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Massage Certification: Human Body

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1. Long contraction of the heart =
Movement
Longer refractory peroid
Capillaries
Most moveable bone of the skull

2. Natural active immunity
Gluteus medius
When you get the disease and create antibodies against it
Medial part of inside of eye
Left and right coronary arteries

3. Starlings law of the heart
Intracellular fluid
Ascending - hepatic flexure - transverse - splenic flexure - descending - sigmoid - rectum - anus
Cardiac muscle fibers will contract more forcefully when fibers are stretched (the more you fill it with blood the better force of contraction)
Solar plexus

4. Type B blood
Avascular tissues - CNS - Red bone marrow or spleen
Fibular (peroneal) artery
Alveoli
Has A antiglutens

5. Aorta
Interstitial fluid comes from blood plasma @ arteriol end - at venus end it returns to the blood
Ascending - Arch - Descending
Has both A & B antiglutens (Universal Donor)
Inferior Mesenteric artery

6. Vertebrae that have articular facets for ribs on transverse processes
Myosin heads
Thoracic vertebrae
Protects muscle & associated tendon from damage due to over stretch
Originate on axial skeleton

7. No lymph capillaries
Connect the brain & spinal cord
Frontal - Ethmoid - Maxillary - Sphenoid
Avascular tissue - CNS - red bone marrow & spleen
External intercostals

8. Pacinian/lamelated corpuscle
Deep pressure sensors
Blood hydrostatic pressure - blood colloidal osmotic pressure
Fluid build up in lower extremily - right side of heart death - fluid build up in lungs - left side of heart death
Pressure - flow - valves - muscle pump - respiratory pump

9. Blood resevoirs
Celiac artery
Innervates diaphram
Having immunity to a disease
Veins

10. C7
Osteons
Anchors nuchal ligament
Medulla - pons - mid brain
Cell membrane for each muscle fiber

11. Dense connective tissue
Uses ATP by membrane
Measure muscle length
Makes up tendons
NOT part of the osteon

12. Dura mater
Outer layer of the meninges
Touch receptor in papillae
Puss filled cavity - must be drained
SCM - Trapezius - Clavicle

13. Celiac arteries
Ability to respond to stimuli
Branch into hepatic - gastric & splenic
Superficial vein on the ulnar side of the arm dump into the brachial vein
Drains into Subclavian - posterior triangle of neck

14. Passive artificial immunity
Antibody injection
On palms and soles of feet
Response enhances stimulus
Carotid arteries

15. Conjestive Heart failure (CHF)
Stored energy
Manubrium - body - Xiphoid process
Fluid build up in lower extremily - right side of heart death - fluid build up in lungs - left side of heart death
Sits behind the brain stem - responsible for balance

16. Transverse Abdominus
Back of hard palat of mouth
Cell membrane
Separates cerebrum & cerebellum & contains tentorium cerebelli
Deepest of Abdominal muscles

17. Transverse fissure
Separates cerebrum & cerebellum & contains tentorium cerebelli
Arteries
Pressure - flow - valves - muscle pump - respiratory pump
Common illiac arteries

18. Fastest flow of blood
(Adenohypophysis) produces 7 hormones
Arteries
Reproductive cell division
Deepest of Abdominal muscles

19. Abdominal aorta bifurcates into
Common illiac arteries
Jugular Vein
Setting a bone with surgury
Produced by adrenals - hold sodium & prevent dehydration

20. Ossification completes by age
Manubrium - body - Xiphoid process
Thick filament (contractile protein)
25
Solar plexus

21. Motor neurons come from...
Spleen
Intracellular fluid
Junctions btw blood vessels serving the same organ
Anterior grey horn of S.C.

22. # of cranial bones
Frontal - Ethmoid - maxilla - sphenoid
Located in Ethmoid
8
Occurs in forearm/ at distal radius

23. Phrenic arteries
Supply diaphragm
Responsible for wakefulness
Blood hydrostatic pressure - blood colloidal osmotic pressure
8

24. 5 layers of epidermis
Setting a bone with surgury
Occipital bone
Tissues
On palms and soles of feet

25. Pyloric sphincter
Valve between stomach & duodenum
Thalmus - hypothalmus & pituitary
Vagus 10
Superior Mesenteric Vein

26. Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Surrounds each myofibril & stores & releases Ca+ when muscle cell is stimulated to contract
Jugular Vein
Rest
7 cervical vertebrae - Hyoid bone - Thyroid Cartilage - Cricoid Cartilage - Carotid Tubercle

27. C2
Take blood back to heart
Setting a bone with surgury
Deepest of Abdominal muscles
Axis - dens is point of rotation

28. Brocha's area
Veins
Alveoli
Brain stem (cranio) & lateral horn of sacral S.C.
Associated with speech

29. Troponin
Puss filled cavity - must be drained
Moves tropomyosin aside & exposes myosin binding sites when Ca+ is released
Inferior Mesenteric artery
Water

30. Parts of the Sternum
Peritoneum
Manubrium - body - Xiphoid process
Drain into Subclavians
Arise off of Subclavians - within Transverse processes of cervicals - brings blood to brain

31. Sural
Mass of neural tissue that develops into dorsal root ganglia
Back of leg
Located bleow thyroid - produces PTH
Axis - dens is point of rotation

32. Perpendicular plate & vomer
Make up the nasal septum
External intercostals
Internal intercostals & Abs
Smooth muscle (cannot vasoconstrict)

33. Sella turcica
Vaccination
Molecule aided by a carrier molecule (PASSIVE)
Pyloric sphincter
Located in sphenoid - houses the pituitary

34. Abcess
Covers myosin binding sites on the actin molecules
Superior Mesenteric Vein
Puss filled cavity - must be drained
Lacrimal

35. Crossbridges
Celiac trunk
Inferior Mesenteric artery
Myosin heads/bridge gaps btw thin/thick filaments
Clusters of cells located in the thymus gland possible for cites of T-cell death

36. Vein from liver to Vena Cava
Perforin and lymphotoxin
Connects pituitary & Hypothalmus
Hepatic vein
Avascular tissue - CNS - red bone marrow & spleen

37. Sub-dural space
Setting a bone with a cast or splint
Lateral horn of thoracic & Lumbar S.C.
Between dura mater and arachnoid layers - houses interstitial fluid
Hepat Portal circulation

38. Mineralcorticoids - Aldosterone
L & R common iliacs
Attaches to corners of mouth
Blood hydrostatic pressure - blood colloidal osmotic pressure
Produced by adrenals - hold sodium & prevent dehydration

39. Vitamin D synthesis needs
UV light
Ability to grow
Closing of the fontanells of babies
Thoracic vertebrae

40. Cortex of Adrenals
ABCD - Asymmetry - Border - Color - Diameter
Produce Glucocorticoids - cortisol - mineralcorticoids - aldosterone - androgens
Lymphatic nodules at junction of oral cavity & pharynx
Makes up lower part of nasal septum

41. Petras portion of temporal bone
Only movable facial bone
Protects against muscle/tendon tears
Presence of thymine in DNA not RNA
Houses the inner ear

42. Golgi tendon organ
Ventricular repolarization
Has B antiglutens
Protects against muscle/tendon tears
In small intestines expands surface area to increase absorption of nutrients

43. Thoracic duct
Main collecting duct for lymphatic system
Function of skin
Suprarenal Glands
Arteries that supply organs and have to ability to vassoconstric/dilate

44. Negative feedback system
Response is opposite of stimulus
Branch into hepatic - gastric & splenic
Deep pressure sensors
Molecule aided by a carrier molecule (PASSIVE)

45. Amphiarthrosis
Femoral artery @ inguinal ligament
Folds in the brain
Superficial vein on the ulnar side of the arm dump into the brachial vein
Some movement in a joint

46. Sarcoplasm
Produced by thyroid - regulate metabolism
Has both A & B antiglutens (Universal Donor)
Cytoplasm inside each muscle fiber that contains mitochondria & myofibrils
Lymphatic nodules at junction of oral cavity & pharynx

47. Slowsest flow of blood
Gluteus medius
Kidneys and pancreas
Capillaries to allow for gas and nutrient exchange
Cell membrane

48. Largest - strongest muscle of the body
Connects pituitary & Hypothalmus
Gluteus maximus
Root of nose (top bridge)
Transverse - internal & externals

49. Paranasal sinuses
Superficial vein that starts at the lateral malleolous and dumps into the poplitial vein
Protects muscle & associated tendon from damage due to over stretch
Hole for spinal cord
Frontal - Ethmoid - maxilla - sphenoid

50. Blood colloidal osmotic pressure
Renals and Hepatic veins
Suprarenal Glands
Pulling fluid FROM interstitial spaces into the capillary/ highest at venule end of capillary (reabsorption)
Stored energy