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Jennifer Ikechi
Physiology week 7-13
Question | Answer |
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The brief period which a local area of an axon's membrane resists restimulation is called the what period: | refractory |
Which of the following is not one of the main chemical classes neurotransmitters? | Triglycerides |
An extension of the great toes, with or without fanning of the other toes, in response to stimulation of the outer margine of the sole of the foot is called what? | Babinskin sign |
Impulses sent over which of the following tracts could result in voluntary movement, especially of the hands, fingers, feet, and toes of the opposite side? | lateral corticospinal |
When the right cornea senses a tactile stimulus, what happens to the left eye? | blink |
The production of the thyroid hormone is stimulates by another hormones | anterior pituitary |
The physiology mechanism that dissolves clots is known as | fibrinolysis |
Neutrophils are highly mobile and phagocytic. They migrate out of blood vessle and into tissue spaces. This process is called? | diapedesis |
During pregnancy what happens to the oxygenated blood returns from the planceta via the umbilical vein? | it flows into the inferior vena cava |
Which are the two barorceptors that are located near the ? | aortic baroreceptors and carotid barorecptors |
The purpose of the lymphatic system is to : | fight against infection |
Fluids that is clear, watery and contains protein molecules, salts and other substances is called : | intercellular fluids |
What is the only antibody class with the abllity to cross the placental barrier, provide passive immunity to the developing fetus during pregnancy? | IgG |
An obstructive lung disorder that is characterized by recurring spasms of the smooth muscle in the wall of the bronchial air passage is what? | asthma |
One hundred milliliters of the artertial blood contains approximately what volume percent of oxygen?? | 20% |
The term used to describe the volume of air exchanged during normal inspiration and expiration is called? | tidal volume |
Fats and other nutrients in the duodenum stimulate the intestinal muscosa to release a hormone called: | gastric inhibitory peptide |
The final step in lipids transport by the intestines is the foramtion of: | chylomicrons |
The enzyme pepsin begins the digestion of: | protein |
Bicarbonate are useful in the GI tract to : | neutraiized hydrochloric acid |
The hormones that inhibits gastric muscle, slowing passage of food into the duodenum is called: | gastric inhibitory peptide |