(Appositional/Interstitial) is the medical term that describes how bone grows when tissue is added to teh outside of bone.
Appositional
A fracture of a bone that is broken completely into two pieces that protrudes through the skin is:
D. Complete: Open
When you turn your head to look at the person sitting next to you, what motion are you performing?
Rotation
T/F A single efferent neuron, with all of the skeletal muscle fibers that it innervates, is called a motor unit.
True
If BOTOX blocks the release of acetylcholine from the synaptic bouton, what will happen to the muscle?
B. Flaccid paralysis
The glial cells in the PNS responsible for myelination of nerves are called:
Schwanne cells
What is the term for the condition where a patient cannot form memories after a specific incident?
anterograde amnesia
Which of these have myelinated axons?
F.
T/F The parasympathetic division of the ANS is known as the craniosacral division.
True
T/F The vagus nerve supplies all parasympathetic innervation for all digestive organs that precede the splenic flexure (through the first 1/2 of the colon).
True
Secretions such as insulin from the pancreas that are released into the blood stream and effect target cells wherever they are found in the body are called:
hormones
What is the scientific name for the anterior 2/3-3/4 of the pituatary gland?
Adenohypophysis
Name the lipid from which steroid hormones are formed.
Cholesterol
T/F In a portal system, blood leaves one capillary bed and is carried to another before it returns to the heart.
True
Which carries high-oxygen blood in the pulmonary circuit?
A. Vein
What do we call an open blood vessel that causes blood to bypass a capillary bed (or organ)?
Shunt
Which of the following features of cardiac muscle fibers DOES NOT help the heart beat and contract as a single unit?
A. a single nucleus
What is the name for the membranous sac surrounding the heart?
Pericardium
Which two arteries branch from the left coronary artery?
A. Circumflex Artery and Anterior IV Artery
T/F The right atrium receives venous blood from the systemic circuit.
True
T/F The left atrium has the opening for the coronary sinus.
False--Right atrium!
T/F the Left ventricle pumps blood into the systemic circuit
True
T/F SA node->AV node-> Purkinje fibers->Bundle branches
False! SA node->AV node->Bundle branches-> Purkinje fibers
T/F The "T wave" in the EKG corresponds to atrial repolarization.
False
T/F Blood will continue to pump through the pulmonary and systemic circuit in a person undergoing ventricular fibrilization?
False
What is the cardiac output of a patient with an ESV=50mL, an EDV=120mL, and a heart rate of 70 beats per minute?
CO=SVxHR
SV=EDV-ESV
4900 mL/min
What is the stroke volume of a pateint with an ESV=50 mL and an EDV=120mL?
70mL
T/F If the right ventricle of the heart pumps more blood than the left ventricle you will develop pulmonary edema.
True
In fetal circulation, the purpose for the shunts ductus arteriosus and foramen ovale are to move oxgenated blood to the left side of the heart for systemic circulation. (T/F)
True
What structure in the mature heart is the remnant of the ductus arteriosis from the fetal circulation?
Ligamentum Arteriosum
Which of the three regions of the pharynx is the most inferior?
Laryngopharynx
T/F Bronchioles have cartilage in their walls to help keep them open.
