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Massage Certification: Human Body

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1. Passive natural immunity
Located in the temporal bone
Measure muscle length
Osteon activity by way of calcium regulation
Placenta & nursing

2. Femoral artery becomes
Hepatic vein
Popliteal artery
Peritoneum
Connect the brain & spinal cord

3. Lats and pecs
Originate on axial skeleton
Outside of long bones
Most abundant cell in epidermis
Blood in pleural cavity

4. Aorta
Clusters of cells located in the thymus gland possible for cites of T-cell death
Pulmonary veins
Ascending - Arch - Descending
Covers myosin binding sites on the actin molecules

5. Thoracic vertrbrae
Formation of bones
Fluid build up in lower extremily - right side of heart death - fluid build up in lungs - left side of heart death
Blood from liver to the inferior vena cava
Facets for ribs - long sharp Spinous processes

6. Parasympathetics
Prevertebral ganglions
UV light
Brain stem (cranio) & lateral horn of sacral S.C.
Pulmonary arteries

7. Filtration
Fibular (peroneal) artery
Pushing the molecule thru the membrane (PASSIVE)
A section of each myofibril that is bordered on either side by z lines
Drain into Subclavians

8. Mineralcorticoids - Aldosterone
Right subclavian vein
Diaphragm
Innervates diaphram
Produced by adrenals - hold sodium & prevent dehydration

9. C7
Anchors nuchal ligament
Arangement of compact bone
Released energy
Appendix

10. Metarteriole
Lymphatic nodules at junction of oral cavity & pharynx
Having immunity to a disease
Gallbladder
Connects arteriole/venule to a capillary

11. Cysterna chyle
Paravertebral ganglions
Renals and Hepatic veins
Axis - dens is point of rotation
Swelling of lymphatic tissue @ L2 that brings lymph to Thoracic duct (left lymphatic duct)

12. Wormian bones (sutural bones)
Found in sutures of the skull - saggital and lambdoidal
Prevertebral ganglions
Produced by adrenals - hold sodium & prevent dehydration
Collagen

13. Natural Active immunity
Brachial Artery
Getting the disease and creating antibodies
Pyloric sphincter
Has dens which articualtes with atlas

14. Organ that stores bile
Between arachnoid layer & pia mater - houses cerebral spinal fluid
Deepest of Abdominal muscles
Gallbladder
Formation of bones

15. Muscle of forced expiration
Cardiac muscle fibers will contract more forcefully when fibers are stretched (the more you fill it with blood the better force of contraction)
Internal intercostals & Abs
Caps the brain
Spongy/cancellous bone

16. Active site
Located in epidermis
SCM - Trapezius - Clavicle
Place on molecule where they attach to one another or something else
Fluid build up in lower extremily - right side of heart death - fluid build up in lungs - left side of heart death

17. Abdominals attached to Ilium
Ureter
Cell membrane
Ventricular depolarization
Transverse - internal & externals

18. Osmosis
Controls sleep cycle
Blood
Movement of water down the concentration gradient
Prevertebral ganglions

19. Capillaries
Almond shaped group of neurons in temporal lobe responsible for memory & emotional reaction
Functional unit of the respiratory system
Left and right coronary arteries
Has B antiglutens

20. ECG "P" wave
Common Illiacs
Functional unit of the respiratory system
Diaphysis
Atrial depolarization

21. Crossbridge cycle
Binding of myosin to actin - powerstroke - rigor - unbinding - cocking of the myosin heads
Common Illiac Arteries
Make up the nasal septum
Growth rings on cross section of bone

22. Infundibulum
Midline of neck - scm - mandible
Axis - dens is point of rotation
Connects pituitary & Hypothalmus
Located in the spleen - in the red pulp - remove old RBC's - store platelets - hemopoiesis in fetus

23. Higehest pp O2 in...
Drains into Brachiocephalic - In Anterior Triangle of neck
Found in sutures of the skull - saggital and lambdoidal
Compress the abdomen
Alveoli

24. Responsiveness
Freely moveable joint (all synovial)
Ability to respond to stimuli
Arise off of Subclavians - within Transverse processes of cervicals - brings blood to brain
Cardiac muscle fibers will contract more forcefully when fibers are stretched (the more you fill it with blood the better force of contraction)

25. Sliding filament
Produced by thyroid gland maintains calcium homeostasis by lowering levels in blood
Sacral & Thoracic
Muscles contract because the thin/thick filaments slide past eachother
Gluteus medius

26. Hypoglossal canal
In occiput
Medial part of inside of eye
Take blood back to heart
Located above heart - atrophies after puberty - assists in maturation of T cells

27. Lameli
Valve between ilium & cecum of lg intestines
Freely moveable joint (all synovial)
Coat alveolus and keep them from collapsing
Growth rings on cross section of bone

28. Blood hydrostatic pressure
Between arachnoid layer & pia mater - houses cerebral spinal fluid
Espohagus
Blood pressure
Arteries

29. Most common inorganic molecule
Located in the temporal bone
Water
Gallbladder
Supply upper digestive track

30. Type AB blood
Common illiac arteries
Has no antiglutens (universal recipient)
Phrenic
Deepest of Abdominal muscles

31. PTH
Superior Mesenteric Vein
Increase surface area so more can be digested
Produced in Parathyroid - raises calcium blood levels
Hormone of the skin

32. Cerebellum
Caps the brain
Accepts the weight of the body & transfers it to the foot
Blood hydrostatic pressure - blood colloidal osmotic pressure
Irritation of the plural cavity by build up of extra fluid

33. Part of the venous circulation of the leg - used in bypass surgury
Great Saphenous Vein
Attaches to corners of mouth
Frontal - Ethmoid - Maxillary - Sphenoid
Raises blood calcium

34. All ribs articulate with...
Costal cartilage
Superficial vein on the ulnar side of the arm dump into the brachial vein
Has dens which articualtes with atlas
Vena Cava & pulmonary veins

35. Action of all abdominals
Connects a capillary and a venule
Diaphragm
Compress the abdomen
Antibody injection

36. Myofibrils
Capillaries to allow for gas and nutrient exchange
Bundle of overlapping thick & thin filaments
Blood hydrostatic pressure - blood colloidal osmotic pressure
Superior Mesenteric Vein

37. Anastomoses
Junctions between blood vessels serving the same organ - if blood supply is cut off from one place it is rerouted.
Located on alveoli - prevent them from sticking together
Abdominal aorta
Hepatic vein

38. Positive feedback system
Connects pituitary & Hypothalmus
Outer layer of the meninges
Left and right coronary arteries
Response enhances stimulus

39. Cephalic vein
Superficial vein on the radial side of the arm dump into the axillary vein
Superficial vein on the ulnar side of the arm dump into the brachial vein
In the skin
Rest

40. Veins that form the inferior vena cava
L & R common iliacs
Superficial vein on the ulnar side of the arm dump into the brachial vein
Left and right coronary arteries
Back of hard palat of mouth

41. Location of cardiovascular center in the brain
Frontal - parietal - temporal occipital - ethmoid - sphenoid
Medulla
Deep pressure sensors
Coat alveolus and keep them from collapsing

42. Preferred site for a shot
Bundle of individual muscle fibers (cells)
Connects a capillary and a venule
Gluteus medius
Largest - short stubby transv. processes

43. Left Common Carotid artery
In nasal cavity cause air to swirl around
14
Left side of arch - splits into internal and external
Veins

44. 1st major artery off of abdominal aorta is...
Celiac artery
Azygos System
Clusters of cells located in the thymus gland possible for cites of T-cell death
How T lymphocytes attack

45. Lowest pp CO2
Also called adrenaline - produced by medulla of Adrenals
Uses ATP by membrane
Alveoli
Dead tissue

46. Adrenal glands
Suprarenal Glands
Blood hydrostatic pressure
Sits behind the brain stem - responsible for balance
Common Illiac Arteries

47. Hasselmans corpuscles
Produced by infected body cells - diffuse to non-effected cells to "interfere" with viral replication
Clusters of cells located in the thymus gland possible for cites of T-cell death
Posterior pituitary stores Oxytocin & ADH
Gallbladder

48. Colles fracture
No movement in joint (suture)
Kidneys and pancreas
Raises blood calcium
Occurs in forearm/ at distal radius

49. Largest - strongest muscle of the body
Frontal - temporal - parietal - occipital
Myosin heads
Spongy/cancellous bone
Gluteus maximus

50. Inferior mesenteric arteries
Chyme
Ability to grow
Supply lower GI tract
Supply upper digestive track