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What are most exocrine glands in the human body classified as? - Answer Merocrine What cells types are likely to be found in areolar CT - Answer Fibroblasts Macrophages Mast cells What is found in the bone but not in the matrix of cartilage - Answer Blood vessels What is the shape of the external ear maintained by? - Answer elastic cartilage What is the embryonic CT from which all other CT arise - Answer Mesenchyme Which fiber types gives CT great tensile strength...

What are the conditions of homeostasis? - Answer 1. core body temperature must remain within range 2. wastes must not accumulate 3. heart activity/blood pressure is monitored and adjusted as needed 4. adequate blood levels of vital nutrients What are the three essential characteristics of homeostasis? - Answer 1. receptor 2. control centre 3. effector Receptor (homeostasis) - Answer senses change (stimulus) and sends info (afferent pathway) to the control centre cont...

Compare the difference between the two side-by-side pumps of the heart - Answer RIGHT SIDE: - Receives oxygen poor blood from body tissues - Pumps blood to lungs to pick up O2 and dispel CO2 LEFT SIDE: - Receives oxygenated blood from lungs - Pumps blood throughout body to supply O2 and nutrients to body tissues Blood vessels that carry blood to / from lungs form the _____________ - Answer PULMONARY CIRCUIT Blood vessels that carry blood to / from all body tissues form the ...

Epimysium - Answer outermost layer, most robust, connects muscles to bones Perimysium - Answer Connective tissue surrounding a fascicle Endomysium - Answer Connective tissue surrounding a muscle fiber Deep fascia - Answer dense connective tissue on the surface of individual muscles wraps bundles of muscles together and are more robust than Epimysium characteristics of muscles - Answer excitability, contractility, extensibility, elasticity Functions of muscles - An...

three types of blood vessels - Answer arteries - arterioles (resistance vessels), capillaries (exchange vessels - only has endothelium, pretty weak), veins three types of arteries - Answer muscular (distributive - has the most smooth muscle and collagen) and elastic (conductive - has the most elastic tissue), and arterioles (more flexible) three layers of blood vessel wall - Answer 1. tunica intima (innermost layer - low friction surface so blood can travel easily), 2. tunica medi...

What are the 3 layers of blood vessels? - Answer Tunica intima, tunica media and tunica externa Innermost tunica intima - Answer Simple squamous epithelium to allow a low friction surface Middle tunica media - Answer Smooth muscle and elastic tissue to control the diameter Outermost tunica externa - Answer Nerve and elastic fibers Vasa vasorum - Answer Tiny blood vessels that supply blood for larger ones Vasoconstriction - Answer Smooth muscle constricts to decre...

Cytology - Answer study of cells Histology - Answer study of tissues Embryology - Answer study of developmental changes before birth Developmental Anatomy - Answer traces structural changes that occur in the body throughout the life span Palpate - Answer examine (a part of the body) by touch, especially for medical purposes. Auscultate - Answer To listen to sounds within an organ with a stethoscope medical imaging technology - Answer X-ray, MRI (magnetic re...

intracellular fluid (ICF) - Answer fluid within cells, 2/3rds of body water extracellular fluid (ECF) - Answer fluid spaces between cells (2/3rds interstitial and lymph) and plasma space (1/3rd), 1/3rd of body water electrolytes in ICF - Answer potassium, phosphate, magnesium, sodium, bicarbonate electrolytes in ECF - Answer sodium, chloride, potassium, calcium, magnesium, bicarbonate, phosphate hypervolemia - Answer fluid volume excess (usually ECF) in vascular spaces...

Critical Thinking A C E S - Answer Assumptions - be aware of Context - understand for each scenario Explore - alternative ways of thinking, feeling, seeing, knowing Skeptical - be skeptical of the truth Steps to the nursing process - Answer 1. Assessment - subj & obj 2. Diagnosis - ... related to ... as evidence by 3. Planning - care plan, smart goals 4. Implementation/ teaching - using visuals (care map, clinical pathway), return demonstration, pt summarizes 5. Evaluation - ...

The nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and encourages the client to alternate rest and activity periods to reduce cardiac workload. Which phase of the nursing process is the nurse demonstrating? a) Planning b) Diagnosis c) Evaluation d) Implementation - Answer d) Implementation The nurse is planning care for a client and uses a visual diagram of client problems and interventions to illustrate the relationships among pertinent clinical data. Which format is the nurse usi...