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| Pleurisy | inflammation of the pleura |
| pericarditis | inflammationof the outer membrane covering the heart |
| peritonits | inflammation of the peritoneum |
| Relationship between protrhombin and Vitamin K | Prothrombin is dependent on Vitamin K. It is a plasma protein and is synthesized in the liver |
| What anticoagulants released in the blood during injury is neutralized by thromboplastin? | Antithromboplastin + antiprothrombin = heparin |
| What anticoagulant is also used as an administered drug | heparin |
| Erythropoiesis | the manufacture of RBC occurs in the red bone marrow of almost all bones until adolescence |
| Hemolysis | is rupture or bursting of a RBC |
| Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) | stimulates the growth of the graafian follicle and the production of estrogen in females and stimulates the production of sperm in males |
| Leuteinizin Hormone (LH) | stimulates the growth of the graffian follicle and the production of estrogen and the formation of the corpus lutein after ovulation, which produces progesterone in the female |
| Insulin | promotes the utilization of glucose in the cells necessary for maintenance of normal levels of blood glucose; also promotes fattyacid transport and fat deposition into cells; facilitates protein synthesis |
| Glucagon | increases the level of glucose in the bloodstream |
| What causes hypoglycemia? | too much insulin in the bloodstream |
| Growth hormone that is known by what other name? | Somatotropin (STH) |
| Parathyroid Hormone | controls the concentration of calcium in the bloodstream |
| Melatonin | produced by the pineal gland; causes body temperature to drop |
| What are the blood electrolytes? | sodium, potassium, chloride |
| Describe the function of testosterone | influences the growth of a beard and other body hair, increase in muscle mass, deepening of the male voice, and production of sperm |
| Describe the function of prolactin | develops breast tissue and stimulates the productionof milk after childbirth |
| Describe the action of gonadotropins | stimulates growth of the gonads |
| List the hormones produced by the posterior pituitary | Vasopressin (ADH) and oxytocin |
| Describe the function of the Thymus gland as it relates to active immunity | produces thymosin which helps to stimulate the lymphoid cells that are responsible for the production of T celss which fight certain diseases. Critical for the development of the immune system |
| Describe the function of the Thyroid gland | regulates body metabolism |
| Hematologist | a physician who studeis blood and blood disorders |
| Arteries | are elastic, muscular and thick walled blood vessels and consists of 3 layers: tunica adventita, tunica media, and tunica intima |
| Capillaries | extremely thin walls with tiny openings and is the smallest of all the blood vessels |
| Veins | less elastic and muscular than artery walls. Consists of 3 layers: tunica externa, tunica medica, tunica intima (carries deoxygenated blood) |
| Diastolic Pressure | lessend force of blood, B/P measured when the venticles are relaxed |
| Systolic Pressure | pressure measured at the moment of contraction of the ventricles |
| What blood type is the universal recipient? | AB+ |
| What blood type is the universal donor? | O- |
| Antigen | substance stimulating formation of antibodies against itself |
| Antibody | substance produced by the body that inactivates a specific foreign substance which has entered the body and formed as a reaction to an antigen |
| Internal Respiration | includes exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen between the cells and the lymph surrounding them plus the oxidative process of energy in cells |
| Single Respiration | is one inhalation (inspiration) and one exhalation (expiration) |
| What is another name and function of the Adam's apple? | Vocal cords; they produce sound when we speak |
| List contents of the mediastinum | thoracic visceral, thymus gland, heart, aorta and its branches, pulmonary arteries and veins, superior and inferior vena cava, esophagus, trachea, thoracic duct, lymph nodes, and vessels |
| The pharynx carries what two substances? | air and food |
| Right Lung | larger and broader, shorter, and divided into 3 lobes; left superior, middle, and inferior |
| Left Lung | narrower and longer and divided into 2 lobes: superior and inferior |
| Whado the mucous membranes in the nose do? | filters dust and dirt out of the air and moistens the air |
| Where is the respiratory center in the brain? | located in the Medulla Oblongata |
| List the order of large bowel structures the digestive contents pass through on their way to the outside | cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, and anus |
| Where is bile made? | Liver |
| What sphincter allows stomac contents to flow inthe small intestine? | Pyloric sphincter |
| Define proctopexy | suture of the rectum to some other part |
| Define peristalsis | rythmic muscular contractions that pushes food along the esophagus |
| Define micturtition | urination |
| Define urethra | Tube that takes urine from the bladder to the outside of the body |
| Define urethroplasty | surgical repair of the urethra |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast or rapid |
| Define phag/o | eating, digestion; eating of cells |
| Define nephr/o | kidney |
| List the correct order of the structures through which blood passes as it flows through the heart and lungs | R atrium, R ventricle, Lungs, L atrium, and L ventricle |
| What is the medical term for clumple of blood cells (platelets)? | agglutination |
| Define phleb | vien |
| Lis the atrioventricular valves | Biscupid (Mitral) Valve, Plumonary semilunar valves |
| What happens to gases in the capillary bed? | Oxygen passes out of the capillaries and into the surrounding cells and tissues, carbon dioxide and nitrogeneous wastes pass back from the cells and tissues into the bloodstream for exrcretion at their proper sites |
| Describe the apex of the heart | the apex lies on the diaphragm and points to the left of the body |
| Where are most clotting factors made? | in the Liver |
| Describe the action of heparin in the body | is an anti-coagulant which is a substance that prevents coagulation |
| Describe the correct order of the electrical impulses that cause the heart to contract | SA node, AV node, Bundle of His, Purkingie fibers |
