MEMMLERS Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Memmlers Chapter 6 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Epidermis - Answer- outermost layer of skin Strata - Answer- thin layers of the epidermis What is the epidermis composed of? - Answer- epithelial tissue dermis - Answer- connective tissue layer of the skin beneath the epidermis stratum basale - Answer- deepest layer of epidermis Keratin - Answer- hard protein material found in the epidermis, hair, and nails. Intercellular protein. stratum corneum - Answer- protective layer, more pro...

Memmlers Chapter 5 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass infectious disease - Answer- a disease caused by a pathogen. TB, strep. degenerative disease - Answer- any disease in which deterioration of the structure or function of tissue occurs Nutritional disorders - Answer- lack of essential vitamins metabolic disorder - Answer- hormones regulate immune disorders - Answer- Autoimmune disorders Immunodeficiency disease Allergies neoplasm - Answer- new growth (tumor) psychiatric disorders ...

Memmlers chapter 13- the blood Exam Questions and Answers What are the functions of the blood? - Answer- transportation, regulation, protection Oxygen from inhaled air diffuses into the blood through _______. - Answer- Lung membranes Blood transports________ - Answer- Nutrients and other needed substances Blood transports _______from the cell to sites where they are removed. - Answer- Waste material What is the average blood Ph balance? - Answer- 7.4 (7.35-7.45) Blood that measures less...

Chapter 9 memmlers Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Role of the Nervous System - Answer- -Coordinates all body systems - Detects to responds stimuli - Brain & spinal cord act as switching centers - Nerves carry messages to and from centers Central nervous system (CNS): - Answer- brain and spinal cord Peripheral nervous system (PNS): - Answer- cranial and spinal nerves Somatic nervous system - Answer- voluntary; skeletal muscle Autonomic nervous system - Answer- involuntary; smooth m...

memmlers WB nervous system Ch 9 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass the functional division that controls the heart... - Answer- autonomic nervous system the functional division that controls skeletal muscles... - Answer- somatic nervous system the system that promotes the fight-or-flight response... - Answer- sympathetic nervous system the system that stimulates the activity of the digestive tract... - Answer- parasympathetic nervous system the structural division that includes the br...

Memmler's chapter 9 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Which of the following are in the central nervous system? A. Tract B. Collateral ganglion C. White matter D. Interneuron - Answer- A. Tract C. White matter D. Interneuron Division of the nervous system that controls skeletal muscles - Answer- Somatic nervous system Which part of the nervous system consists of all of the spinal nerves and cranial nerves? - Answer- Peripheral nervous system (PNS) The fibers that conduct impulse...

Memmler's Chapter 14 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Endocarditis is - Answer- inflammation of the epithelial lining of the heart The outermost layer of the heart wall is called the - Answer- epicardium The part of the heart capable of generating the largest force is the - Answer- left ventricle The heart chamber that receives blood from the lungs is the - Answer- left atrium The left ventricle receives blood from the - Answer- left atrium Threads that attach the valve flaps to the...

Memmler's Chapter 7 Exam Questions and Answers Which of the following is NOT a function of the skeleton? - Answer- sodium storage A haversian canal is a(n) - Answer- channel in dense bone Protein makes up a major component of bone matrix is - Answer- collagen Spongy bone is found - Answer- in bone epiphyses Red marrow is found in - Answer- spongy bone Cells involved in bone resorption are - Answer- osteoclasts Bone growth occurs in children in the - Answer- epiphyseal plates A bony depr...

Memmlers chapter 3 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Cytology - Answer- study of cells Celia - Answer- Hairlike projections that move nearby fluid Micrometer - Answer- Metric unit used for microscope measurements plasma membrane - Answer- Outer layer of a cell Channels - Answer- Pores in membrane that allow specific substances to enter or leave. Transporters - Answer- Proteins that change shape as they shuttle substances across the membrane. Receptors - Answer- Specialized proteins t...

Memmlers Chapter 2 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Acid - Answer- A substance that increases the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution. amino acid - Answer- Building blocks of protein Anabolism - Answer- metabolic building of simple compounds into more complex substances needed by the body anion - Answer- A negatively charged ion aqueous - Answer- Pertaining to water; an aqueous solution is one in which water is the solvent atom - Answer- smallest subunit of a chemical element a...