Anatomy & Physiology

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A&P - Chapter 1 (Part 1)
What are branches of anatomy and ...,
Anatomy 2,
Physiology 3
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A&P - Chapter 1 (Part 2)
Anatomical position 1,
What is the physical anatomical p...,
Supine 3
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A&P - Chapter 1 (Part 3)
What are the cavities located in ...,
Where would you find the mediasti...,
What does the mediastinum house 9 3
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A&P - Chapter 1 (Part 4)
What are the 6 different types of...,
Sagittal plane 2,
Midsagittal plane 3
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A&P - Chapter 2
What does survival depend on 1,
Homeostasis 2,
What are 5 examples of things tha...
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A&P - Chapter 3 (Part 1)
What 2 things can a substance be 1,
Element 2,
Compound 3
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A&P - Chapter 3 (Part 2)
What are the type of chemical bon...,
When do you know if an atom is ch...,
When is an atom unlikely to bond ...
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A&P - Chapter 3 (Part 3)
Organic molecules 1,
Inorganic molecules 2,
What are 2 examples of inorganic ...
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A&P - Chapter 4 (Part 1)
What are the 4 major groups of or...,
What does carbo and hydro mean 2,
What do carbohydrates contain 3 3
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A&P - Chapter 4 (Part 2)
What are the most abundant organi...,
Proteins 2,
How many amino acids make up the ...
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A&P - Chapter 4 (Part 3)
What does dna stand for 1,
What is dna used as 2,
What shape does dna form 3
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A&P - Chapter 5 (Part 1)
What is the smallest structural a...,
Cells are all what 3 2,
What are the 3 main parts of the ...
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A&P - Chapter 5 (Part 2)
What do ribosomes do 1,
What kind of membrane do ribosome...,
What 2 parts make up the ribosome 3
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A&P - Chapter 5 (Part 3)
What does the cytoplasm do 2 1,
What are 2 extensions of the cyto...,
Cilia 3
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A&P - Chapter 6 (Part 1)
What are cells that specialize ar...,
What does every cell do 2,
What makes up the survival of spe...
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A&P - Chapter 6 (Part 2)
Where does dialysis occur 1,
What does dialysis cause 2,
Hemodialysis 3
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A&P - Chapter 7 (Part 1)
Cell growth 1,
What does cell reproduction ensure 2,
What is the difference between ce...
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A&P - Chapter 7 (Part 2)
What phase is a cell in when it i...,
What are the stages of cell growt...,
What process is it when a cell is...
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A&P - Chapter 8 (Part 1)
Tissues 1,
What are the 4 main types of tiss...,
What are functions of the epithel...
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A&P - Chapter 8 (Part 2)
What does tissue repair depend on 1,
What type of tissues have the gre...,
What type of tissues have a limit...
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A&P - Chapter 8 (Part 3)
Epithelial sheet 1,
Connective tissue layer 2,
Which is more dense mucus or sero...
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A&P - Chapter 9 (Part 1)
What are epithelial tissue divide...,
What parts of the body does the m...,
What part of the body does the gl...
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A&P - Chapter 9 (Part 2)
What are the different types of e...,
How many layers are there in simp...,
What is simple squamous epitheliu...
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A&P - Chapter 9 (Part 3)
What are glandular epithelium spe...,
How do glandular epithelium funct...,
Where do exocrine glands discharg...
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A&P - Chapter 9 (Part 4)
What is the most widely distribut...,
What does the loose fibrous tissu...,
What is the primary function of a...
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A&P - Chapter 9 (Part 5)
What type of tissue has the highe...,
Are muscle tissues fast or slow t...,
What often forms in muscle tissue...
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A&P - Chapter 10 (Part 1)
What type of membrane does the sk...,
What are the 2 primary layers of ...,
What is the supporting layer of t...
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A&P - Chapter 10 (Part 2)
What are 3 differences of the der...,
What is the dermis largely compos...,
What does the connective tissue g...
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A&P - Chapter 10 (Part 3)
What are 7 functions of the skin 1,
What kind of protection does the ...,
What does the skin prevent 3
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A&P - Chapter 10 (Part 4)
Receptors 1,
What do receptors do 2,
What do krause end bulbs allow yo...
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A&P - Chapter 10 (Part 5)
What are 2 causes of skin cancer 1,
What is the most common form of c...,
What are 3 common types of skin c...
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A&P - Chapter 11 (Part 1)
What are 5 functions of bones 1,
What does support do for bones 2,
What does bone protection do 3
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A&P - Chapter 11 (Part 2)
What are 6 parts of the long bone 1,
What is the diaphysis of the bone 2,
What are 4 characteristics of the...
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A&P - Chapter 11 (Part 3)
What is the inner portion of flat...,
What do cranial flat bones have 2 2,
Diploe 3
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A&P - Chapter 11 (Part 4)
What are 3 types of bone cells 1,
Osteoblasts 2,
Osteoclasts 3
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A&P - Chapter 11 (Part 5)
What do osteoblasts form 1,
What do osteoblasts secrete 2,
What do osteoblasts initiate 3
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A&P - Chapter 11 (Part 6)
What is fracture healing bone tis...,
What do fractures do 2,
What is virtually impossible to d...
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A&P - Chapter 12 (Part 1)
What kind of tissues forms bone 1,
What are the 2 division of the sk...,
What makes up the axial skeleton 4 3
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A&P - Chapter 12 (Part 2)
What are the 5 regions of vertebr...,
What does curvature of the spine ...,
How many vertebrae are in the cer...
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A&P - Chapter 13 (Part 1)
What makes up the upper extremiti...,
What makes up the lower extremiti...,
Where do we have the most bones l...
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A&P - Chapter 13 (Part 2)
What bones makes up the lower ext...,
What make up the pelvic girdle 2 2,
What 3 bones make up the pelvis c...
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A&P - Chapter 14 (Part 1)
What is another word for articula...,
How are joints classified 2 2,
What are 3 types of structures fo...
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A&P - Chapter 14 (Part 2)
What are 7 joint structures 1,
Joint capsule 2,
What are joint capsules made of 3
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A&P - Chapter 14 (Part 3)
What are 6 types of synovial join...,
Uniaxial joints 2,
What are 2 examples of uniaxial j...
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A&P - Chapter 14 (Part 4)
Flexion 1,
Extension 2,
Dorsiflexion 3
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A&P - Chapter 15 (Part 1)
How many skeletal muscles are the...,
What percentage of our body weigh...,
What do muscles fill 3
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A&P - Chapter 15 (Part 2)
What system do muscle movements r...,
What serves as leavers 2,
What serves as fulcrums 3
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A&P - Chapter 16
What muscles act on the shoulder ...,
What are 3 muscles that move the ...,
What are 2 muscles that move the ...
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Muscles To Know (Part 1)
Where would you find external int...,
What do external intercostals do 2,
Where would you find internal int...
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Muscles To Know (Part 2)
Where would you find the biceps b...,
What does the biceps brachii do 2,
Where would you find the brachial...
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A&P - Chapter 17 (Part 1)
What do muscles contribute to 1,
What are 3 general functions musc...,
What are 3 functional characteris...
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A&P - Chapter 17 (Part 2)
What is released when you transmi...,
How do nerve impulse s work 6 2,
What plays a critical role in a s...
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A&P - Chapter 17 (Part 3)
What are 5 types of muscle contra...,
Myography 2,
What kind of movement are twitch ...
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A&P - Chapter 17 (Part 4)
What kind of contractions produce...,
What happens in isotonic contract...,
What are 2 types of isotonic cont...
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A&P - Chapter 18 (Part 1)
What system does the nervous syst...,
What is the main function of the ...,
What 3 things make up the nervous...
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A&P - Chapter 18 (Part 2)
What are 2 types of cells found i...,
What kind of cells are glial cells 2,
What kind of cells are neurons 3
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A&P - Chapter 18 (Part 3)
What do schwann cells do 2 1,
What do schwann cells have a simi...,
What does myelin act as 3
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A&P - Chapter 18 (Part 4)
What is another name for nerve im...,
What are nerve impulses constantl...,
Reflex arch 3
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A&P - Chapter 18 (Part 5)
Nerves 1,
Mixed nerves 2,
What are nerves normally covered ...
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A&P - Chapter 19 (Part 1)
Nerve impulse 1,
What is the direction of a neural...,
What is the charge on the outside...
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A&P - Chapter 19 (Part 2)
Presynaptic 1,
Postsynaptic 2,
What is the journey of a neuron 6 3
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A&P - Chapter 20 (Part 1)
What are the 3 organs of the nerv...,
What are 2 types of nerves 2,
What are 4 sensory organs 3
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A&P - Chapter 20 (Part 2)
What is the function of the csf 3 1,
What does the csf prevent 2,
How heavy is the brain 3
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A&P - Chapter 20 (Part 3)
What are interneurons 1,
Were are interneruons sometimes l...,
Where can you only find internero...
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A&P - Chapter 20 (Part 4)
What does gray matter function as 1,
What are 3 examples of autonomic ...,
What is automic relfex centres al...
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A&P - Chapter 20 (Part 5)
What does the hypothalamus control 1,
What does the hypothalamus indire...,
Where does the posterior pituitar...
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A&P - Chapter 21 (Part 1)
What are the 2 main division of t...,
Where do peripheral nerves extend...,
What does the peripheral nervous ...
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A&P - Chapter 21 (Part 2)
What are the 4 major pairs of ple...,
Where are cervical plexuses locat...,
What to cervical plexuses innerva...
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A&P - Chapter 21 (Part 3)
What does the somatic nervous sys...,
What is an example of a somatic e...,
Reflex 3
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A&P - Chapter 22 (Part 1)
What kind of movement is in the a...,
Where does the autonomic nervous ...,
What 2 parts make up the autonomi...
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A&P - Chapter 22 (Part 2)
What are the functions of the sym...,
What is an example of a non essen...,
What are 5 things that occur duri...
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A&P - Chapter 23 (Part 1)
What makes is possible for the bo...,
What is the general function of r...,
How do receptors respond to a sti...
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A&P - Chapter 23 (Part 2)
What are proprioceptors 1,
Where is the location of proprioc...,
What do proprioceptors do 3 3
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A&P - Chapter 24 (Part 1)
Sense of smell 1,
What is the receptor involved wit...,
What is the name of the chemorece...
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A&P - Chapter 24 (Part 2)
How many auditory ossicle bones a...,
What are the 3 auditory ossicle b...,
What is the tympanic membrane 3
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A&P - Chapter 24 (Part 3)
How is sound created 1,
What does the ability to hear wav...,
What must sound waves be of in or...
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A&P - Chapter 24 (Part 4)
What are the 3 layers of the eye 1,
What is the sclera layer 2,
Cornea 3
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A&P - Chapter 25 (Part 1)
What is the second greatest contr...,
What general functions does the e...,
What are 3 examples of functions ...
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A&P - Chapter 25 (Part 2)
What is an example of steroid hor...,
Are lipids soluble in water 2,
What help lipids to travel throug...
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A&P - Chapter 25 (Part 3)
What does target cells sensitivit...,
How can the number of cells change 2,
Up regulation 3
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A&P - Chapter 26 (Part 1)
What are 10 components of the end...,
What was the pituitary gland form...,
Pituitary gland 3
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A&P - Chapter 26 (Part 2)
What does tsh act on 1,
What does tsh do 2,
What does the tsh stimulate 3
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A&P - Chapter 26 (Part 3)
What does the posterior pituitary...,
What 2 hormones are created and s...,
What do neuron cell bodies in the...
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A&P - Chapter 26 (Part 4)
Which thyroid gland hormone is mo...,
What does t4 contain 2,
What is the main role of t4 3
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A&P - Chapter 26 (Part 5)
What do mineralcorticoids mcs do 1,
What does aldosterone target 2,
What is the main mc 3
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A&P - Chapter 26 (Part 6)
What does glucagon and insulin do 1,
What is glucagon produced by 2,
What does glucagon do 3
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A&P - Chapter 27 (Part 1)
What kind of tissue is blood 1,
What does blood provide 2 2,
What 2 basic components make up t...
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A&P - Chapter 27 (Part 2)
What is dependant on hemoglobin 2 1,
What does hb transport 2 2,
How many globulin chains are ther...
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A&P - Chapter 27 (Part 3)
Polycythemia 1,
What is dangerous about polycythe...,
What can polycythemia result in 2 3
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A&P - Chapter 27 (Part 4)
Why are there no antibodies in th...,
What is considered an additional ...,
What does rh antigen do 3
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A&P - Chapter 27 (Part 5)
What is another word for wbc 1,
What is the general function of w...,
What are 2 categories of wbcs 3
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A&P - Chapter 27 (Part 6)
What is the largest wbc 1,
What are 2 characteristics of mon...,
Macrophages 3
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A&P - Chapter 28 (Part 1)
Where is the heart located 1,
Where does the apex of the heart ...,
What does the position of the hea...
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A&P - Chapter 28 (Part 2)
How many valves does the heart ha...,
What are the 2 different types of...,
What do av valves separate 3
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A&P - Chapter 28 (Part 3)
What are 4 structures that genera...,
What is the pacemaker of the heart 2,
What does the sa node do 3
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A&P - Chapter 29 (Part 1)
Angiogenesis 1,
What are 3 types of blood vessels 2,
What do arteries do 3
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A&P - Chapter 29 (Part 2)
What do capillaries connect 1,
How many layers make up the capil...,
What layer makes up the capillari...
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A&P - Chapter 29 (Part 3)
Foramen ovale 1,
What does the foramen ovale shunt 2,
What does the foramen ovale allow 3
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A&P - Chapter 30 (Part 1)
Hemodynamics 1,
What is hemodynamics essential fo...,
What must the circulation control...
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A&P - Chapter 30 (Part 2)
What is the average range for blo...,
What is the formula for blood pre...,
What are 6 factors that can fluct...
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A&P - Chapter 31 (Part 1)
What are the functions of the lym...,
What are the 6 structures of the ...,
What is the fluid called when it ...
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A&P - Chapter 31 (Part 2)
What is the structure of the lymp...,
What are the 2 distinct functions...,
Why are lymph nodes important to ...
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A&P - Chapter 32-33 (Part 1)
What system works hand in hand wi...,
What does the immune system do 2,
What is the immune system made up...
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A&P - Chapter 32-33 (Part 2)
What substances contribute to the...,
Cytokines 2,
What are examples of cytokines 3 3
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A&P - Chapter 32-33 (Part 3)
What do b cells not directly atta...,
How is the launch attack by b cel...,
What do antibodies do created by ...
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A&P - Chapter 32-33 (Part 4)
What do cytotoxic t cells release 1,
What do lymphotoxins cause 2,
What do helper t cells and suppre...
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A&P - Chapter 35 (Part 1)
What are the respiratory organs 7 1,
What are the functions of the res...,
Upper respiratory tract 3
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A&P - Chapter 35 (Part 2)
How many paranasal sinuses do we ...,
Where do paranasal sinuses open d...,
What is the paranasal sinuses lin...
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A&P - Chapter 35 (Part 3)
What is the function of the trach...,
What does the ciliated mucosal li...,
What does complete occlusion of t...
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A&P - Chapter 36 (Part 1)
External respiration 2 1,
Pulmonary ventilation 2,
Pulmonary gas exchange 3
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A&P - Chapter 36 (Part 2)
What does regulation of ventilati...,
What does the respiratory control...,
Where is the respiratory control ...
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A&P - Chapter 37
What does pulmonary gas exchange ...,
What can the amount of o2 that di...,
What do the walls of the alveoli ...
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A&P - Chapter 38 (Part 1)
Where does the digestive system o...,
What are 3 functions of the diges...,
What are the 4 layers of tissue i...
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A&P - Chapter 38 (Part 2)
What are the lateral wall muscles...,
What does the buccinator muscle c...,
What are the anterior walls forme...
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A&P - Chapter 38 (Part 3)
How long is the esophagus 1,
Esophagus 2,
What does the esophagus connect 3
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A&P - Chapter 38 (Part 4)
Gastric muscularis 1,
What directions arrangements does...,
What do the different muscle dire...
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A&P - Chapter 39 (Part 1)
What is the main digestive system...,
Where does the small intestine go...,
How long is the small intestine 3
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A&P - Chapter 39 (Part 2)
Vermiform 1,
Vermiform appendix 2,
What kind of tissue makes up the ...
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A&P - Chapter 39 (Part 3)
What shape is the gallbladder 1,
How long is the gb 2,
How wide is the gb 3
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A&P - Chapter 40 (Part 1)
What are the primary functions of...,
What are the steps in digestion 7 2,
Ingestion 3
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A&P - Chapter 40 (Part 2)
What is emptying the stomach afte...,
Hormonal mechanisms 2,
Nervous mechanisms 3
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A&P - Chapter 40 (Part 3)
What is fat broken down into 2 1,
What must happen to fats before g...,
What does bile contain 3
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A&P - Chapter 40 (Part 4)
What are the 3 gastric secretion ...,
Cephalic phase 4 2,
Gastric phase 3
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