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NEGATIVE FEEDBACK: - Answer-Effectors return conditions toward normal range. 
 
- Called "negative" bc the response to the change moved the variable in opposite direction (negative) of the deviation from the set point. 
- Most common type of homeostatic mechanism. 
- Prevents sudden, severe changes in the body. 
- Ex: negative feedback controls body temp., blood pressure, glucose level in the blood. 
 
POSITIVE FEEDBACK: - Answer-Change/deviation is intensified - not reversed. Activity ...
Joints: - Answer-- Articulations 
- Bones coming together, so the joint can make the movement. 
 
Structural Classification of Joints: - Answer-1. Fibrous joints: Syndesmosis, suture, gomphosis 
2. Cartilaginous joints: 
3. Synovial joints: 
 
Functional Classification of Joints: - Answer-1. Synarthrotic: immoveable 
2. Amphiarthrotic: slightly moveable 
3. Diarthrotic: Freely moving 
 
Fibrous Joints: - Answer-3 types: 
- Syndesmosis 
- Suture 
- Gomphosis 
 
Syndesmosis: - Answer-- Fibrous jo...
Peri- - Answer-Around 
 
Pariet- - Answer-Wall 
 
Cyt- - Answer-Cell 
 
Som- - Answer-Body 
 
Sub- - Answer-Under 
 
Co- - Answer-With 
 
Strat- - Answer-Layer 
 
Chondr- - Answer-Cartilage 
 
Histo- - Answer-Tissue 
 
Clast- - Answer-Break 
 
Blast- - Answer-Bud 
 
Sarco- - Answer-Flesh 
 
Epi- - Answer-Upon 
 
Seb- - Answer-Grease 
 
Astr- - Answer-Star 
 
Olig- - Answer-Few 
 
Levels Of Organization: - Answer-Subatomic particle 
Atom 
Molecule 
Macromolecule 
Organelle 
Cell 
Tissue 
Organ 
...
Origins of Medical science - Answer-1.) Started with superstition and magic 
2.) Originated in Greek & Latin terminology 
 
Scientific Method - Answer-"Investigating the Natural World" 
 
Testing a Hypothesis = - Answer-1.) Rejecting or Accepting the hypothesis 
2.) Based on results of experiment and observations 
 
Anatomy + Physiology = ? - Answer-How the body maintains life 
 
Anatomy - Answer-"cutting up" 
1. structures of the body 
2. Forms/ organization 
 
Physiology - Answ...
Genes are defined as - Answer-Sequences of DNA that encode proteins 
 
Dominant refers to the: - Answer-Allele that masks the expression of another allele 
 
Recessive refers to the: - Answer-Allele expression that is masked 
 
Humans that possess two X chromosomes are; - Answer-Female 
 
Check all that apply, The trait for eyes has 2 different alleles. Assume complete dominance and recessiveness. Allele 1 = E for Two Small Eyes; Allele 2 = e for 1 Large Eye. The Phenotype is Two Small Eyes. Wha...
Word segment that means "few" - Answer-"Oligo-" 
 
Movement of a body part towards the midline: - Answer-Adduction 
 
Increased myelination of axons tends to increase: - Answer-Speed of impulse conduction 
 
Neurons that have one axon and many dendrites: - Answer-Multipolar 
 
Part of the nervous system that carries signals to brain and spinal cord: - Answer-Sensory division 
 
Sequence of reflex arc - Answer-receptor, sensory neuron, integration center, motor neuron, effector 
 
The...
1000AD - Answer-Women study midwifery 
 
 - Answer-Hospitals septic 
 
Mid 1800s - Answer-modern nursing began 
 
1836 - Answer-1st school of nursing-Germany-nightingale 
 
1897 - Answer-Nurse alumni-Baltimore-avoid incompetent nurses 
 
1892 - Answer-YWCA training program NY 
 
1900 - Answer-Passing laws for licensure 
 
1955 - Answer-All states required practical nurses to be licensed 
 
Clara Barton - Answer-"Angel of the battlefield"-civil war- Red Cross 
 
Dorothea Dix - Answer-MH & p...
aden/o - Answer-gland 
 
arth/o - Answer-joint 
 
carcin/o - Answer-cancer 
 
cardi/o - Answer-heart 
 
cephal/o - Answer-head 
 
cerebr/o - Answer-cerebrum (largest part of the brain) 
 
derm/o - Answer-skin 
 
encephal/o - Answer-brain 
 
enter/o - Answer-intestines 
 
erythr/o - Answer-red 
 
gastr/o - Answer-stomach 
 
gynec/o - Answer-woman, female 
 
hem/o - Answer-blood 
 
hepat/o - Answer-liver 
 
lapar/o - Answer-abdomen 
 
leuk/o - Answer-white 
 
nephr/o - Answer-kidney 
 
neur/o - An...
Florence Nightingale 
"The Lady with the Lamp" 
FOUNDER OF NURSING - Answer-**Studied nursing at Kaiserwerth School in . 
**Upon graduation, she became superintendent of a charity hospital for ill governesses. 
**In 1854, she and 38 other nurses took care of British soldiers who were injured in the Crimean War in Turkey. 
**Improved sanitation in battlefield hospitals - first practicing epidemiologist 
1859 - 
**Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not - nursing is an unique body o...
Dermis - Answer-Deepest layer of skin 
 
Stratum Corneum - Answer-Most superficial layer of the epidermis 
 
Function of skin - Answer-Excretes waste, secretory, protection, cosmetic 
 
scalp, armpit, face, arms, legs, pubic area, - Answer-common locations of hair growth 
 
Function of hair - Answer-sunshade, bug sensor, protection 
 
Dermis - Answer-thickest layer of skin 
 
smooth - Answer-The arrector pili muscle is made of ________muscle 
 
UV radiation - Answer-stimulates melanocytes to mak...