The Heart/Lung/Kidney
The specific serous membrane that is in direct contact with the surface of the heart is?
What is the visceral pericardium or epicardium?
In which specific layer of the epidermis are melanocytes primarily located?
What is the stratum basale
During muscle contraction, calcium ions are released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. to which protein do these ions bind to initiate sliding of filament?
What is troponin? Troponin binding is located on thin actin filaments
The vital centers responsible for regulating heart rate, blood pressure, and respirations are located in which part of the brainstem?
What is the Medulla oblongata
In the clinic a client complains of pain in the lower right abdominal region. The physician request and imaging study to divide the body into superior and inferior planes. The nurse knows the cut will divide the body into which anatomical plane?
What is the chamber of the heart that pumps oxygenated blood.
What is the left ventricle?
What is the outmost layer of the skin composed of dead keratinized cells?
What is the stratum corneum or epidermis?
A muscle that opposes or reverses a particular movement is classified as:
What is an antagonist?
What part of the neuron is primarily responsible for receiving incoming signals from other neurons and conducting them toward the cell body?
What are dendrites?
A solution with a pH of 9 is acidic? (True or False)
What is false. Acidic: pH values below 7
What valve prevents blood from flowing back into the left atrium?
What is the mitral (bicuspid) valve?
Which type of skin cancer is highly dangerous because it is metastatic and resistant to chemotherapy?
What is melanoma
Synovial joints are classified as diarthroses. Which structural feature is unique to this classification.
What is the presence of a joint cavity filled with synovial fluid?
Which bone marking is saddle-shaped depression in the sphenoid bone that protects the pituitary gland?
What is the Sella trucica?
Glycogen is a complex carbohydrate (polysaccharide) stored in human tissue for energy. Where is it primarily found?
What is the liver and skeletal muscles?
What is the functional unit of the kidney.
What is the nephron?
What cellular transport process involves the movement of water from an area of high water concentration to an area of low water concentration.
What is osmosis? Osmosis is the passive movement of water molecules through a selectively permeable membrane.
Which of the following bones belongs to the axial division of the skeletal system? (Sternum, Femur, Humerus, Scapula)
What is the sternum?
Which neuroglial cells are responsible for forming the insulating myelin sheath around axons in the Peripheral nervous system?
What are Schwann Cells?
Red blood cells are placed in 3 different beakers. Beaker A contains a solution of 0.9 Normal saline. Beaker B contains Sterile water. Beaker C contains a% % salt solution. What will happen to the RBC placed in Beaker C?
What is crenate or shrink?
How does urine flow out of the body.
What is through the collecting duct to the renal pelvis to the ureter to the bladder and to the urethra? (kidney, ureters, bladder, and urethra)
A burn that involves only the epidermis, resulting in redness, and pain but no blisters is classified as a...
What is a First-degree burn or superficial burn?
What specialized bone cells are responsible for the resorption of bone matrix?
What are osteoclasts?
Which area of the brain acts as the main control center for body temperature, hunger, thirst and maintaining homeostasis?
What is the hypothalamus?
What is an example of a positive feedback mechanism in the human body?
What is oxytocin release during labor or blood clotting?