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Massage Certification: Human Body

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1. Jugular foramen
Presence of thymine in DNA not RNA
Crystals in bone
Located in the temporal bone
Transverse - internal & externals

2. Location of cardiovascular center in the brain
Medulla
In the skin
Ventricular depolarization
Bundle of individual muscle fibers (cells)

3. At the venous end of capillaries which force predominates
Blood colloidal osmotic pressure
Back of hard palat of mouth
From placenta/nursing (immunity given by someone else)
Deep pressure sensors

4. Melatonin
Located in Ethmoid
Cardiac muscle fibers will contract more forcefully when fibers are stretched (the more you fill it with blood the better force of contraction)
Hormone produced by pineal gland
Blood in pleural cavity

5. Artificial active immunity
Vaccination
Puss filled cavity - must be drained
Diaphragm
Produce Glucocorticoids - cortisol - mineralcorticoids - aldosterone - androgens

6. Contribut to movement of lymph
Used in tissue transplants to determine if the body will reject the tissue
Contraction of muscle & respiratory pump
Air in pleural cavity
Common illiac arteries

7. Highest pp of O2 is in...
Blood pressure
Pubic bone
Alveoli
Top part of face (attached to zygomatics)

8. Difference between DNA & RNA
Has dens which articualtes with atlas
Presence of thymine in DNA not RNA
Thoracic vertebrae
Only movable facial bone

9. Positive feedback system
Raises blood pressure/lowers heart rate
On palms and soles of feet
In small intestines expands surface area to increase absorption of nutrients
Response enhances stimulus

10. Anterior pituitary
Immature cell
Cavities within the brain that make cerebral spinal fluid
Produced in Parathyroid - raises calcium blood levels
(Adenohypophysis) produces 7 hormones

11. Thoracic duct
Innervates viscera - Major parasympathetic nerve in body
Main collecting duct for lymphatic system
Inward movement of water fromblood stream into interstitial fluid / highest at arteriol end of capillary (filtration)
Formation of bones

12. Sliding filament
Located within and around joints for protection from pressure/ excess acceloration and deceloration
Muscles contract because the thin/thick filaments slide past eachother
No body - no spinous processes
Calcitonin

13. Common iliac veins form
Inferior vena cava
Popliteal artery
Superficial vein on the radial side of the arm dump into the axillary vein
Cells attack other cells

14. Lesser Saphenous vein
Medulla
Superficial vein that starts at the lateral malleolous and dumps into the poplitial vein
Ureter
Pyloric sphincter

15. PTH
Left side of arch - Vertebral Artery branches off of it
Raises blood calcium
Ability to respond to stimuli
Chest pain - lack of blood to heart

16. Negative feedback system
Response is opposite of stimulus
Produced by adrenals - hold sodium & prevent dehydration
Hepat Portal circulation
Immature cell

17. 4 lobes of the brain
Ability to grow
Each gas exerts it's own partial pressure that contributes to the total pressure of the gas
Frontal - temporal - parietal - occipital
Released energy

18. Medulla of Adrenals
Blood osmotic pressure - blood hydrostatic pressure
Sum of all chemical reactions in the body
Produce Epinephrine or adrenaline
Popliteal artery

19. Sphenoid articulates with...
Lymphatic nodules at junction of oral cavity & pharynx
Skin - Connective Tissue - Aponeurosis - Loose connective tissue - Pericranuim
No point of contact with any other bone
All other bones of the skull (keystone)

20. Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Connects pituitary & Hypothalmus
Hormones produced in hypothalmus & stored in (posterior) pituitary
Surrounds each myofibril & stores & releases Ca+ when muscle cell is stimulated to contract
Alveoli

21. Functions of arches of foot
Arteries
Shock absorbtion - different terrain
Osteon activity by way of calcium regulation
Secum - ascending colon - hepatic flexor - transverse colon - splenic flexor - descending colon - sigmoid colon - rectum

22. # of bones in skull
Vomer & mandible
22
Located in epidermis
Mandible

23. Nasal bones
Secum - ascending colon - hepatic flexor - transverse colon - splenic flexor - descending colon - sigmoid colon - rectum
Molecule aided by a carrier molecule (PASSIVE)
Serve organs - have more smooth muscle for vasodilation/constriction
Root of nose (top bridge)

24. Packed Cell transfusion
Death of tissue caused by blood blockage
Most commom blood transfusion
Carotid arteries
Spongy/cancellous bone

25. Shattered bone
Mass of repair tissue that bridges the end of a long bone
Gallbladder
Hormone produced by pineal gland
Communited fracture

26. Processof exchange in capillary beds
Formed by 2 lamina coming together
UV light
Diffusion
Drains into Brachiocephalic - In Anterior Triangle of neck

27. Lacrimal bones
Medial part of inside of eye
Separates cerebrum & cerebellum & contains tentorium cerebelli
Between arachnoid layer & pia mater - houses cerebral spinal fluid
No movement in joint (suture)

28. Left Subclavian Artery
Perforin
Left side of arch - Vertebral Artery branches off of it
Brain stem (cranio) & lateral horn of sacral S.C.
Stretch receptors

29. Supplies blood to Lg. intestines
Myosin
Inferior Mesenteric artery
Pressure - flow - valves - muscle pump - respiratory pump
Lowest pp CO2

30. Lowest pp O2 is in...
Left side of arch - splits into internal and external
Perforin and lymphotoxin
Ventricular depolarization
Tissues

31. Supplies blood to the kidneys
Protects muscle & associated tendon from damage due to over stretch
Pulmonary veins
Renal Artery
Ethmoid bone

32. Paranasal sinuses
Reproductive cell division
Celiac trunk
Movement
Frontal - Ethmoid - maxilla - sphenoid

33. Bony landmarks of anterior neck
Serve organs - have more smooth muscle for vasodilation/constriction
7 cervical vertebrae - Hyoid bone - Thyroid Cartilage - Cricoid Cartilage - Carotid Tubercle
Raises arteriol pressure & lowers heartrate
Diaphragm

34. Palatine bones
Has both A & B antiglutens (Universal Donor)
Normal wakefulness
Anterior and posterior tibial arteries
Back of hard palat of mouth

35. 80% of all skin cancers
Medulla
Sits behind the brain stem - responsible for balance
Basal cell carcinoma
Linea Alba

36. Septal cells (type II)
Growth and repair cell reproduction
Pick up fat and bring back to CV system via lymphatics
Ascending - hepatic flexure - transverse - splenic flexure - descending - sigmoid - rectum - anus
Make surfactant in alveolus

37. ECG "P" wave
Atrial depolarization
Clusters of cells located in the thymus gland possible for cites of T-cell death
Setting a bone with surgury
External intercostals

38. Metabolism
Sum of all chemical reactions in the body
Migrate to Thymus and mature
Articulate with C1 on either side of the Foramen Magnum
Espohagus

39. Beyond the diaphragm aorta is called...
Abdominal aorta
Response is opposite of stimulus
Portal vein
In the skin

40. 96% of all elements in body
Setting a bone with surgury
Functional unit of the respiratory system
Almond shaped group of neurons in temporal lobe responsible for memory & emotional reaction
CHON - Carbon - Hydrogen - Oxygen - Nitrogen

41. Sympathetic neurons come from...
Thalmus - hypothalmus & pituitary
Lateral horn of thoracic & Lumbar S.C.
Childhood osteomalacia
Each gas exerts it's own partial pressure that contributes to the total pressure of the gas

42. Dalton's law of partial pressure
Loose connective tissue
Each gas exerts a partial pressure contributing to the total pressure of the air
Occurs in forearm/ at distal radius
Heaviest bone

43. Aorta
Folds in the brain
Ascending - Arch - Descending
Almond shaped group of neurons in temporal lobe responsible for memory & emotional reaction
Produced by thyroid - regulate metabolism

44. Septal cells I(type II)
Also called adrenaline - produced by medulla of Adrenals
Pressure - flow - valves - muscle pump - respiratory pump
Azygos System
Located on alveoli - prevent them from sticking together

45. Long contraction of the heart =
Hormone of the skin
Accepts the weight of the body & transfers it to the foot
Longer refractory peroid
Cells attack other cells

46. Ossification completes by age
Anterior and posterior tibial arteries
25
(Adenohypophysis) produces 7 hormones
Placenta & nursing

47. Blood colloidal osmotic pressure
14
Attraction of water to blood
Held by billroths rods
Pick up dietary fats and transport them to cysterna chyle

48. Factors that effect blood pressure
Released energy
Cardiac output - volume - periferal resistance
Sum of all chemical reactions in the body
Epiphysis

49. Anterior Triangle of neck
Midline of neck - scm - mandible
Response enhances stimulus
Secum - ascending colon - hepatic flexor - transverse colon - splenic flexor - descending colon - sigmoid colon - rectum
Motor pathway

50. Vitamin D synthesis needs
Bundle of overlapping thick & thin filaments
UV light
Avascular tissues - CNS - Red bone marrow or spleen
Muscles contract because the thin/thick filaments slide past eachother