Physiology 1: Unit 1 Questions and
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light - ✔✔what energy does an xray use
xray - ✔✔imaging device that looks at hard tissue/dense structures
CT - ✔✔imaging device that creates a cross sectional plane from a number of different
perspectives. Looks at bone
light - ✔✔what energy does a CT use
xeon CT - ✔✔imaging device that looks at active tissue
xeon CT - ✔✔imaging device that requires the patient to inhale a radioactive gas
xeon CT - ✔✔device that is good for viewing strokes
DSR - ✔✔device that creates a detailed 3D image from a CT scan
light - ✔✔what energy does DSR use
DSA - ✔✔device that looks at blood vessels
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,DSA - ✔✔device that requires a contrast dye injected into patient to view blood vessels
light - ✔✔what energy does DSA use
PET - ✔✔device that shows metabolic processes
PET - ✔✔device that requires radioactive isotope injections
PET - ✔✔what device is used to determine if a tumor is cancerous or not
M2A - ✔✔- a swallowable pill/imaging capsule (has a mini camera on it)
-The pill snaps digital pictures as it passes through the digestive tract
light - ✔✔what energy does PET use
ultrasound - ✔✔imaging device that uses sound waves to work
ultrasound - ✔✔uses high frequency sound waves to look at soft tissue
magnetic - ✔✔what energy does MRI use
magnetic - ✔✔what energy does MRS use
MRI - ✔✔uses magnetic energy to look at soft tissue; creates a magnetic field that makes
charged ions in the tissue temporarily line up and creates a picture
MRS - ✔✔uses magnetic energy to look at COMPOSITION of tissues
MRS - ✔✔what is a good device used to look at tumors
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, structure can dictate function and function can regulate structure - ✔✔what is the
relationship of anatomy and physiology
chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system, organismic - ✔✔list levels of
organization from lowest to highest
liver - ✔✔what is the largest internal organ
skin - ✔✔what is the largest external organ
skin - ✔✔what is a limiting boundary for the human body
limiting boundary - ✔✔this separates things from the outside world
excitability - ✔✔ability to detect change within and around the body
conductivity - ✔✔ability to send info about the stimuli from one part of the body to
another to create a response
metabolism - ✔✔sum total of all chemical reactions that occur in the body
catabolism - ✔✔big to small
anabolism - ✔✔small to big
growth - ✔✔increase in size of existing cells or increase in number of cells
somatic - ✔✔what type of cells can reproduce infinitely
gamete - ✔✔what type of cells can only reproduce so many times
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