| Intro to the Human Body | Homeostasis | Medical Imaging Techniques | Function of Human Life | Requirements for Human Life |
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What are the components of a feedback loop?
Stimulus
Sensor Control Center Effector |
What does Anatomical Terminology do?
Increases precision, and decreases medical errors
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What is the Computer Tomography (CT) and what is it used for?
Circulating 360 degree scanner that generates a transverse X-ray images
Used to view soft tissue |
What is Anabolism?
A process whereby smaller, simpler molecules are combined into larger, more complex substances
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What is the percent of oxygen that the atmospheric air has?
20 percent
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What is an example of a positive feedback loop?
Childbirth, blood loss
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What is a plane?
2D imaginary division of body or body parts
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What is the Positron Emission (PET) and what is it used for?
Radioactive substance administered before scan
Used to view nutrient and blood flow and diagnose mulitiple conditions |
What is Catabolism?
A process by which larger more complex substances are broken down into smaller simpler molecules
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What is a nutrient?
a substance in foods and beverages that is essential to human survival.
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What does the visceral membrane do?
Covers an organ
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What does the phrase distal mean?
Position of the limb that is nearer to the point of the attachment to the trunk of the body
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What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and what is it used for?
Magnetic field around patient generates images
Used to discover tumors |
What is Metabolism?
The sum of all anabolic and catabolic reactions
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What is pressure?
a force exerted by a substance that is in contact with another substance
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Who discovered X-Rays?
Wilhelm Röntgen
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What is the region of the abdomen that is under the belly button?
Hypogastric region
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What is an Ultrasonography and what is it used for?
Echo signal of sound waves in body, captured to produce image
Used to view fetus, and blood flow to neck |
What is Responsiveness?
the ability of an organism to adjust to changes in its internal and external environments
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What is Hypothermia?
abnormal low body temperature
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What body system is involved with support, and movement?
Skeletal, and Muscular
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What cavity is the brain a part of?
Cranial Cavity
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In what year did the first durable record of internal parts of a living person were provided?
1865
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What is Development?
All the changes the body goes through in life.
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What is Hyperthermia?
abnormally high body temperature
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