Kasparian - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Select the most correct statement concerning skin cancer. - Answer-Melanomas are rare but must be removed quickly to prevent them from metastasizing. ________ is an inherited condition that affects the heme pathway; it leaves the skin scarred and gums degenerated, and may have led to the folklore about vampires. - Answer-Porphyria A needle would pierce the epidermal layers of the forearm in which order? - Answer-corneum, granulosum, spinosum, basale The major regions of a hair shaft includ...

The tube that runs through the entire body from mouth to anus is called the.... - alimentary canal What are the four functions of the digestive system? - Ingestion Digestion Absorption Elimination This layer of the alimentary canal is the most superficial lined with epithelium, a lamina propria and muscular layer. - mucosa This layer consists of exocrine glands, blood vessels and nerve endings - submucosa This layer consists of a circular and longitudinal layer of smooth muscle. -...

Monocyte - B Lymphocyte - D Eosinophil - C Neutrophil - A Most common white blood cell found in whole blood - A Mount in immune response by direct cell attack or via antibodies - D Kills parasitic worms - C Becomes a macrophage - B Main bacteria killer during acute infections - A Nucleus has two lobes; contains granules of lysosomal enzymes; functions in attacking parasitic worms. - Eosinophil Nucleus is multilobed; functions as a phagocyte; contains fine indistinct...

The primary source of RBCs in the adult human being is the bone marrow in the shafts of the long bones. - Answer-false Leukemia refers to cancerous conditions of white blood cells. - Answer-true The immediate response to blood vessel injury is clotting - Answer-false The process of fibrinolysis disposes of bacteria when healing has occurred - Answer-false The RBC "graveyard" is the liver. - Answer-false Hemorrhagic anemias result from blood loss - Answer-true White blood cells are produ...

What are the two functions of the lymphatic vessels? - 1) Return excess fluid from intracellular space to blood circulation 2) anatomical seat of immune system What is the correct order of lymphatic vessels that lymph travel from intracellular space back to circulation? (Smallest to Largest) - Lymphatic capillaries Lymphatic collecting vessels lymphatic trunks lymphatic ducts What type of tissue are lymphatic capillaries made of? - Simple squamous epithelium Describe the lymphatic...

Which nervous system consists of sensory receptors, nerves, ganglia and motor endings? - Answerperipheral nervous system Specialized tissue that respond to changes in their environment (stimuli) are called... - Answer-sensory receptors What is the difference between sensation and perception? - Answer-sensation >>> awareness of a stimuli perception >>> interpretation of the meaning of a stimuli What are the three categories a receptor can be classified? - Answer-- stimulus...

The patellar "knee jerk" reflex is an example of a(n) ________. - Answer-stretch reflex The ________ nerve is not a branch of the trigeminal nerve. - Answer-cervical Which of the following nerves does not arise from the brachial plexus? - Answer-phrenic Which of the following is not an example of an exteroceptor? - Answer-baroreceptor Which of the following is not a main level of neural integration in the somatosensory system? - Answersegmental The posterior side of the thigh, leg, and fo...

Which nervous system consists of sensory receptors, nerves, ganglia and motor endings? - peripheral nervous system Specialized tissue that respond to changes in their environment (stimuli) are called... - sensory receptors What is the difference between sensation and perception? - sensation >>> awareness of a stimuli perception >>> interpretation of the meaning of a stimuli What are the three categories a receptor can be classified? - - stimulus type - location -s...

Select the most correct statement concerning skin cancer. - Answer-Melanomas are rare but must be removed quickly to prevent them from metastasizing. _______ is an inherited condition that affects the heme pathway; it leaves the skin scarred and gums degenerated, and may have led to the folklore about vampires. - Answer-Porphyria A needle would pierce the epidermal layers of the foreman in which order? - Answer-Corneum, granulosum, spinosum, basale The major regions of a hair shaft include...