HESI ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
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1. arterioles:
Answer:
Extremely small arteries that result from multiple branching of major
arteries. Function to direct and control blood flow and to reduce blood pressure
2. Axial Skelton:
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rts the central axis of the body. Consists of the sku
3. bolus:
Answer:
A term used to describe food after it has been chewed and mixed with saliva.food
is swallowed and passed from the esophagus into the stomach, where digestion
continues with the mixing of chyme with hydrochloric acid, enzyme action,
and intrinsic factor.
4. Cell:
Answer:
Collection of living matter enclosed by a barrier that separates the cell from
its surroundings; basic unit of all forms of life.
5. Cerebellum:
Answer:
BALANCE, physical, emotional, cognitive, social;the "little brain"
attached to the rear of the brainstem; its functions include processing sensory input
and coordinating movement output and balance
6. Chyme:
Answer:
,A pulpy mixture of food and gastric juices. Produced in the stomach, from which it
passes to the small intestine
7. Dermis:
Answer:
- the layer of the skin just below the epidermis, contains bundles of collogen, nerve
fibres, blood vessels, sweat glands, sebaceous glands & hair follicles
8. Distal:
Answer:
opposite of proximal; a particular body part is farther from the trunk or
farther from another specified point of reference than another part
9. Epidermis:
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Keratinized stratified squamous epithelium containing 4 distinct types of cells,
melanocytes(pigment)merkel cells(touch receptors)ketatinocytes(produce keratin)
and langerhans cells(police outer body surface/immune response cells) and either 4
or 5 layers depending on whether thin(everywhere on body except) or thick(soles
and palms) skin. Avasulcar but innervated, reproduces quickly -entirely new
epidermis every 35-45 days.
10. Estrogen:
Answer:
What hormone stimulates uterine growth, increases blood flow to uterine vessels,
and stimulates breast ducts to prepare for lactation?
11. External Respiration:
Answer:
Exchange of gases in the lungs (between the air in the alveoli and the blood in the
pulmonary capillaries)
12. Hemopoiesis:
Answer:
the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
13. Histology:
,Answer:
(tissues) microscopic study of structures of tissues (tissues -groups of specialized
cells and cell products)
14. Inferior:
Answer:
-INDICATES THAT A BODY PART IS BELOW ANOTHER OR LOWER
SURFACE OF AN ORGAN OR A STRUCTURE (DOWN TOWARDS THE
FEET)
15. infundibulum:
Answer:
A stalk that attaches the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus.
16. Histology:
Answer:
the study of tissues
17. Mitosis and Meiosis:
Answer:
Mitosis and meiosis are the ways that cells reproduce.
During mitosis, a cell duplicates its DNA and divides into two identical cells called
daughter cells. Meiosis, on the other hand, produces four daughter cells that have
only half of the chromosomes that the parent cell has. Meiosis is the form of cell
duplication that produces eggs and sperm.
18. Skin: membrane because it covers the body ;
Answer:
organ because it contains several kinds of tissues.
19. skeletal system:
Answer:
Functions to support, permit movement, form blood cells (homeopoiesis), protect
internal organs, detoxify, point for muscle attachment, mineral
storage (particularly phosphorous and calcium)
, 20. Muscular System:
Answer:
Consists of skeletal muscles and tendons that connect muscles to bone, and
ligaments which attach bones to each other to form joints. Cardiac and smooth
muscles are not included in this organ system.
21. Nervous System:
Answer:
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