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Massage Certification: Human Body

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1. Veins that form the inferior vena cava
Arteries
Drains into Subclavian - posterior triangle of neck
Saggital - coronal squamous - lambdoidal
L & R common iliacs

2. Hepatic vein
Blood from liver to the inferior vena cava
Innervates viscera - Major parasympathetic nerve in body
Ventricular depolarization
Abdominal aorta

3. # of cranial bones
Located in epidermis
Has B antiglutens
NOT part of the osteon
8

4. No lymph capillaries in
Intracellular fluid
Avascular tissues - CNS - Red bone marrow or spleen
Muscles contract because the thin/thick filaments slide past eachother
Held by billroths rods

5. Factors that effect blood pressure
(Adenohypophysis) produces 7 hormones
Pressure - flow - valves - muscle pump - respiratory pump
Fibular (peroneal) artery
Cardiac output - volume - periferal resistance

6. 4 lobes of the brain
Linea Alba
Arangement of compact bone
Has both A & B antiglutens (Universal Donor)
Frontal - temporal - parietal - occipital

7. Highest pp of CO2 is in...
Intracellular fluid
Pick up fat and bring back to CV system via lymphatics
Abdominal aorta
Pulling fluid FROM interstitial spaces into the capillary/ highest at venule end of capillary (reabsorption)

8. Transverse fissure
Branch into hepatic - gastric & splenic
Shock absorbtion - different terrain
Separates cerebrum & cerebellum & contains tentorium cerebelli
Produce Glucocorticoids - cortisol - mineralcorticoids - aldosterone - androgens

9. Activation energy
Amount of energy required to stick 2 molecules together
No point of contact with any other bone
Linea Alba
Lack of blood to an area - can cause hypoxia

10. Necrosis
Dead tissue
Carbon
Large hole at the base of occipital bone
Serve organs - have more smooth muscle for vasodilation/constriction

11. Posterior tibila artery gives rise to
Connects pituitary & Hypothalmus
Fibular (peroneal) artery
From placenta/nursing (immunity given by someone else)
Back of hard palat of mouth

12. Lesser Saphenous vein
Interstitial fluid comes from blood plasma @ arteriol end - at venus end it returns to the blood
Covers myosin binding sites on the actin molecules
Superficial vein that starts at the lateral malleolous and dumps into the poplitial vein
Kidneys and pancreas

13. Function of paranasal sinuses
Brain stem (cranio) & lateral horn of sacral S.C.
Relay center for all sensory information going in/out of brain
Coat alveolus and keep them from collapsing
Lighten skull - voice production - resonate sound

14. Aerolar tissue
Lack of blood to an area - can cause hypoxia
Diaphragm
Osteons
Loose connective tissue

15. Vertebral foramen
Hole for spinal cord
Crystals in bone
Make skin water resistance
Diaphysis

16. Cerebellum
Each gas exerts it's own partial pressure that contributes to the total pressure of the gas
Caps the brain
Freely moveable joint (all synovial)
Growth and repair cell reproduction

17. Merkel cells
Myosin heads
Front of leg
Touch receptors
Separates cerebrum & cerebellum & contains tentorium cerebelli

18. Villi in small intestines
Increase surface area so more can be digested
In occiput
Transverse foramena
Occurs in forearm/ at distal radius

19. Supplies blood to the kidneys
Renal Artery
Lacrimal
Azygos System
Abdominal aorta

20. Actin
Thin filament (contractile protein)
L & R common iliacs
Gluteus medius
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21. Paranasal sinuses
Removes RBC - WBC - stores platelets
How T lymphocytes attack
In small intestines expands surface area to increase absorption of nutrients
Frontal - Ethmoid - maxilla - sphenoid

22. Vagus Nerve CN X
Innervates viscera - Major parasympathetic nerve in body
Chemotaxis - adhesion - ingestion - lysis - ejection
In nasal cavity cause air to swirl around
Response is opposite of stimulus

23. Crossbridge cycle
Kidneys and pancreas
Lacrimal
Epicardium
Binding of myosin to actin - powerstroke - rigor - unbinding - cocking of the myosin heads

24. Brocha's area
L & R common iliacs
Pulmonary veins
Tissues
Associated with speech

25. Vitamin D synthesis needs
Produced in Parathyroid - raises calcium blood levels
Ethmoid bone
UV light
A section of each myofibril that is bordered on either side by z lines

26. Parathyroid
Elderly person - at ankle joint - distal tibia
Clusters of cells located in the thymus gland possible for cites of T-cell death
Located bleow thyroid - produces PTH
Medulla

27. Tropomyosin
Covers myosin binding sites on the actin molecules
Costal cartilage
Produces T3 - T4 - Calcitonin
Hepat Portal circulation

28. Villi
Touch receptor in papillae
Cervical & Lumbar
Superior Mesenteric Vein
In small intestines expands surface area to increase absorption of nutrients

29. Abdominal massage
Raises arteriol pressure & lowers heartrate
Mentalis
Make skin water resistance
Blood from liver to the inferior vena cava

30. Jugular Vein (external)
Drains into Subclavian - posterior triangle of neck
Tissues
Myosin heads/bridge gaps btw thin/thick filaments
Growth rings on cross section of bone

31. Mandible
Presence of thymine in DNA not RNA
Most moveable bone of the skull
Freely moveable joint (all synovial)
Placenta & nursing

32. Diencephalon
On palms and soles of feet
Calcitonin
Vaccination
Thalmus - hypothalmus & pituitary

33. Thoracic duct drains into...
Left subclavian vein
UV light
Top part of face (attached to zygomatics)
Houses the inner ear

34. visceral serous pericardium
Epicardium
Arteries
Functional unit of the respiratory system
No body - no spinous processes

35. Callus
Anterior and posterior tibial arteries
Associated with stress
Make skin water resistance
Mass of repair tissue that bridges the end of a long bone

36. Difference between DNA & RNA
Osteons
Superficial vein on the radial side of the arm dump into the axillary vein
Outer layer of the meninges
Presence of thymine in DNA not RNA

37. Sella turcica
Depression in sphenoid bone that houses the pituitary
Frontal - Ethmoid - maxilla - sphenoid
Arteries
Toward eachother

38. Cortisol
Anti-inflamitory produced by Adrenal Glands
Calcitonin
Touch receptor in papillae
Holes in T.P's - bifurcated S.P.'s

39. median cubital arch
Associated with stress
Anastomoses connecting the cephalic and basilic veins
Hasselmans corpuscles
Enhance allergic - inflamatory & immune reactions

40. Organic substance that makes bone flexible
Compact bone
Movement
Cardiac muscle fibers will contract more forcefully when fibers are stretched (the more you fill it with blood the better force of contraction)
Collagen

41. Keritinocytes
Most abundant cell in epidermis
Spleen - lymph nodes
External intercostals
Lymphatic tissue containing T's B's and macrophages

42. Lowest pp O2 is in...
Secum - ascending colon - hepatic flexor - transverse colon - splenic flexor - descending colon - sigmoid colon - rectum
Anterior grey horn of S.C.
Blood pressure
Tissues

43. Smallest facial bone
Osteons
Kidneys and pancreas
Lacrimal
Has A antiglutens

44. Abdominal aorta splits at L4
Common Illiacs
When you get the disease and create antibodies against it
Frontal - parietal - temporal occipital - ethmoid - sphenoid
Air in pleural cavity

45. Antigen mediated immunity
Attacks pathogens dissolved in body fluids
Myosin
Blood diverted to the liver from the digestive tract
Branch into hepatic - gastric & splenic

46. Golgi tendon organ
Coat alveolus and keep them from collapsing
Produced by adrenals - hold sodium & prevent dehydration
Protects against muscle/tendon tears
Uses ATP by membrane

47. Jugular Vein (internal)
Compact bone
Water
Drains into Brachiocephalic - In Anterior Triangle of neck
Paravertebral ganglions

48. Neural crest
Inward movement of water fromblood stream into interstitial fluid / highest at arteriol end of capillary (filtration)
Mass of neural tissue that develops into dorsal root ganglia
Collagen
Hormone produced by pineal gland

49. Subclavian Vein
Femoral artery @ inguinal ligament
Keystone
Large hole at the base of occipital bone
Drains into Brachiocephalic

50. Amydgala
External intercostals
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Almond shaped group of neurons in temporal lobe responsible for memory & emotional reaction
Between arachnoid layer & pia mater - houses cerebral spinal fluid