Unit 1
What type of transport goes against its concentration gradient (requires energy)
Active transport
What is the most widely distributed tissue in the body?
What kind of cartilage is present at the ends of long bones and in articulating joints?
Hyaline Cartilage
What nervous system is known as "rest and digest" and focuses on supplying blood to nonessential organs
Parasympathetic Nervous System
What is the term for increased eye pressure because aqueous humor fails to drain?
Glacuoma
What organelle functions to package, process, and distribute proteins?
Golgi Body
What tissue is flat and allows for diffusion of gasses in the lungs?
Simple Sqaumous
What type of joint is found within the thumb?
Saddle Joint
What type of stimuli travels through an afferent neuron
Sensory, visceral
What is the term for feeling pain in a limb that is absent?
Phantom Limb pain
What is the P53 Gene?
The tumor suppressor gene
What is the difference between negative and positive feedback loop?
Negative Feedback: End product turns of the loop. Positive Feedback: End product stimulates more production
Define Hematopoiesis
The formation of red blood cells.
What is CVA?
Cerebrovascular Accident (stroke). Death of brain tissue due to lack of blood supply.
What is the only receptor that is necessary for survival?
Nociceptor Pain
Which step of Mitosis refers to centromeres migrating to opposite poles and separating sister chromatids apart?
Anaphase
What strata layer does only thick skin contain?
Strum Lucidum
What is the only bone in the body that does not articulate with any bone?
Hyoid Bone
Describe and name cranial nerve X.
Vagus Nerve (wandering) proprioception, swallowing, heart rate, peristalsis.
What is the term for when a stimulus that is not normally painful is felt as pain?
Allodyna
Name and describe the step of cellular respiration in which no oxygen is required
Glycolysis- Splitting of glucose. 2 ATP + NADH is produced
What is the enzyme that converts tyrosine into melanin
Tyrosinase
What structure houses the pituitary gland?
Sella Turcica
What part of the brain is responsible for habituation, and arouses you from sleep?
Reticular formation
What part of the ear detects spinning?
Ampulla of semicircular canals