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Cards (35)

  • Contractility
    Ability to shorten and generate a pulling force
  • There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves
  • Tendon
    Connects muscle to bone
  • Ligament
    Connects bone to bone
  • When there is action potential
    Sarcoplasmic reticulum will release calcium
  • Cranial Nerve I (Olfactory nerve)

    Responsible for smell
  • Cranial Nerve II (Optic nerve)

    Peripheral; Snellen chart
  • Cranial Nerve III (Oculomotor nerve)

    Supplies motor fibers to four of the six muscles that direct the eyeball; Responsible for inferior lateral movement of the eye; Causes ptosis (droopy eyelid)
  • Cranial Nerve IV (Trochlear)
    Responsible for downward and inward eye movement; Supplies the superior oblique muscle
  • Cranial Nerve V (Trigeminal) and VII (Facial)

    Responsible for the corneal reflex
  • Cranial Nerve VI (Abducens)

    Responsible for lateral rectus muscle; Causes lateral eye movement
  • Cranial Nerve VII (Facial)
    Responsible for taste and facial expression
  • Cranial Nerve VIII (Vestibulocochlear)
    Responsible for balance; Rinne and Weber test
  • Cranial Nerve IX (Glossopharyngeal)

    Carries motor fibers to the pharynx; Carries sensory impulses from taste buds and receptors of the carotid artery; Responsible for swallowing and phonation
  • Cranial Nerve X (Vagus)
    Responsible for the pharynx, larynx, and digestion
  • Cranial Nerve XI (Accessory)

    Responsible for shoulder movement
  • Cranial Nerve XII (Hypoglossal)
    Responsible for motor fibers of the tongue movements and sensory impulses from the tongue
  • Axial plane (Transverse)

    Horizontal plane
  • Sagittal plane (Lateral plane)

    Vertical plane running front to back
  • The femur is the longest bone in the human body
  • Snellen chart

    Test for visual acuity
  • Ishihara test

    Test for color blindness
  • The lateral pterygoid is not responsible for mouth closing
  • The styloglossus is not correctly matched
  • Eccentric muscle contraction
    Lengthens while producing force
  • Brachial artery
    Most common artery site for blood pressure monitoring
  • Carotid artery

    Site for peripheral pulse monitoring
  • 4 main vital signs
    • Blood pressure
    • Respiratory rate
    • Temperature
    • Heart rate
  • Apnea
    Absence of breathing
  • Tachypnea
    Respiratory rate higher than normal
  • Bradypnea
    Respiratory rate lower than normal
  • Tachycardia
    Pulse rate/heart rate higher than normal
  • Bradycardia
    Pulse rate/heart rate lower than normal
  • Levels of biological organization
    • Chemical
    • Cellular
    • Tissue
    • Organ
    • Organ system
    • Organism
  • Rule of 9s for burns

    • Anterior head & neck - 4.5%
    • Posterior head & neck - 4.5%
    • Anterior trunk - 18%
    • Posterior trunk - 18%
    • Anterior right arm - 4.5%
    • Posterior right arm - 4.5%
    • Anterior left arm - 4.5%
    • Posterior left arm - 4.5%
    • Anterior right leg - 9%
    • Posterior right leg - 9%
    • Anterior left leg - 9%
    • Posterior left leg - 9%
    • Perineum - 1%