There is a question on body positions, ex. superior/inferior, medial/lateral. What is
the “pectoral” area?
- superior: above
Inferior: below
Medial: toward the middle
Lateral: away from the middle
Pectoral a
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There is a question on body positions, ex. superior/inferior, medial/lateral. What is
the “pectoral” area?
- superior: above
Inferior: below
Medial: toward the middle
Lateral: away from the middle
Pectoral area: chest
Positive/negative feedback
-Positive feedback: requires an external event to stop or control the stimulus; has
potential to become self-perpetuating and harmful cycle
Ex: childbirth: during labor oxytocin is released which intensifies and speeds up
contractions, the increase in contractions causes more oxytocin to be released and
the cycle goes until the baby is born.
-Negative feedback: a stimulus initiates a response that reverses or decreases stimulus,
thereby stopping response until stimulus occurs again. Contains its own “brake”
Ex: sweating on a hot day: external temp rises body response is to sweat
(homeostasis) so excess body heat be evaporated from skin lowers body temp
turns off sweating mechanism.
General organ systems questions (endocrine, etc.)
-Table 1-1 pg. 7
What is the fluid type found in veins?
-Extracellular fluid (plasma)
When you see “pumps” in a Q., ex. sodium or potassium pumps, what process do
you think of? Hint: it has the word ‘active’ in it
-Active transport
Cations, anions
-cations: positive ion
-anion: negative ion
ATP
-a single adenine nucleotide with 3 phosphate groups; it’s an energy-transferring
molecule, formed when cell respiration releases from food molecules, used for energyrequiring cellular processes.
Diffusion, facilitated diffusion, osmosis, filtration
-diffusion: the movement of molecules from greater to lesser concentration
-facilitated diffusion: movement of molecules from greater to lesser concentration but
need help
-osmosis: diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane; water will
move from an area of more water to less water
-filtration: requires energy but not from ATP, it is energy of mechanical pressure,
filtration means that water and dissolved materials are forced through a membrane
from an area of high to low pressure.
What happens if human cells are put in hypotonic solution? In hypertonic solution?
-hypotonic: water will enter the cell and it will swell
- hypertonic: water will leave the cell and it will shrink
What tissue type sweeps pathogens out of the trachea?
-Ciliated Epithelium
What happens if a patient doesn’t have enough WBC’s?
-higher risk at getting an infection
What are the membranes called that cover the spinal cord?
-meninges
What connective tissue membrane covers bone? Is it: Fascia? Periosteum?
-periosteum
What muscle type generates a lot of heat?
-skeletal muscle
Know about endocrine glands. Do they have ducts? (yes or no) What do they
secrete?
-ductless glands that secrete hormones which enter capillaries and are circulated
throughout the body. Hormones then bring about specific effects in their target organs.
These effects include aspects of growth, use of minerals and other nutrients, and
regulation of blood pressure. Examples of endocrine gland include thyroid gland, adrenal
gland, and the pituitary gland. The pancreas is both endocrine and exocrine and the
exocrine secretes digestive enzymes that are carried by ducts to the duodenum of the
small intestine.
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