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Measure in blood pressure of maximum arterial pressure during ventricular contraction

Systolic

Spinal nerve root responsible for afferent sensory transmission

Dorsal root

Junction between 1 neuron and the next

Synapse

What allows the muscle to be ready when needed and gives it firmness

Tone

What disease results in too few acetylcholine receptor sites in neural synapses in skeletal muscle

Myasthenia Gravis

What kind of hormone is secreted to target other glands and affects growth

Trophic

Diseased lungs have trouble exhaling. This is a decrease in _____.

Expiratory Reserve Volume

______ helps protect and maintain homeostasis in the brain environment

CSF (cerebrospinal fluid)

Hyperventilation is also known as ____

Breathing pattern disorder

Ductless gland

Endocrine gland

Bone made of meshing tiny bony plate trabeculae.

Cancellous

Division of PNS that affects muscle joints and skin

Somatic

Free nerve ending that detects painful stimuli

Nociceptors

Blood cell development occurs in the red bone marrow in a process called ________.

hematopoiesis

Contractor unit of muscle

Sarcomere

Purpose of empty space around meningeal space

Cushioning

________ allows myosin head to stick to actin filaments during muscle contraction

Calcium

How many pair of spinal nerves

31

_________ causes overgrowth of body tissue and abnormally tall stature

Hyper somaotropin secretion

What inervates muscle spindles and affects muscle tensile strength

Gamma motor neuron

What system is responsible for maintaining body's internal environment

Autonomic

This hormone is a pain suppressant

Endorphine

Group of muscle fibers inervates by a single motor neuron

Motor Unit

Largest organ in the body

Skin

Covering of brain and spinal cord

Meninges

Protective plasma membrane that surrounds muscle cell

Sarcolema

Cell type that creates new bone and repairs bone

Osteoblast

Which plexus inervates buttocks and legs. Responsible for sciatic pain

Sacral plexus

What is not a functional characteristic of muscle

Flexibility

Physical structure in the brain, serves as the mind body link

Hypothalamus

Gout is also called _______

Crystal Induced Arthritis

1 kind of pain drowning out another is called

Counter irritation

Process that bone hardens over time

Ossification

Bulged area on dorsal root of each spinal nerve

Dorsal Root Ganglion

If hypomobile in one area consider tightness in the _____

Antagonist

Saddle joint

CMC joint thumb

Condition of wasting away from lack of touch

Marasmus

Another name of the growth plate

Epiphysis

Not 1 of the 4 major plexus

Thoracic

Most abundant type of tissue in the body

Connective

2 other terms for Hunchback

Hyperhyphosis


Dowagers Hump

Which motion at the thumb is needed for pinch grip

Opposition

Upper trap lower trap serratus anterior all pull the scapula in upper rotation. This is called _____

Force couple

Lateral deviation of spine

Scoliosis

Cells collect and differentiate to form _____

Tissues

The motion of gait cycle begins with ______

Heel strike

Cerebral lobe that controls eyeball movement

Occipital

Pigment that gives skin it's color

Melanin

Organelle that produces ATP

Mitochondria

What condition is a concern for us because of the risk of injury to the client

Osteoporosis

Where can joint circumdiction occur

Hip

Where in the body is it normal to have hard bony end feel upon full extension

Elbow

Energy used in metabolism comes from _____

ATP

The key to converting short term memory to long term.

Repition

What is not a type of white blood cell

Platelet

The assessment portion of a SOAP note does not include ________

Treatment Plan

Which stage in the gait cycle is the body at the highest point

Midstance

What is the concept of the bodies position in space

Propioception

What form is glucose stored in the body

Glycogen

What position will a joint assume when it's injured

Least packed position

What type of lever is most common in the body

3rd class

What condition is often mistaken for carpal tunnel syndrome

Thoracic outlet syndrome

Which would be subjective on a SOAP note


A. Fever


B. Swelling


C. Pain

Pain

Which type of muscle fiber fatigues quickly , cramps from a buildup of lactic acid

Fast twitch

What exists to limit the range of motion to a safe range to prevent hyperextension injury

Physiologic range of motion

The straw colored liquid in blood

Plasma

If normal wrist flexion is 0-80° but your client can move to 100°. This would be called____

Hypermobile