Brainarium

What are the six major functions of the GI system? - ️️-Ingestion of Nutrients -Mechanical processing -Secretion -Chemical processing -Absorption -Excretion What is unique about ingestion of nutrients compared to the other functions of the GI system? - ️️It is the only one under your conscious control. You choose what to eat and when to eat it- every other function is regulated by the ANS. Why is mechanical processing of food so important - ️️Chewing is so important because...

What is an articulation? - ️️An articulation is the meeting place of two or more bones. The type of tissues that connecting the bones together with determine the functions of the joint (freely movable?) and the structural classification of that joint. Range of motion: - ️️refers to the normal extent of mobility for a specific joint movement degrees of freedom - ️️the number of axes at which movement in a joint occurs Biaxial joint - ️️If you have two axes of rotation, two ...

functions of the respiratory system - ️️gas exchange, regulate blood [H+], speech, defense against microbes upper respiratory tract - ️️nose, sinuses, pharynx lower respiratory tract - ️️starts with larynx, trachea, bronchial tree, thoracic cavity, continues through alveoli. conducting zone - ️️purpose is to filter, warm, and moisten air, and conduct it to lungs. conducting zone starts with nose/pharynx and extends to terminal bronchioles. nose, nasal cavity, pharynx, lary...

What is true about the breakdown of red blood cells? - ️️>> Iron is carried through the plasma by transferrin >> Bilirubin is excreted in the urine >> Bilirubin is excreted in the bile >> Iron is carried through the plasma by transferrin Adult hemoglobin is composed of what components? - ️️>> four heme groups >> two beta subunits >> two alpha subunits Infant hemoglobin is composed of what components? - ️️>> four heme groups &gt...

possible treatments - ️️cold ringer's solution (4 degrees c), 0.1 mM DNP, low sodium what must be done to the intestinal sac for this experiment - ️️it must be inverted why is there no gradient for the movement of glucose - ️️the sacs contain the same glucose concentration as the external incubating solution what must be in each beaker - ️️aerator valid standard curve value - ️️R2= 0.98 what is x on the graph - ️️concentration of glucose what is y on the graph ...

respiratory pigments - ️️proteins that transport oxygen, greatly increase the amount of oxygen that blood can carry what is the respiratory pigment in vertebrates? - ️️hemoglobin oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve - ️️Relationship between available oxygen and amount of oxygen carried by hemoglobin. sigmoidal shape binding of oxygen to hemoglobin dependent upon partial pressure of oxygen cooperative binding of hemoglobin - ️️- hemoglobin consists of four prosthetic heme grou...

Increased presence of which of the following proteins could be an indicator of myocardial infarction? A. Creatinine kinase B. Aspartate transaminase C. Lactate dehydrogenase D. All of above - ️️D. All of above Which is not true during coronary artery bypass graft surgery? A. Blood vessels, or grafts, used for the bypass procedure may be pieces of a vein from your leg or an artery in your chest. B. To sew the grafts onto the very small coronary arteries, your healthcare provider will...

2 Types of Specific Resistance - ️️-Antibody Mediated -Cell Mediated Antibody Mediated Specific Response - ️️-Humoral -Defends against free bacteria and viruses in blood/body -B Lymphocytes secrete specific antibodies Cell Mediated Specific Response - ️️-Defends against abnormal/transformed cells -Cytotoxic T lymphocyte mediated Stages of Specific Resistance - ️️-Antigen Encounter and Recognition by Lymphocytes: Antigens binds to lymphocyte receptor and processes antigen ...

What are the sources of water gain and loss in humans? - ️️-Gain: liquids, food, and produced metabolically -Loss: insensible loss through skin and lungs, sweat, feces, urine What is meant by "insensible"? - ️️Cannot be regulated or prevented What can cause severe water loss, NaCl loss, and loss of both? - ️️-Water loss: Vomiting and diarrhea -NaCl loss: vomiting, diarrhea, sweating -Both: hemorrhage What are the sources of NaCl gain and loss in humans? - ️️-Gain: f...

what phase does blood clotting first occur - ️️vascular spasm Saul is suffering from Atransferrinemia, a genetic disorder where the protein Transferrin is not produced. Which of the following might Saul experience? - ️️Kidney damage The intrinsic pathway for blood clotting is initiated by - ️️exposure of clotting factors to collagen fibers on the venus side of the capillary, hydrostatic pressure is _______ than osmotic pressure and there is net _____ - ️️less, resabsorption...