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Jennfer DeLeon
A&P Week 1-5
Question | Answer |
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Anatomy | is the study of internal & external body structures in their physical relationship among other body parts. |
Physiology | is the study of how living organisms perform their functions. |
Autoregulation | s the process that occurs when a cell, a tissue, an organ, or an organ system adjusts in response to some environmental change. |
positive feedback loop | Causes a system to change further in the same direction. |
Mediastinum | a membranous partition between two body cavities or two parts of an organ, especially that between the lungs. |
Isotopes | Atoms of the same element that contain different number of neutrons |
Peptide Bond | Covalent bond between the carboxyl group of one amino acid & the amino group of another |
Golgi apparatus | Golgi apparatus Forms secretory vesicles & new plasma membrane components, & packages lysosomes. Secretions are discharged from the cell by exocytosis. |
What are the types of Glandular Epithelium? | exocrine glands and endocrine glands |
Where do glandular epithelium secrete? | Discharge into ducts, lumen of visceral structures, into the surface or directly into the blood. |
Where and how does Merocrine gland secretes the product? | discharge directly through cell or plasma and completed without injury. ex. salivary glands |
What are the 6 types of synovial joint? | 1, Ball and socket (spheroidal) joint 2. Condylar (ellipsoidal) joint 3. Hinge (ginglymoid) joint 4. Gliding (plane) joint 5. Pivot or (trochoid) joint 6. Saddle (sellar) joint |
What type of synovial joint is a "Convex surface on one bone fits into concave surface of another"? | Condylar Joint |
What type of synovial joint is "One bone rotates in a ring formed of bone and a ligament"? | Pivot joint |