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Anatomy
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
04/19/2016

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Term

List the special senses.

  

Definition
smell, taste, sight, hearing
Term
Which senses give us taste? 
Definition
smell and taste
Term
List the 5 taste bud sensations. 
Definition
Sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami
Term

   Which 2 types of papilla house taste buds? 

 

Definition
fungiform and vallate papillae
Term

 List the 3 regions of the ear. 

 

Definition
inner, middle and outer ear
Term

     What is found in the tympanic cavity?

 

Definition
Air and ossicles
Term

   List the ossicles. 

 

Definition
– malleus, incus, stapes
Term

Define conjunctiva. 

 

Definition
-  transparent membrane that:  lubricates and protect the eye; lines the eyelids as the palpebral conjunctiva; covers the whites of the eyes as the bulbar conjunctiva
Term

What do lacrimal glands do? 

 

Definition
– secrete tears
Term

 What are the types of photoreceptors? 

 

Definition
– rods and cones
Term

   What are the of types of hormones? 

 

Definition
– amino acid-based, steriods and eicosanoids
Term

     List hormones from the anterior pituitary. 

 

Definition
– TSH, ACTH, FSH, GH, LH, MSH, PRL
Term

    What does ACTH do?

 

Definition
 – stimulates the adrenal cortex to release corticosteroids
Term

 List the hormones from the adrenal medulla. 

 

Definition
– epinephrine and norepinephrine
Term

List the hormones from the pineal gland. 

 

Definition
– melatonin
Term

   List the none hormonal products of the pancreas. 

 

Definition
– acinar cells
Term

 Which glands regulate growth? 

 

Definition
– Thyroid and Pituitary
Term

Which hormones regulate calcium and how do they interact? - 

 

Definition
Parathyroid
Term

 What does the thymus do? 

 

Definition
– secretes thymopoietin and thymosins that are essential for the development of T lymphocytes (T cells) of the immune system.
Term

  List organs that secrete hormones (not just endocrine glands). 

 

Definition
– Endocrine glands = Pituitary, parathyroid, thyroid, pineal, adrenal and thymus. Pancreas, gonads, hypothalamus, adipose cells (skin), small intestine, stomach, kidney and heart.
Term

 What are the 2 main divisions of blood?

 

Definition
 – liquid plasma and formed elements
Term

    List the formed element of the blood. 

 

Definition
– Erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets
Term

List plasma proteins. 

 

Definition
– albumin, globulins and fibrinogen
Term

 List the 5 main types of WBC. 

   

Definition
- Granulocytes: Neutrophils, Eosinophils and Basophils; Agranulocytes: lymphocytes and monocytes.
Term

Define anemia. 

 

Definition
– insufficient erythrocytes or hemoglobin
Term

  Which WBC increases with a parasitic infection? 

 

Definition
- neutrophils
Term

 What is the job of platelets? 

 

Definition
– platelets stop the leakage
Term

    Define hemocytoblast. 

2

Definition
– give rise to all formed elements
Term

Why do RBC not use the oxygen they transport? 

 

Definition
– because RBC don’t have Mitochondria
Term

 What are the 2 types of lymphocytes? 

 

Definition
– T and B cells
Term

    What is the pericardium? 

 

Definition
-  heart covering; protects and anchors heart; prevents overfilling;
Term

The visceral pericardium is also called?

 

Definition
 – epicardium
Term

 What is the myocardium composed of?

 

Definition
 Cardiac muscle layer
Term

What is the hearts position? 

 

Definition
– superior surface of diaphragm, left of the midline, anterior to vertebral column, posterior to sternum, apex (point) left of midline and anterior to the rest of the heart
Term

    Define apex 

 

Definition
- point
Term

What is the job of the valves in the circulatory system?

 

Definition
 – insure unidirectional blood flow through the heart
Term

   What supplies blood to the muscle of the heart?

 

Definition
 – Anterior= arteries, veins; Posterior= Right and left pulmonary veins, Superior &inferior venae cavae, aorta and right & left pulmonary arteries
Term

  Trace a drop of blood through the circulatory system.

 

Definition
 – Right atrium to tricuspid valve, Right ventricle to pulmonary semilunar valve, Pulmonary arteries, lungs, pulmonary veins, left atrium to bicuspid valve, Left ventricle to aortic semilunar valve, Aorta to systemic circulation
Term

   What is the SA node?

 

Definition
 - natural pacemaker of heart
Term

 Define tachycardia. 

 

Definition
– heart rate over 100 beats/min
Term

 Define bradycardia. 

 

Definition
– heart rate less than 60 beats/min
Term

   List the tunica of the blood vessels and how they are related.

 

Definition
 – tunica intima, tunica media and tunica externa
Term

   List the arteries by size. 

 

Definition
– Elastic (conducting) arteries, Muscular arteries and arterioles
Term

Which arterial tunic will have the greatest amount of smooth muscle?

 

Definition
 – tunica media
Term

   Describe a fenestrated capillary.

 

Definition
 – characterized by endothelium riddled with pores; greater permeability; found wherever active capillary absorption or formation occurs: small intestine, endocrine glands and kidneys
Term

.    Which capillary type is the most common? 

 

Definition
– Continuous capillaries
Term

   What is the job of the pulmonary circuit? 

 

Definition
– short loop that runs from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart; deliver blood to the lungs, have capillaries in lungs where gas exchange occurs, has veins which deliver blood to the left atrium
Term

   List the unpaired branches of the abdominal aorta. 

  

Definition
– celiac, superior and inferior mesenteric arteries; Paired: Inferior phrenic, Suprarenial, renal, gonadal and common iliac
Term

  The abdominal aorta becomes?

 

 

Definition
smaller
Term
    What does the vasa vasorum do? 
Definition
found in large vein and arteries such as the aorta and its branches. These small vessels serve to provide blood supply and nourishment for tunica adventitia and outer parts of tunica media of large vessels.
Term
Six extrinsic eye muscles
Definition
  1.  lateral rectus
  2. medial rectus 
  3. superior rectus
  4. inferior rectus
  5. superior oblique
  6. inferior oblique

 

Term
3 layer (tunics)  of eyeball's wall
Definition
  1. fibrous
  2. vascular
  3. sensory
Term
humors of anterior cavity of eyeball
Definition
  1. anterior - aqueous
  2. posterior - vitreous
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