Upper limbs - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AAMI Pathology Final, With Complete Solution Immediate cause of a disease Excitatory cause Atrophy - Noun A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use Hypotrophy - Noun A degeneration in the functioning of an organ due to the loss of cells Hypertrophy Increase or more, get bigger Hypotrophy Decrease or less, get smaller Atrophy A lack of Mammary glands enlarge after birth to allow the mom to feed baby, and revert to normal size after feedin...

How many bones are in the axial skeleton? - Answer-80 How many bones are in the appendicular skeleton? - Answer-126 What is the axial skeleton composed of? - Answer-Skull, vertebral column, & thorax List some main functions of the axial skeleton: - Answer-* Supports & protects internal organs * Supports upper body weight, transferring to lower limbs * Attachments for skeletal muscles What is the appendicular skeleton composed of? - Answer-*Upper & lower limbs *Pectoral & pelvic girdles L...

Cancer can result if a)mitosis is too infrequent. b)mitosis is too frequent or does not stop. c)the cell cycle runs backward. d)the cell cycle stops. - ANSWER-mitosis is too frequent or does not stop The secondary structure of a protein molecule is the result of a)ionic bonds. b)covalent bonds. c)hydrogen bonds. d)oxygen double bonds - ANSWER-hydrogen bonds. Which of the following lists best illustrates the idea of increasing levels of complexity? a)Organelles, cells, tissues, o...

Where and why are lumbar punctures performed? - Answer- Spinal Block -> Anesthetic (into epidural space) Spinal Tap -> CSF extraction (into subarachnoid space)W B/W L3/L4 or L4/L5 NB: Posterior to this is *cauda equina* Where does a *herniated intervertebral* disk occur? What causes it? - Answer- Occurs b/w L4/L5 or *L5/S1* and C5/C6 or C6/C7 NB: affects lower spinal nerve # Degeneration of annulus fibrosis followed by *sudden compression* of nucleus pulposus What is the dif...

BIOL 235 Midterm 1 Revised Questions and Correct Answers. CHAPTER 1 Anatomy – the science of body structures and the relationship among them Physiology – The science of body functions – how body parts work Dissection – careful cutting apart of body structures to study their relationships Levels of Structural Organization: Chemical (letters of alphabet) – most basic level that includes atoms and molecules atoms → smallest units of matter that participate in chemical reactions...

Comprehensive pain assessment Correct Answer-OPQRST: onset, provokes, quality, radiates, severity, timing -what might alter pain perception: medication, coping mechanisms -what makes pain worse or better Different pain scales Correct Answer-Numerical Rating Scale (NRS): 0-10 scale Visual Analog Scale (VAS): pictures of faces 0-10 scale Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRS): how pain interferes with activities on 0-10 scale Adult Non-Verbal Pain Scale (NVPS): face, activity, guar...

When examining the eyes, the right pupil reacts briskly to light, near effort, and is much smaller than the left pupil. This condition is most likely: correct answer: Horner's syndrome Dilated pupil is fixed to light and near accommodation correct answer: Paralysis of oculomotor cranial nerve (CN III) Pupil appears small and irregular shaped and accommodate but do not react to light. correct answer: Argyll Robertson pupils uncontrolled electrical activity in brain, may produce minor...

The upper motor neurons are axons that carry action potentials from the upper brain (cerebrum) to the brainstem or spinal cord A reflex is an automatic response to a stimulus produced by a reflex arc The lower motor neurons have cell bodies in the anterior horns of the spinal cord and in the brainstem These are all properties of reflexes except __________. A) reflex responses are very predictable. B) reflexes are responses to sensory inputs. C) reflexes are quick responses of the nervous...

regions of the spinal cord - ANSWER cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral ulnar nerve - ANSWER nerve to upper limbs sacral plexus - ANSWER nerve plexus associated with the lower lumbar and pelvic region conus medullaris - ANSWER cord tapers to a point inferior

BIOLOGY 2300: Unit 1 Latest 2024 Graded A+ anatomy the study of the body and its different parts microscopic anatomy cannot be observed with the naked eye cytology cells and their structure histology groups of cells functioning for a common purpose (tissue) gross anatomy/ macroscopic anatomy examines the structures and relationships of large body parts visible to the naked eye developmental anatomy examines changes in a structure within an individual from conception to mat...