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Liz API FINAL REV
ST110 API Final Review
Question | Answer |
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"K" is the atomic symbol for | Potassium |
Atom is stable when what energy level is full | Outer energy level |
DNA molecule is made up nucleotides arranged to form a | Double helix |
Heart | Cardi/o- |
Enter/o- | Small intestines |
-algia | Pain |
Path- | Disease |
Cyan/o- | Blue |
-ectomy | Surgical removal |
-ology | Study of |
-rraphy | Surgical suturing |
-otomy | Surgical incision into |
-plasty | Surgical repair |
Pancreaticoduodenectomy | Whipple |
Procedure to repair a deviated septum | Septoplasty |
Visualization of the uterus with an endoscope | Hysteroscopy |
Removal of the uterus through the abdomen | TAH |
Incision into the eardrum | Myringotomy |
Removal of the largest salivary gland | Parotidectomy |
Removal of the appendix through an endoscope | Laparoscopic appendectomy |
Region above the Umbilical Region | Epigrastric |
Region above the Right Iliac Region | Right lumbar |
Region that is the same as the Right Iliac Region | Right Inguinal |
Any pathological change or ds in the spinal cord | Myelopathy |
Any ds caused by fungus | Mycosis |
Study of the ears, nose, throat | Otorhinolaryngology |
Excess fluid in body tissue causes swelling | Edema |
Lower than normal blood pressure | Hypotension |
Between (not within) the parts of tissue | Interstitial |
To collapse and be laying flat or to be overcome with exhaustion | Prostrate (with an R, NOT prostate, prolapse or pronation) |
Discomfort due to the regurgitation of stomach acid upward into the esophagus | Pyrosis |
Virile | Possession of masculine traits |
The act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward | Supination |
Identification of a ds | Diagnosis |
Formation or discharge or pus | Suppuration |
Male gland that lies under the urinary bladder and surrounds the urethra | Prostate (NOT ProstRate that means to fall down and lay flat) |
Act of binding or tying off blood vessels or ducts | Ligation |
The pounding or racing of the heart | Palpitation |
Examination technique in which the examiner users their hands to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts | Palpation |
Study of disorders of the newborn | Neonatology |
Inflammation of the renal pelvis of the kidney | Pyelitis |
Surgical creation of an opening bt the colon and the body surface | Colostomy |
Abnormally large liver | Hepatomegaly |
Removal of stones from the common bile duct | Choledochlithotomy |
Drooping of the eyelids | Blepharoptosis |
System | Group of organs working together to perform a function |
Primary functions of the Integumentary System | Protection of the underlying structures |
# of Organ Systems of the body | 11 |
# of bones in the Skeletal System | 206 |
Nervous system performs all of the same general functions as what system | Endocrine System |
Communication bt body functions and the integration of body functions is accomplished by specialized signals | Nerve Impulse |
Endocrine system secretes | Hormones |
Endocrine system is composed of special glands that ___ chemicals | Secrete |
Primary functions of the cardiovascular system | Transportation of materials |
Moving towards the feet | Inferior |
Coronal plane | Frontal plane |
Lowest regions of the body | Right and left Iliac |
Organs located in the mediastinum | Trachea, Hrt, BV |
Organs located in the Abdominopelvic cavity | Pancreas, Small Intestines, Stomach |
Cholecyst/o | Gallbladder |
Portion consists of the head, neck, torso | Axial |
Antenatal | Before birth |
Part of the small intestines | Ileum |
Supraclavicular | Above the clavicle |
Olecranal | Back of the elbow |
Axillary | Armpit |
Volar | Palm or sole |
Perineal | Area bt the genitals and the anus |
Plantar | Sole of foot |
Occipital | Back of the lower skull |
Zygomatic | Upper cheek |
Cephalic | Head |
Buccal | Cheek |
Homeostasis | Relative consistency of the internal environment |
Prediction of the probable cause and outcome of a disease | Prognosis |
Plane that divides the body into upper and lower parts | Transverse |
Plane that divides the body into right and left sides | Sagittal |
Toward the front | Anterior |
Contains the lungs | Pleura |
Contains the liver | Abdominal |
The center, middle region | Umbilical |
Connective tissue contains large fat compartments | Adipose |
Most specialized forms of connective tissue, it's matrix is hard and calcified | Bone |
The function of nervous tissue | Provides rapid communication bt body structures and control of body functions |
The active transport process is used to incorporate fluids or dissolved substances into cells | Pinocytosis |
Cell structure encloses the cytoplasm and forms the outer boundary for the human cell | Plasma membrane |
Threadlike structures made of protein and DNA found in the nucleus | Chromatin |
Purpose of mitosis | To replace cells that are damaged or destroyed |
Connective tissue that is hard but flexible and contains imbedded chondrocytes | Cartilage |
Function of ____ muscle is to maintain body posture | Skeletal |
Squamous cells | Flat |
Stage of mitosis in which the two nuclei appear and the cell division is complete | Telophase |
Superficial | Near the surface |
Transverse plane | Horizontal or crosswise plane |
Tissues | Organization of many similar cells that perform a specific function |
Study of functions of structures and their parts | Physiology |
Human anatomical position | The body is erect, arms at sides, palms turned forward, head and feet pointed forward |
Organs contained in the dorsal cavity | Spinal cord, brain |
NOT located in the ventral cavity | Spinal cavity (Liver, Spleen and Urinary bladder are) |
NOT a definition of the root word cyst/o | Kidney (fluid-filled sac, urinary bladder, cyst are) |
Muscle | My/o |
Gray | Poli/o |
Slow | Brady |
Fast | Tachy |
Painful | Dys- |
Against | Anti- |
Dorsal cavity is made up of which sub cavities | Cranial, spinal |
NOT main part of the cell | Nucleolus (Plasma membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm) |
Small structures that make up much of he cytoplasm | Organelles |
Hair-like extensions found on the surfaces of the cell | Cilia |
The "protein factories" of the cell | Ribosomes |
"Power plants" of the cell | Mitochondria |
Ingests microbes that enter the cell | Lysosomes |
Active transport processes requires the use of | ATP |
Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane when some of the solutes cannot cross the membrane | Osmosis |
Uphill movement of a substance through a living cell membrane | Active transport |
NOT an active transport process | Osmosis (Ion pump, phagocytosis, pinocytosis are) |
"Genetic info" contained in ____ molecules ultimately determines the transmission and expression of our heritable traits | DNA |
Another name for the cell division | Mitosis |
Phase of cell division do chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell | Metaphase |
NOT a main type of tissue | Transverse (epithelial, connective, nervous are) |
Abnormal mass that forms when the body fails to control mitosis | Neoplasm |
NOT classified as a Connective Tissue | Simple Squamous (Areolar, adipose, hemopoietic are) |
Most abundant and widely distributed tissue in the body | Connective Tissue |
NOT a cell shape | Circular (squamous, cuboidal, columnar are) |
Stratified squamous epithelium is found on the surface of the lining of | The mouth and the esophagus |
Smooth muscle tissue | Visceral |
NOT a type of muscle tissue | Rigid (skeletal, smooth, and cardiac are) |
Blood like connective tissue found in the red marrow cavities of bones | Hemopoietic |
Location that Nervous tissue is found | Brain, spinal cord, and nerves |
Location of cardiac muscle | Heart |
Part of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body | Axon |
Formerly thought to be responsible for apoptosis (programmed cell death) | Lysosomes |
Part of the sperm cell that gives it motility | Flagella |
Phagocytosis is an active transport process that requires ____ | Energy |
Type of replication that precedes mitosis | DNA |
Stage of mitosis is sometimes referred to as the "resting stage" | Interphase |
Type of epithelial tissue is found in body areas that stretch, such as the urinary bladder | Stratified transitional |
Type of passive transport uses pressure rather than a concentration difference to move substances | Filtration |
Cardiac muscle AKA | Striated involuntary |
Smooth muscle AKA | Non-striated |
A cleavage furrow begins to develop in what stage of mitosis | Anaphase |
Messenger RNA is formed during | Transcription |