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100
What is the percentage of blood in the body to other fluids and tissues?
8% Blood; 92% other fluids and tissues.
100
What is the term that describes how blood flows through the heart.
Hemodynamics
100
A person with an ice-pack on their knee would lose heat by the process of...
Conduction
100
A person with only antibody B will have this blood type
Type A
100
What is the name of the blood vessel lining that is damaged first, when an injury occurs,
Endothelium
200
When blood is centrifuged, it can be divided into these three layers...
Plasma, Buffy Coat, Formed Elements
200
Describe the first stage of the blood clotting mechanism. What purpose does this serve for the body (two things) ?
The first stage relates to the intrinsic and extrinsic components. The extrinsic refers to the actual injury that has occurred. The intrinsic describes the process occurring within the body, which includes the release of chemical mediators such as histamine. This helps to limit excess blood loss and it also helps to trap foreign invaders in the body.
200
In terms of function, what is the name of an immovable joint?
synarthrosis
200
An individual who does not have an Rh factor (antigen) present on their red blood cell is said to have what type of blood ?
Negative (A-,B-,O-,AB-)
200
Describe the reason(s) why inflammation is "good" and why it can be "bad" ?
Inflammation can be good because it signals the start of the healing process. It also enables is a way of telling the body something is wrong and to limit activity. It can be negative if too much inflammation occurs because there may be tissue death to structures that weren't originally injured.
300
An alternate name for the myeloid line of blood cell formation is...
Marrow Line
300
Give the name of the byproduct the liver breaks down from heme (in red blood cell destruction) that gives fecal matter its color.
Bilirubin
300
The innermost layer of the meninges is the...
pia mater
300
_______ blood type does not have any antibodies present in its plasma and ______ blood type does not have any antigens present on its red blood cells.
AB & O
300
The p wave on an ECG/EKG is representative of what activity in the heart?
Atrial Depolarization/Contraction of the Atria
400
The pH of our blood likes to stay between a certain range. What is this range and is it more acidic or basic.
7.35-7.45 This is more basic than acidic.
400
Describe the action of neutrophils as they travel throughout the body.
Neutrophils have the capability of moving in and out of the blood vessels to attack foreign invaders. This process is called diapedesis.
400
What function do muscle spindles play to prevent injury to a given muscle?
The length of the muscle shortens to prevent injury. On the other hand, a golgi tendon organ would simply relax the muscle.
400
How quickly does the clotting process begin when an injury occurs to the body?
It occurs within 1-5 seconds.
400
Describe the structure of hemoglobin
Hemoglobin has 4 globin chains and 4 heme (iron) groups.
500
If you were viewing erythrocytes underneath a microscope, how would you describe their shape and appearance.
Biconcave disks without a nucleus, ribosomes etc. They would appear (reddish/pink) because of the hemoglobin which is also the pigment of the blood cells.
500
Stage 3 of blood clotting is represented by the breakdown of ________ to _______.
fibrinogen to fibrin
500
Movements or exercise machines commonly used in gyms produce this type of muscle contraction
Isokinetic. Isotonic would be actions involving the shortening and lengthening of the muscle whereas isometric exercises would focus specifically on a muscle position that doesn't change.
500
Describe the anatomical positioning of the heart.
It is in the center of the chest, with most of the organ towards the left midline, resting on vertebrae T5-T8.
500
What is the name of the structures relative to the conduction of the heart that stimulate the ventricles to contract.
The purkinje fibers