpelvic cavity"?
Peritoneum
What is the lining of the wall of the cavity containing the organs?
Parietal Peritoneum
What is the outer layer of the organs?
Visceral Peritoneum
What are membranes that support organs in ventral body cavities?
Mesentary
What type of electron microscope would you need when looking at whole objects like insects heads, blood cells, and pollen grains?
Scanning or SEM
What type of electron microscope would you need when looking at thin sections of tissue?
Transmission or TEM
What is another slide preparation other than: Fixation, dehydration, sectioning, and staining?
Infiltration
What slide preparation kills tissue and binds molecules together?
Fixation
What slide preparation is the process where water is removed from the cell and replaced with an organic solvent, like alcohol or acetone?
Dehydration
What slide preparation has the process which places wax or epoxy into the tissue in the place where water once was?
Dehydration
What type of slide preparation is where the tissue is encased in wax and cut into thin slices which are mounted on glass slides for liight microscopy?
Sectioning
What type of stain is used when the slide preparation stains the tissue?
Eosin-hematoxylin
How big is a RBC?
8 Microns
What type of microscope is often used by cytologists when they talk about and look at ellular parts?
Angstrom
What are tiny "organs" called?
Organelles
What type of membrane has a double lipid layer with proteins floating it it?
Cellular Membrane
How big are cellular membranes?
8 Angstroms
What is like the skin around a cell?
Plasma Membrane
What is it when it allows some things to pass through and other things do not?
Semipermeable
What has the function to increase the surface area of the cell for absorption or diffusion?
Microvilli
What means "making proteins"?
Protein Synthesis
What is a cellular organelle that is the site of protein synthesis?
Ribosome
What are the "building blocks" of proteins?
Amino Acids
How many different types of amino acids are there?
20
What does ER stand for?
Endoplasmic Reticulum
ER is an important site for what in a cell?
Synthesis
What 2 forms do ribsomes exist in?
Smooth & Rough
How big is mitochondria?
3-4 microns
What is a cells "powerhouse"?
Mitochondria
What is produced in mitochondria?
ATP
What does ATP stand for?
Adenosine Triphosphate
What is like "money" to the cell?
ATP
What are membrane stacks with vesicles nearby?
Golgi Complex
What is an important for cell secretion and synthesis?
Golgi Complex
What is like the "police force" in cells that clean things up that don't belong?
Lysosome
What is the garbage disposal part of the cell?
Phagocytosis
What means "protein breakdown"?
Proteolytic
What are microtubule structures that form parts of the cytoskeleton and operate during cell division and form cilia and flagella?
Centrosome
What is the stuff inside a cell that is not enclosed by a membrane?
Inclusion
What is a double layer of membrane material that is continuous with ER?
Nucleus Membrane
What is the name for DNA when it is diffused (spread out)?
Chromatin
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
What is the bodies "blue print"?
DNA
How many chromosomes do humans have?
46 or 23 pair
What 2 things can DNA do?
Replicate itself & make RNA
What does RNA stand for?
Ribonucleic Acid
What are 3 types of RNA?
Ribosomal, Transfer, and Messenger
What 2 places are RNA present in?
Nucleoplasm & Cytoplasm
What is the site of ribosomal RNA synthesis?
Nucleolus
What is a "puffed up" structer where ribosomal RNA is being made?
Nucleolus
What are contractile protein threads in muscle cells?
Fibrils
What are movable extensions from the cell surface?
Cilia
What are tiny threads in muscle cells that move past each other to contract?
Myofibrils
What are intermediate filaments and microtubules form the part of the cell's "cytoskeleton"?
Microfilaments
What is a structure like cilia, but is much longer?
Flagella
What type of cells are the only cells in humans that contain flagellum?
Sperm Cells
What is non-living material that surrounds cells in connective tissue?
Matrix
What are the 3 types of matrix fibers?
Collagen, Elastin, Reticulin
Which of the matrix fibers are white, non-elastic, tough fibers?
Collagen
Which of the matrix fibers are yellow, stretchy fibers?
Elastin
Which of the matrix fibers are stretchy and net-like fibers?
Reticulin
What means "net"?
Retic
What is the substance that fills the space between cells and contains fibers?
Non-fibrous Matrix
What has a protein core to which GAGs attach?
Proteoglycans
What does GAGs stand for?
Glycosaminoglycans
What looks like a "bottle brush" that holds water and provides firmness to the matrix?
GAGs
What is like fibronectin and laminin that "glues" cells together?
Cell adhesion proteins
What are 2 examples of GAGs?
Keratin Sulfate & Chondroitin Sulfate
What are the 2 types of cell division?
Mitosis & Meiosis
Which cell division occurs in all divisions except gametes?
Mitosis
WHat cell division goes from one cell (2N) and becomes two (2N) cells?
Mitosis
Which cell division has only one division?
Mitosis
What are gametes?
Sperm and Eggs
What are gonads?
Testicles & Ovaries
Which cell division has 2 divisions?
Meiosis
Which cell division has to do with growth and replacement in glands, bone marrow, and intestines?
Mitosis
Which phase of cell division is non-dividing?
Interphase
What is the longest phase of cell division?
Prophase
Where does cell division begin?
Start of prophase
In what phase does the nucleoli disappear and the nuclear membrane breaks down?
Prophase
In which cell division phase do the replicated chromosomes line up in the center of the cell?
Metaphase
In which cell division phase are are chromosomes pulled apart by the spindle fibers and cytokinesis begins?
Anaphase
Which division is the "reductional division"?
Meiosis
Which division does not have interphase?
Meiosis
What is the entwining of replicated chromosomes where the two homologous chromosomes of each pair wrap their "arms and legs" around each other?
Synapsis
Which syndrome has XXY?
Klinefelter's Syndrome
Which gender does Klinefelter's Syndrome only hit?
Males
Which syndrome has XO?
Turner's Syndrome
What does amenorrhea mean?
No monthly flow
Which syndrome has a trisomy 21?
Down's Syndrome
What are other trisomies that are lethal?
13, 18, 22
What means free and requires no energy from the cell?
Passive transport
What is it called when diffusing molecules are equally spaced?
Equilibrium
What is "jiggling" molecules?
Brownian Movement
What is the amount of pressure that will put a gradient of water into an equilibrium across a membrane?
Osmotic Pressure
Does a hypertonic solution have a higher or lesser solute concecntration?
Higher
Does a hyoptonic solution have a less or more solute concentration?
Less
What solution "sucks"?
Hypertonic
What solution "sweats"?
Hypotonic
What solution has the same solute concentration on both sides?
Isotonic
What solution does the solution stay the same?
Isotonic
Which solution has less water so the cell will shrink?
Hypertonic
What solution has less solute so the cell will swell?
Hypotonic
What is clinical term for a process during which blood is passed through semipermeable tubes which are surrounded by a dialyzing fluid?
Dialysis
What is the key word in the definition of filtration?
Pressure
What has molecules that move against the gradient across a membrane from their area of lower concentration to their area of higher concentration?
Active Transport
What is the process where a section of the cell membrane surrounds something extra cellular and takes it into the cell?
Endocytosis
What is it where specific molecules like insulin are taken into a cell?
Receptor mediated
What are the 3 types of germ layers?
Ectoderm, Endoderm, and Mesoderm
Which germ layer gives rise to skin and nervous tissues?
Ectoderm
What is the outermost layer in the embryo?
Ectoderm
When the embryo grows, the ectoderm folds forming a tube that makes what 2 things?
Central Nervous System & the Eye
What germ layer gives rise to the lining of the gut?
Endoderm
What germ layer gives rise to muscle and connective tissue?
Mesoderm
What germ layer is between the other two?
Mesoderm
What has a top layer that doesn't touch other cells?
Epithelial
What is the "gooey" stuff in epithelial?
Basement Membrane
What are the 2 types of basement membrane?
Basal Lamina & Reticular Lamina
Which basemembt membrane is composed of substances that are secreted by the epithelial cells?
Basal Lamina
What basement membrane is composed of substances that are secreted by connective tissue?
Reticular Lamina
What is a tiny plasma membrane extension from the surface of epithelial cells?
Microvilli
What has a function to inccrease the surface area for absorption into the cell?
Microvilli
How are epithelial named?
Number of layers, shape of top layer, and presence of cilia
What is a specific name for the simple squamous epithelium that lines blood vessels?
Endothelium
What is a sepcific name for the simple squamous epithelium that lines body cavities?
Mesothelium
What type of epithelium is found in tissue that wears away like the skin, linings of the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, anus, and vagina?
Stratified Squamous Epithelium
What type of epithelial makes a transition in shape from squamous to somewhat cuboidal?
Transitional Epithelium
What epithelial lines the stomach, intestines, anal canal, and gall bladder?
Simple Columnar Epithelium
What are tissue that secretes mucous?
Goblet Cells
What are organs that line cavities and passages and cover many organs?
EPithelial Membranes
What is the lining of joint cavities like inside the knee?
Synovial Membranes
Do synovial membranes have a basement membrane?
No
What are the 5 types of multicellular glands?
Endocrine, Exocrine, Tubular, Acinar, Tubuloacinar
Which multicellular gland secretes their product directly into blood in the capillaries and not through a duct?
Endocrine
What multicellular gland releases their product into ducts which deliver it to a specific spot?
Exocrine
What multicellular gland is where the secretory part of the gland is shaped like tubes?
Tubular
What multicellular gland is where the secretory part of these glands are sac-like or cup-like?
Alveolar or Acinar
What multicellular gland is where the secretory part of the gland is combined with tubes and cup-like?
Tubuloacinar or Tubuloalveolar
What are the 2 types of exocrine glands?
Merocrine & Holocrine
Which exocrine gland releases their product directly through the plasma membrane?
Merocrine
Which exocrine gland is the most common type of glandular secretion?
Merocrine
What exocrine is where the entire cell is secreted as the cells product?
Holocrine
Sebaceous glands in hair follicles produce what that moistens the skin?
Oil Sebum
What type of cell ending means "young buds"?
-blasts
What type of cell ending means "mature cells"?
-cytes
What is a "big eater"?
Macrophage
What type of connective tissue is located under the skin, surrounds visceral organs, and supports vessels?
Areolar Connective Tissue
What type of C.T has more collagen than elastic fibers?
Dense Irregular C.T
What organs do dense irregular c.t contain?
Liver, kidney, spleen, and joint cavities
What 4 tissues do dense regular c.t make up?
Tendons, ligaments, aponeuroses, and fascia
What type of tissue is between muscle and bones?
Tendons
What type of tissue is between bones and bones?
Ligaments
type of tissue looks like aponeuroses, but bundles muscles together in groups?
Fascia
What type of C.T lines arteries, trachae, and elastic ligaments of the vertebrae?
Elastic C.T
What C.T means "fat"?
Adipose
What is adipose used for?
Fat storage, insulation, and padding
What type of c.t has firm matrix (chondrin)?
Cartilage C.T
In cartilage c.t, what is the space in the matrix where the cell lives?
Lacuna
Does the lacuna remain if the cell died and went away?
Yes
What is the membrane around a cartilage?
Perichondrium
What occurs at the perichondrium?
New cartilage growth
What are the 3 types of cartilage?
Hyaline, Elastic, Fibrocartilage
What type of cartilage contains a clear matrix, but does contain collagen as well?
Hyaline
What type of cartilage is gristle?
Hyaline
Where are the 3 places that elastic cartilage is located?
Pinna, epiglottis, and eustachian tube
What cartilage looks like dense regular c.t but is spongy?
Fibrocartilage
Where are the 3 places that fibrocartilage is located?
Intervertebral discs, pubic symphysis, and meniscus
What has a hard matrix and the lacunae is interconnected by canaliculi?
Bone
What c.t has liquid matrix?
Blood
What is the liquid matrix in blood?
Plasma
What 3 things do blood contain?
Erythrocytes, Leukocytes, and Platelets
What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?
Skeletal, cardiac, and smooth
What type of muscle tissue moves bones, is straited with the nucleus at the edge of the cell, and is multinucleated?
Skeletal
What does multinucleated mean?
More than 1 nucleus per cell
What type of muscle tissue is striated, but has branching fibers with a single nucleus at the center of the cell?
Cardiac
What are discs that are located at the ends of cells where they stack on top of one another?
Intercalated Discs
Where does intercalated discs go?
Cardiac M.T
What type of muscle tissue has spindle shaped cells?
Smooth
Where is smooth muscle located?
Vessels & Organs
Where is the nervous system located at?
Brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
What are the 2 types of nervous systems?
Central Nervous System & Periferral Nervous System
What belongs in the Perifferal Nervous System?
Nerves
What belongs in the CNS?
Brain & Spinal Cord
What are the 3 types of cells?
Neuron, Neuroglia, and Schwann
What are 2 parts of neuron?
Axon & Dendrite
What type of cell is the conductive cell in the NS that communicates with other cells?
Neuron
What do neurons contain?
1 axon and many dendrites
What part of a neuron releases a neurotransmitter that stimulates another cell?
Axon
What part of the neuron is the receptive part?
Dendrite
What type of cell is like "nerve glue", where it feeds and protects neurons?
Neuroglia
What is the ratio of neurolgia to neurons?
10:1
What type of cell is where the cell wraps around axons that form myelinations?
Schwann
What are maintainers of constant internal conditions?
Homeostasis
What is a person's normal body temp?
98.6 F or 37 C
What pH does our body stay normal at?
7.35-7.45
What happens if a persons pH rises or drops out of the pH range?
Person will be put in a coma and possible die
What type of feedback stimulus that activates the mechanism is reversed and placed back into homeostasis?
Negative
What type of feedback is where the stimulus that activates the mechanism is increased and becomes even more extreme?
Positive
What is the name for the metric unit for which there are one million of them in one meter?
Micro
What is the name for the molecules that make up the double layer of a cell membrane that looks like a tiny balloon with 2 strings?
Phospholipid
What biochemical even occurs at a ribosome?
Protein Synthesis
What cellular organelle is involved in synthesis other than ribosomes or Golgi?
ER
What type of tissue makes up the thin walls of alveoli in the lungs?
Simple Squamos Epithelium
What shape would epithelial cells most likely be if their function is secretion?
Columnar
What is the general name for all of the membranes that line body cavities that open to the outside; like the respiratory or the urinary passages?
Mucous
Write out the whole name for the tissue of which most of the dermis of skin is composed?
Dense Irregular C.T