Term
What is the branch of science that studies how the body functions?
Physiology
Active transport pumps allow substances that are already abundant in the cell to enter. The cell normally contains a large amount of what substance?
Potassium
What is the result of the contraction of the arrector pili muscles?
Goosebumps, or hair standing up
Which type of tissue is most likely to prevent a kidney from “floating”?
Adipose
The sense of taste is also called the
gustatory sense
A patient has been in a car wreck and is admitted to the emergency department with a chief complaint of severe cervical pain accompanied by loss of sensation in all extremities. Which of the following indicates the site of pain?
Neck
This programmed sequence of events helps to rid the body of old, unnecessary, and unhealthy cells.
Apoptosis
What are some facts on hirsutism?
Usually the result of abnormal steroidal secretion (hypersecretion)
During a lumbar puncture the needle is inserted into which anatomical space?
L3-L4 (Subarchanoid space)
______ is a group of eye conditions that cause damage to the optic nerve, and is due to increased intraocular pressure.
glaucoma
Blood is called a colloidal suspension because ____
What response from a patient would indicate the need for further teaching regarding a Pap smear?
A. A pap smear collects a sample of cells usually around the cervix.
B. A pap smear can indicate cancer in its early stages.
C. Early detection leads to poor survival rates.
D. Cells are examined under a microscope for changes that could indicate cancer.
C. Early detection leads to poor survival rates.
Rickettsiae and chlamydiae are classified as
bacteria
Paralysis of the lower extremities is called
Paraplegia
Which of the following is classified as disuse, denervation, and senile?
Atrophy
Movement of a substance from high concentration to low concentration across a cell membrane with a helper molecule
Facilitated diffusion
The caudal part of the spinal cord is____
tailbone
What lives in the intestinal tract and lays its eggs in the perianal area, causing severe pruritus?
Pinworms
True or False
Activation of the beta2 receptors in the pregnant uterus causes the uterine muscles to relax, thereby causing the premature delivery of the fetus.
False
The uterine muscles contract to cause fetal delivery.
Which of the following “slide” in the sliding filament hypothesis?
Actin and Myosin
Cigarette smoking causes damage to these hair-like projections on the outer surface of the cell
cilia
Radiation, conduction, convection, and evaporation are terms that are concerned with
heat loss
This bacillus forms a large part of the normal flora within the large intestines. It also causes septic shock, food poisoning, and local infections and is a leading cause of nosocomial infection.
Eschieria Coli (E.Coli)
When severed nerve endings of the amputated leg continues to send sensory information to the parietal lobe of the brain, this is known as
phantom limb pain
A patient has been taking Atorvastatin, 80mg tablet, by mouth every night for the past 5 years. The patient reports unbearable muscle weakness in the arms and legs. This patient may be exhibiting symptoms related to what disorder?
Rhabdomyolysis