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18 Cards in this Set
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What is the name of the retina?
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ocular fundus
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If the patient is myopic, what would you turn the plastic dial to to see the numbers?
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red numbers
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If the patient is hyperopic, what color of numbers do you want to see on opthalmoscope?
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black
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What is the blind spot called/
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Optic disc
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What type of sensory receptors are found in the epidermis and dermis of the skin/
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cutaneous receptors
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What do the type of receptors found in the epidermis and dermis of the skin include?
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receptors for pressure or vibration (mecahnoreceptors, temperature (thermoreceptors), and pain (nociceptors
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If you are a super taster, what will you have more of?
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filiform papillae
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Which WBC's are granular?
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neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils
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Which WBC's are agranular
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Lymphocytes and monocytes
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How does the liver regulate the quantity of cholesterol
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By producing bile salts derived from cholesterol. (Bile salts emulsify fat)
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What type of diabetes would result if you had an abnormally fat baby?
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Gestational diabetes, caused by insulin resistance--body insulin concentration is normal, but cells fail to respond normally.
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What is used to induce labor?
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pitocin
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What cells produce ADH and oxytocin? Where are they located? How does ADH and oxytocin travel to the posterior pituitary? Where are they secreted from?
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neurosecretory cells, located in the hypothalamus, hormones travel down axons to axon terminals. ADH and oxytocin are secreted from axon terminals into the bloodstream.
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Waht is diabetes caused by?
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Lack of protein hormone produced by the Islets of Langerhans (Insullin in the pancreas)
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What promotes the renal absorption of sodium and renal excretion of potassium?
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Adlosterone
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What is high cholesterol called?
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hypercholesterolemia
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What are taste bus reallycalled?
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fungiform papilae
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What is the sensory receptor for pain?
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nociceptors
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