Anatomical Directions
Cardiovascular
Digestive
Reproductive
Muscular
100

What part of the body is lateral? Hand or heart? 

Hand
100

What are the structures responsible for regulating the flow of blood through the heart? 

Valves

100

What substance begins chemical digestion? 

Saliva

100
Where does a fertilized embryo implant? 
Uterus or Endometrium 
100

What are the 3 different types of muscles?

Cardiac, smooth, skeletal

200

What anatomical direction would be best to describe the Gluteus Maximus? 

Posterior
200

This group of pacemaker cells are located in the septum.

Bundle of His

200
What is the flap responsible for the regulation of food out of the stomach and into the small intestine.

Pyloric sphincter 

200

Where is the ovum released from? 

Ovary

200

What aids in revealing the active site in the sliding filament theory of movement? 

Ca+

300

Where is bile stored? 

Gallbladder 

300

Which blood vessels return deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart? 

Vena Cava (superior and inferior)

300

Proteins break down into...

Amino acids

300

What hormone is MAINLY responsible for ovulation?

LH

300

What required 1 ATP in the sliding filament theory of muscle movement? 

Myosin completing the power stroke

myosin attaching to actin 

myosin making the crossbridge

400

If I cut my hand lightly in a paper cut what would be the best anatomical direction to describe the cut. 

Superficial 

400

What is the only vein to carry oxygenated blood? 

Pulmonary vein 

400

What happen in peristalsis? 

Waves of muscle contractions
400

This happens at the end of the follicular phase.

Ovulation: the egg is released into the fallopian tube. 

400

What is the term for ACh's role is in the muscular system? AND Where does it bind? 

Neurotransmitter AND receptors

500

Why can't you describe your heart as a proximal organ? 

It's a comparative term. It means close to so you need to say what it is proximal or close to.
500

What is the difference between systole and diastole in the chambers of the heart? 

During systole the chamber is contracting

During diastole the chamber is relaxing

500

What are 2 of the 3 sections of the small intestine? 

Duodenum, Jejunum and Ileum

500

What does the dominant follicle turn into after ovulation? 

corpus luteum

500

What are the 4 characteristics of muscles? 

  1. Excitability

  2. Extensibility

  3. Contractability    

  4. Elasticity