Bmd 311 stuvia Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Which of the following is an appropriate description of the somatic sensory system? A. detects pain from hunger B. regulates contraction of skeletal muscles C. it detects pain from a pulled muscle D. regulates contraction of smooth and cardiac muscles - Answer it detects pain from a pulled muscle **general somatic senses are the senses whose receptors are spread widely throughout the outer tube of the body aka senses experienced on skin like touch, pain, pressure, vibration, and temper...

What is anatomy? - Answer the study of the internal and external structures of the human What is gross anatomy? - Answer naked eye level, study through dissection Ways to approach anatomy - Answer surface- study of superficial anatomical markings systemic- study of anatomy by organ system regional- study of anatomy by body region What is anatomical terminology based on? - Answer Ancient Greek or Latin Levels of structural organization - Answer chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, org...

The digestive organ are separated into 2 groups called the ______ canal (GI tract) and the __________ organss - Answer alimentary canals accessory digestive organs What is the function that propels food forward? - Answer peristalsis What is the function that increases the efficiency of nutrient absorption? - Answer segmemtation What are the 4 basic layers of the wall of the alimentary canal? - Answer 1. mucosa 2. submucosa 3. muscularis externa 4. serosa The _______ is the se...

Greater and lesser wings, sella turcica and optic canals are found in which of the following cranial bones? - Answer Sphenoid bone Which of the following bony serves as articulating surface in a joint between two bones? - Answer Condyle Which of the following statements is true regarding the maxillae, frontal, ethmoid, and sphenoid bones? They all __________. - Answer contain paranasal sinuses Occipital condyles of the occipital bone are involved in articulation with - Answer 1st cervic...

Cortical areas are involved in _____ of sensation. - Answer Conscious awareness. What are some general somatic sensations? - Answer Touch, pressure, pain, temperature. List the four special senses. - Answer Vision, hearing, taste, smell. Each primary sensory area has an _____ next to it for the _____ of the sensation. - Answer Association area; interpretation. What is agnosia? What does this mean? - Answer Damage to the sensory association area. This means that one is able to receive...

B. Diencephalon - Answer What is the most rostral of the following regions? A. Pons B. Diencephalon C. Midbrain D. Medulla oblongata E. Spinal cord D. form between two layers of cranial dura mater - Answer Dural venous sinuses A. are empty spaces within skull bones B. are continuous with paranasal sinuses C. are filled with cerebrospinal fluid D. form between two layers of cranial dura mater C. myelinated axons traveling together in spinal cord - Answer White ma...

Which of the following is the best structural description of desmosomes? - Answer Adhesive spots scattered like rivets along abutting sides of adjacent cells Which subclass of connective tissue proper forms tendons, most ligaments, and aponeuroses? - Answer Dense regular connective tissue Which of the following best describes a location or function of the epithelial feature of gap junction? - Answer Allowing small molecules to move between neighboring cells Which of the following are mo...

If a cell lacked peroxisomes, what vital process would NOT occur? - Answer neutralization of free radicals Which of the listed organelles are not bound by a membrane or membranes? - Answer intermediate filaments and ribosomes If integral proteins move molecules across the plasma membrane against their concentration gradient, this is called __________. - Answer active transport Which organelle works with the rough ER to package and ship new proteins to appropriate sites within the cell o...

Which of the following sequences puts the components of a reflex arc in the correct order of their activation? - Answer receptor, sensory neuron, CNS integration center, motor neuron, effector Of the cranial nerve pairs listed below, which nerve, along with XI and XII, relays only somatic motor impulses? - Answer IV Which of the following subcategories of the peripheral nervous system is correctly matched with its description? - Answer autonomic (visceral motor) - innervation of smooth and...