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02/11/2012

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Term
FIBRINOLYSIS
Definition
THE DISSOLUTION OF A CLOT IS CALLED?
Term
RETINA
Definition
WHERE IN THE EYE IS LIGHT ENERGY TRANSFORMED INTO ACTION POTENTIALS?
Term
INTERNEURON
Definition
WHAT CONDUCTS NERVE IMPULSES FROM A SENSORY NEURON TO A MOTOR NEURON?
Term
ARACHNOID MATER & PIA MATER
Definition
CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE?
Term
INCUS
Definition
WHICH STRUCTURE IS FOUND IN THE MIDDLE EAR?
Term
ALBUMINS, GLOBULINS, FIBRINOGEN
Definition
PLASMA PROTEINS INCLUDE?
Term
ALBUMINS
Definition
WHAT PLASMA PROTEIN MAINTAINS BLOOD OSMOTIC PRESSURE?
Term
FIBRINOGEN
Definition
WHAT PLASMA PROTEIN AID IN BLOOD COAGULATION?
Term
HEMOPOIESIS
Definition
THE PRODUCTION OF FORMED ELEMENTS IS CALLED?
Term
ERYTHROPOIETIN
Definition
WHAT HORMONE STIMULATES ERTHROCYTE PRODUCTION IN THE RED BONE MARROW?
Term
NEUTROPHILS
BASOPHILS
EOSINOPHILS
Definition
TYPES OF GRANULOCYTES INCLUDE?
Term
LYMPHOCYTES
MONOCYTES
Definition
TYPES OF AGRANULOCYTES INCLUDE?
Term
BLOOD VESSEL SPASM
PLATELET PLUG FORMATION
BLOOD COAGULATION
Definition
WHEN A BLOOD VESSEL IS DAMAGED HOW DOES THE BODY RESPOND TO PREVENT BLOOD LOSS?
Term
AGRANULOCYTES
GRANULOCYTES
Definition
WHAT ARE TWO TYPES OF LEUKOCYTES?
Term
7.35-7.45
Definition
THE BLOOD PH RANGE IS?
Term
ALBUMINS
Definition
PLASMA PROTEIN IS FOUND IN THE GREATEST ABUNDANCE IN?
Term
HYPOXEMIA
KIDNEYS
Definition
______STIMULATES THE______ TO INCREASE SECRETION OF ERYTHROPOIETIN, WHICH STIMULATES THE RED BONE MARROW'S PRODUCTION OF ERYTHROCYTES?
Term
EPICARDIUM
Definition
WHAT IS THE OUTSIDE LINING OF THE HEART CALLED?
Term
MYOCARDIUM
Definition
WHAT IS THE MIDDLE LAYER OF THE HEART CALLED?
Term
ENDOCARDIUM
Definition
WHAT IS THE INNER LAYER OF THE HEART CALLED?
Term
GAP JUNCTIONS
Definition
WHAT EXISTS BETWEEN THE CARDIAC MUSCLE CELLS?
Term
SA NODE
Definition
WHAT IS THE PACEMAKER OF THE HEART CALLED?
Term
PURKINJE FIBERS
Definition
ACTION POTENTIALS ARE CARRIED B THE_____ FROM BUNDLE BRANCHES TO THE VENTRICULAR WALLS?
Term
P WAVE
QRS COMPLEX
T WAVE
Definition
NORMAL ECG CONSISTS OF?
Term
CONTRACT
TO DIALATE
Definition
SYSTOLE MEANS?
DIASTOLE MEANS?
Term
CARDIAC OUTPUT
Definition
THE VOLUME OF BLOOD PUMPED BY EACH VENTRICLE PER MIN IS CALLED?
Term
STROKE VOLUME
Definition
VOLUME OF BLOOD EJECTED BY EACH VENTRICLE IS CALLED?
Term
PRELOAD
CONTRACTIBILITY
AFTERLOAD
Definition
STROKE VOLUME IS DETERMINED BY?
Term
BICUSPID VALVE/MITRAL VALVE
Definition
THE VALVE LOCATED BETWEEN THE LEFT ATRIUM & LEFT VENTRICLE IS CALLED?
Term
BARORECEPTORS
Definition
WHAT DETECTS CHANGES IN BLOOD PRESSURE?
Term
AORTIC ARCH
CAROTID ARTERIES
Definition
WHERE ARE THE BARORECEPTORS LOCATED?
Term
QUIESCENT PERIOD
Definition
THE MAJORITY OF VENTRICULAR FILLING OCCURS DURING WHICH PERIOD?
Term
CARDIAC OUTPUT
Definition
HEART RATE X STROKE VOLUME =
Term
END SYSTOLIC VOLUME
Definition
THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD REMAINING IN THE VENTRICLE FOLLOWING EJECTION OF BLOOD IS?
Term
INCREASED CONTRACTILITY
INCREASED PRELOAD
Definition
WHAT WILL INCREASE STROKE VOLUME?
Term
TUNICA EXTERNA
TUNICA MEDIA
TUNICA INTERNA
Definition
WHAT ARE THE 3 LAYERS OF ARTERIES & VEINS?
Term
ARTERIOLES
Definition
WHAT ARE THE SMALLEST ARTERIES IN THE BODY CALLED?
Term
5 LITERS
Definition
THE AVERAGE ADULT HAS HOW MANY LITERS OF BLOOD?
Term
CIRCLE OF WILLS
Definition
CIRCLE OF ARTERIES THAT SUPPLY BLOOD TO THE BRAIN IS CALLED?
Term
INTESTINES
LIVER
Definition
WHERE ARE THE MAIN CAPILARY BEDS FOUND?
Term
THYMUS
Definition
SITE OF MATURATION OF THE T LYMPHOCYTES?
Term
LYMPHOCYTES
MACROPHAGES
Definition
LYMPH NODES CONTAIN?
Term
T LYMPHOCYTES
Definition
THYMUS GLAND PRODUCES?
Term
THYMOPOIETIN
THYMOSIN
Definition
THYMUS GLAND SECRETES WHAT TWO HORMONES?
Term
T LYMPHOCYTES
Definition
WHAT DESTROYS ABNORMAL CELLS?
Term
CHEMORECEPTORS
THERMORECEPTORS
NOCIECEPTERS
MECHANORECPTORS
PHOTORECEPTORS
Definition
WHAT ARE THE 5 TYPE OF SENSORY RECEPTORS?
Term
FREE NERVE ENDINGS
MERKEL DISCS
HAIR FOLLICLE RECEPTORS
PACINIAN CORPUSCLES
MEISSNERS CORPUSCLES
RUFFINI'S CORPUSCLES
GOLGI TENDON ORGANS
MUSCLE SPINDLES
Definition
NAME THE 8 SENSORY NERVE ENDINGS?
Term
CIRCUMVALLATE
FUNIFORM
FOLIATE
FILIFORM
Definition
NAME THE 4 TYPES OF PAPILLAE?
Term
CIRCUMVALLATE
FUNGIFORM
FOLIATE
Definition
TASTE BUDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH 3 PAPILLAE?
Term
SWEET
SOUR
BITTER
SALTY
UMAMI
Definition
5 TASTE SENSATIONS ARE?
Term
VESTIBULE
Definition
ORGANS OF STATIC EQUILIBRIUM ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE?
Term
RODS
Definition
RESPONSIBLE FOR LIGHT & DARK PRECEPTION?
Term
CONES
Definition
SENSITIVE TO RED/GREEN/BLUE LIGHT
Term
SEMICIRCULAR CANALS
Definition
WHAT PORTION OF THE EAR IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM?
Term
RETINA
Definition
WITHIN THE EYE WHAT SPECIFIC STRUCTURE CONTAINS THE PHOTORECEPTORS?
Term
TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Definition
WHAT STRUCTURE IN THE EAR TRANSFORMS SOUND WAVES INTO VIBRATIONS?
Term
MEISSNER CORPUSCLE
Definition
WHICH IS A CUTANEOUS NERVE ENDING?
Term
PARATHYROD HORMONE &
CORTISOL HORMONE
Definition
THE____HORMONE IS REGULATED BY A NEGATIVE FEEDBACK SYSTEM?
Term
INSULIN
GLUCAGON
Definition
NAME 2 HORMONES SECRETED BY THE PANCREAS?
Term
ALDOSTERONE
CORTISOL
Definition
THE ADRENAL GLANDS SECRETE WHAT HORMONE?
Term
GROWTH HORMONE
Definition
WHAT HORMONE STIMULATES AN INCREASE IN THE SIZE & DIVISION RATE OF BODY CELLS?
Term
INSULIN
Definition
WHAT HORMONE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO DIABETES?
Term
ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE
Definition
WHAT PITUITARY HORMONE CAUSE THE KIDNEYS TO CONSERVE WATER?
Term
STEROIDS
NONSTEROIDS
Definition
WHAT ARE 2 GENERIC TYPES OF HORMONES?
Term
POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND
Definition
ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE IS SECRETED BY WHAT GLAND?
Term
PROLACTION
ANTERIOR PITUITARY
Definition
WHAT HORMONE SUSTAINS MILK PRODUCTION AFTER BIRTH & WHICH GLAND SECRETES IT?
Term
CALCITONIN
Definition
WHAT IS SECRETED BY THE THYROID GLAND & CAUSES CALCIUM LEVELS TO DECREASE?
Term
ADRENAL CORTEX
CONSERVE
Definition
ALDOSTERONE IS SECRETED BY THE____& CAUSES SODIUM LEVELS TO BE_____.
Term
ADRENAL CORTEX
DECREASE
Definition
CORTISOL IS SECRETED BY THE____& CAUSES A____IN PROTEIN SYNTHESIS?
Term
GROWTH HORMONE
OXYTOCIN
Definition
THE PITUITARY GLAND SECRETES WHICH HORMONES?
Term
THYROXIN
CALCITONIN
Definition
THE THYROID GLAND SECRETES WHICH HORMONES?
Term
CORTISOL
ALDOSTERONE
Definition
THE ADRENAL GLAND/CORTEX SECRETES WHICH HORMONES?
Term
INSULIN
GLUCAGON
Definition
THE PANCREAS SECRETES WHICH HORMONES?
Term
CARBON
HYDROGEN
OXYGEN
Definition
CARBOHYDRATES CONTAIN WHAT ELEMENTS?
Term
MONOSACCHARIDES
DISSACCHARIDES
POLYSACCHARIDES
Definition
CARBOHYDRATES INCLUDE?
Term
MONOSACCHARIDES
(GLUCOSE/FRUCTOSE)
Definition
ARE SIMPLE SUGARS WITH RING STUCTURES?
Term
DISACCHARIDES
(SUCROSE)
Definition
FORMED BY JOINING TWO MONOSACCHARIDES?
Term
POLYSACCHARIDES
(GLYCOGEN, STARCH, CELLULOSE)
Definition
FORMED BY LINKING MANY MONOSACCHARIDES?
Term
STARCH
Definition
WHAT IS THE STORAGE FORM OF GLUCOSE FOUND IN PLANTS?
Term
GLYCOGEN
LIVER & MUSCLES
Definition
WHAT IS THE STORAGE FORM OF GLUCOSE IN HUMANS & ANIMALS? & WHERE IS IT STORED?
Term
LIVER
Definition
WHAT ORGAN BREAKS DOWN GLYCOGEN INTO GLUCOSE?
Term
LIPIDS
Definition
WHAT ARE COMPOSED OF CARBON, HYDROGEN, & OXYGEN?
Term
PHOSPHOLIPIDS
Definition
WHAT FORMS THE MEMBRANE AROUND CELLS?
Term
STEROIDS
Definition
MADE FROM CHOLESTEROL & MAKE THE SEX HORMONES CONTAIN 4 CARBON RINGS WITH GROUPS OF ATOMS?
Term
TRIGLYCERIDES
Definition
COMPOSED OF 3 FATTY ACIDS JOINED BY A GLYCEROL MOLECULE
Term
FATTY ACID
Definition
CHAIN OF 4-24 CARBON ATOMS WITH A CARBOXYL GROUP & METHYL GROUP AT THE OTHER END?
Term
AMPHIPHILIC
Definition
MOLECULES WITH BOTH HYDROPHOBIC & HYDROPHILIC REGIONS?
Term
AMINO ACIDS
Definition
ARE THE MONOMERS THAT BOND TO FORM PROTEINS?
Term
AMINO ACIDS
Definition
HAVE NITROGEN BASED AMINO GROUPS(NH2) & A CARBOXYL GROUP(COOH)? ALSO FORM A QUARTERY STRUCTURE & 20 DIFFERENT KINDS OF THESE?
Term
R GROUP
Definition
WHAT DISTINGUISHES THE AMINO ACID?
Term
EXERGONIC REACTIONS
Definition
PRODUCTS THAT HAVE LESS ENERGY THAN THEIR REACTANTS?
Term
ENDERGONIC REACTIONS
Definition
PRODUCTS HAVE MORE ENERGY THAN THEIR REACTANTS?
Term
CATALYSTS
Definition
MOLECULES THAT MAKE IT EASIER FOR CHEMICAL REACTIONS TO PROCEED BY LOWERING ACTIVATION ENERGY, THEY ALSO SPEED CHEMICAL REACTIONS?
Term
PROTEINS
Definition
WHAT ENZYME SERVES AS A CATALYST?
Term
ATP
Definition
STORES ENERGY GAINED FROM EXERGONIC REACTIONS, ALSO HAS A DOUBLE CARBON NITROGEN RING CALLED ADENINE & 5 CARBON SUGAR CHAIN OF 3 PHOSPHATE GROUPS?
Term
METABOLISM
Definition
ALL CHEMICAL REACTIONS THAT OCCUR IN A CELL?
Term
ADP
Definition
ATP IS BROKEN DOWN TO____ TO RELEASE ENERGY?
Term
GLYCOLYSIS
(1ST STEP)
Definition
ANAEROBIC PROCESS WHERE GLUCOSE IS CONVERTED TO PYRUVIC ACID & PRODUCES 2 ATP MOLECULES?
Term
CYTOSOL
Definition
THE CHEMICAL REACTIONS OF GLYCOLYSIS TAKES PLACE IN THE_____OF THE CELL?
Term
GLYCOLYSIS
(2ND STEP)
Definition
AEROBIC TAKES PLACE IN THE MITOCHONDRIA, PYRUVIC ACID IS ALSO CONVERTED TO H2O & CO2?
Term
H2O, CO2, 34 OR 36 ATP MOLECULES & HEAT
Definition
THE PRODUCTS OF AEROBIC PORTION OF CELLULAR RESPIRATION ARE?
Term
ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION
Definition
WHEN OXYGEN IS NOT PRESENT & CANT ENTER THE MITOCHONDRIA THUS TRANSFORMING INTO LACTIC ACID?
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