| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The greatest visual acuity is found at the | fovea centralis |
| Gradual clouding of the lens | cataracts |
| cortical region for hearing | temporal lobe |
| Olfactory tract damage would affect | taste and smell |
| White covering of the eye | sclera |
| Salty taste | tip |
| lack of one type of cone cell | color blindness |
| farsightedness | hyperopia |
| Cone cells | color vision |
| the portion of the eye concerned with image formation | retina |
| choriod | vascular light abssorbing tunic |
| The __________ controls the amount of light entering the eye | iris |
| Type I diabetes melitis must control it with | insulin injections |
| Hypothyroidism in children is called | cretinism |
| ________ is the hormone that allows glucose to be taken up by the body | insulin |
| _________ acts antagonistically to insulin and is produced by the same endocrine gland | glucagon |
| Normals development of the immune system is due to hormones produced by the | thymus |
| ____________ is necessary for the synthesis of thyroxine | iodine |
| Growth hormones | effects bones and muscles |
| _______________ stimulates milk production | prolactin |
| When both A and B clot on the plate the blood type is | AB |
| Blood normally clots in | 3 to 6 minutes |
| The axillary artery is located | in the arm pit |
| the normal pH of blood is | 7.4 |
| decrease in oxygen carrying capacity of the blood | anemia |
| is the respiratory pigment that binds to oxygen | hemaglobin |
| is the liquid portion of blood | plasma |
| means defiency of blood | ischemia |
| arteries that feed capillary beds | arterioles |
| carry blood toward heart and have valves | veins |
| permit gas to exchange between the blood and tissue | capillaries |
| freshly oxygenated blood is recieved by the | left atrium |
| the myocardium of the heart recieves its blood supply from | coronary arteries |
| High blood pressure | hypertension |
| heart beating greater than 100 times a minute | tachycardia |
| ideal vital capacity | 4800ml |
| total volume of exchangable air | total lung capacity |
| competes with oxygen for binding sites is deadly | Carbon monoxide |
| prevents aspiration of food into the lower respiratory passages | eppiglottis |
| controls the diaphram | phrenic nerve |
| the detergantlike molecule that prevents alveoli from sticking together | surfactant |
| normal breathing | eupnea |
| has the greatest stimulating effect on the brain | carbon monoxide |
| signifcantly delays stomach emptying | lipids or fats |
| stores and concentrates bile | gall bladder |
| spincter between the esophagus and stomach | cardioesophageal |
| chemical digestions of fats is intiated in the | small intestine |
| chemical digestion of proteins is intiated in teh | stomach |
| insulin is produced in the | pancreas |
| vitamin associated with eyesite | A |
| soupy mixture of food in the stomach | chyme |
| the structures in the intestine that increase the surface area | vili |
| the structure that suspends the small intestine from the abdominal wall | mesentery |
| usually indicates liver problems | jaundice |
| causes severe eppigastric pain associated with prolong storage of bile in the gall bladder | gall stones |
| blood sugar | glucose |
| three nitrogenous waste found in blood | urea, uric acid, creatinine |
| alcohol acts as a diuretic because it inhibits the release of | ADH |
| inflammation of the bladder | cystitis |
| when voiding cannot be voluntarily controlled | incontinence |
| Daily we loose about this many liters of water | 1.5 |
| body water content is greates in | infants |
| electrolyte most involved in fluid balance | sodium |
| kidney excretes | nitrogenous waste |
| pus in the urine | pyruia |
| may indicate a peron is pregnant if it is present in the urine | albumin |
| presence of glucose in the urine may indicate | diabetes mellitis |
| voiding or emptying the bladder | micturation |
| when white blood cells are atracted to an inflamitory area | chemotaxis |
| the antibody most abundant in body secretions | IgA |
| shorterm immune protection antibodies are recieved from someone else | passive immunity |
| Most numerous phagocyte | neurtophil |
| T cells | cell mediated immunity |
| antibody that have the highest percentage in the blood | IgG |
| antibody in tears and saliva | IgA |
| Antibody associated with the allergic reaction | IgE |
| type of immunity passed from mother to baby | passive immunity |
| type of immunity when you get a vaccine | active immunity |
| Hiv invades and kills, they turn on the immune system | Helper T cells |
| turns off the immune system | supressor T cell |
| attact and lyses pathogens | killer T cell (cytotoxic) |
| surrounded by the prostrate gland | urethra |
| mouth of the uterus | cervix |
| the set of color receptors with in the retina are sensitive to what 3 visable wavelenghts | red, blue, gree |
| olfactory cells are normally stimulated by substances | in solution |
| bacterial infection known as pinkeye | conjuntivitis |
| when neither A or B clots on the plate the blood type is | O |
| arteriole system that supplies the brain with blood | carotid |
| heart beating too slow less t han 50 beats per minute | bradycardia |
| animal storage form of carbohydrates | glycogen |
| brain cells suffer most when this drops | blood glucose |
| digestion of this begins in the mouth | carboydrates |
| increase during alleric reations | esonophils |
| type of waste excreted by the kidneys | nitrogenous |
| type of immunity that reacts to anything that is nonself example phagocytosis, skin, mucus | nonspecific immunity |
| where the egg is producedd | ovary |
| responsible for the yellow color of urine | urochrome |
| unequal curve of the lens of the eye | astimgatism |
| bending of light | refraction |
