Strap like; longest muscle in body, flexes, abducts and rotates thigh
Back
Hypothalamus
Front
Visceral control center, emotion, temp reg, Hunger, sleep, hormone production
Back
Cell body
Front
Protected within the Cns, biosynthetic activities ; Info brought here
Back
Whole blood transfusion
Front
Used when blood loss is substantial
Back
Epithalamus
Front
Sleepiness, biological clock, emotional response to smell
Back
Gray matter
Front
the darker tissue of the brain and spinal cord, consisting mainly of nerve cell bodies and branching dendrites.
Back
Packed red cells
Front
(Plasma removed) are used to restore O2 - carrying capacity
Back
Thalamus
Front
Memory processing, sensation, motor processes, learning (diencephalon)
Back
Hypothalamus pituitary complex
Front
Hormone control
Back
Red blood cells
Front
45%, erythrocytes, blood clotting for wounds
Back
Levator
Front
Produces superior movement
Back
Hemostasis
Front
Fast series of reactions for stoppage of bleeding
(Vasc spasm, platelet plug formation, coagulation)
Back
Plasma
Front
Liquid component of blood (55%)
Back
Nervous system functions
Front
1- sensory input, 2- integration, 3- motor output (communications)
Back
Know pathway of sound waves
Front
Tympanic membrane, auditory ossicles, move threw fluid in scala vestibule, travel through helicotrema, and then through cochlear duct
Back
endocrine
Front
No ducts, produce and release hormones, internal secretions
Back
Axons
Front
Impulses away from cell body, processes called nerve fibers
Back
Middle ear
Front
Tympanic cavity; hearing
Back
Medulla oblongata
Front
(Brain stem) relays motor and sensory impulses, regulates heart beat, breathing, swallowing (above spinal cord)
Back
Chambers of the heart (4)
Front
Left and right ventricle, left and right atrium
Back
Internal ear
Front
Inner: hearing and equilibrium
Back
Synapses
Front
Junction that mediates info transfer from one neuron to next or from neuron to effector cell (impulses that pass by)-neural cell communicates with target cell
Back
Transverse abdominous
Front
Deepest muscle of abdominal wall, compress ab contents
Back
Sensations
Front
Sweet, sour, bitter, salt, Unami
Back
Orbicularis Oris
Front
Multilayer muscle of lips; close lips, kissing and whistling muscle
Back
Serum vs Plasma
Front
Serum(fluid) is plasma(liquid) but doesn't have clotting proteins
Receptor organs; found on tongue and on tops of papillae fungi form
Back
Blood types
Front
A, B, AB, and O
Back
Cerebrum
Front
Interprets sensory info, controls voluntary muscles, intellectual and emotional processing, memory (top of brain)
Back
Hormone
Front
Chemical substances, secreted by cells into the extra cellular fluids that regulate Metab fx of other cells and organs
Back
Auricles
Front
Attached to left and right atrium; increase capacity of atrium and increase vol of blood
Back
Formed elements
Front
Cellular portion of blood (leukocytes and erythrocytes)
Back
Gracilis
Front
Slender
Back
Section 2
(45 cards)
Oogenesis
Front
Creation of ovum with three polar bodies left at end
Back
Systole
Front
Contraction of myocardium
Back
Arteries
Front
Blood conveyed from heart to body
Back
Nonspecific innate defense
Front
Always prepared to responding to protect foreign substances
Back
Male sex hormones
Front
testosterone
Back
Uvula
Front
Freed edge to
Soft palate; stops food from entering nasal cavity
Back
Larynx
Front
Passageway and prevents food from entering resp, voice
Back
Stomach
Front
Where major digestion occurs
Back
Liver
Front
Largest gland in body; produces bile, shaped like wedge
Back
Vasodilation
Front
Decreases blood pressure; dilation of blood vessels
Back
Diastole
Front
Relaxation between contractions
Back
Ovarian cycle
Front
consists of the follicular phase, ovulation, and luteal phase
Back
Lymphatic system
Front
Spleen (filters toxins) liver, kidneys; cleans toxins out of body
Back
Mesentery
Front
Double layer of peritoneum that extends to digestive organs from body wall
Back
Digestive tract
Front
Mouth, tongue, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, sm intestine, lg intestine, rectum, anal canal
Back
Pancreas
Front
Tad pole shaped gland and produces catabolic enzymes
Back
Forced respiration
Front
Increase intra-ab pressure, and depresses rib cage ; active process
Back
Gallbladder
Front
Green- muscular sac; stores bile and concentrated it by absorbing its water and ions
Back
Layers of blood vessel wall
Front
Tunica intima, tunica media, tunica externa
Back
Quiet respiration
Front
Superior and inferior dimensions heighten ; intercostal muscles lift the rib cage and pulls down Sternum
Back
Female sex hormones
Front
Estrogen
Back
Fimbriae
Front
Projection at end of fallopian tube
Back
Spermatogenesis
Front
Spermatogenesis is the process in which spermatozoa are produced from male primordial germ cells by way of mitosis and meiosis. The initial cells in this pathway are called spermatogonia, which yield primary spermatocytes by mitosis.
Back
Kidney
Front
Bean shaped; filter toxins and produce urine
Back
Type of blood vessels
Front
Capillaries, veins, arteries
Back
Omentum
Front
Lesser and greater; lesser runs from liver to lesser curve of stomach; greater drapes inferiorly from greater curve of stomach to covers of sm intestine (fold of peritoneum that connects stomach to other abdominal organs)
Back
Chemical digestion
Front
Food mixing with saliva; food into nutrients
Back
Trachea
Front
Air passageway; cleans warms and moistens Air
Back
Veins
Front
Carry blood toward heart
Back
Know Pathway of blood
Front
Right atrium, tricuspid valve, right ventricle, pulmonary valve, pulmonary arteries, lungs, pulmonary veins, left atrium, bicuspid valve, left ventricle, aortic valve, aorta, body, superior/inferior vena cava
Back
Vasoconstriction
Front
Tightening of the blood vessel walls
Back
Hypertension
Front
High blood pressure; stroke, heart failure
Back
Spirometer
Front
Test pulmonary function
Back
Penis
Front
Delivers sperm to female
Back
Mechanical digestion
Front
Chewing; food into small pieces
Back
Uterine cycle
Front
divided into menstruation, proliferative phase, and secretory phase.
Back
Fertilization
Front
Sperm nucleus and large central cell fuse
Back
Bronchii
Front
Main passageway into lungs
Back
Clitoris
Front
Erectile part of female genitals
Back
Immune system
Front
Protects again disease; lymph nodes, thymus, spleen
Back
Know flow of urine
Front
Kidney, ureters, bladder, sphincter, urethra, and out
Back
Baroreceptor reflex
Front
Homeostatic mechanism that helps to maintain blood pressure at nearly constant levels
Back
Capillaries
Front
Fine branching blood vessels
Back
Specific Adaptive defenses
Front
Attacks a particular substance and takes more time