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Who regulates pituitary gland secretion? - ANS hypothalamus What is a hormone and how does it act? - ANS Hormones are chemical messengers that are responsible for regulation. They are secreted into body fluids, mainly blood. It has specific actions on target tissues, which are any tissue that has specific receptors for that particular hormone. Compare and contrast glucagon and insulin. - ANS Glucagon stimulates the liver to break down glycogen and convert noncarbohydrates into glu...

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The social organization of African societies included - kings and noblemen at the top, a great mass of people who worked as farmers, urban craftsmen who supported the elites Native Americans encountered by Europeans practiced a form of religion known as - polytheism The results of creating a more cohesive political confederacy for the Iroquois included - increasing village stability To Europeans, "China" was known as - Cathay What activities did women perform in the tribal economy of na...

Three metabolic pathways are involved in the breakdown of glucose to CO2, H2O, and ATP. Of the three, which one occurs in the cytoplasm? - true Which of the nitrogenous bases is part of DNA, but not RNA? - thymine Which phase of mitotic cell division is represented by this picture? - prophase A DNA strand with a base sequence of ACTTCGCATG, when replicated, would yield a newly formed strand of the same base sequence. - false Which of the following would NOT be an example of an enzyme? - A ...

Contracture - Permanent stiffening of a joint or muscle caused by atrophy; fingers are flexed toward a resident's palm What is Atrophy? - State of deterioration, shriveling, shrinking, or withering What to do with a resident that has a G-Tube - NPO (Nothing By Mouth) Semi Fowlers or Fowlers position when transfusing Supine Position - Lying flat on the back with legs straight. Lateral Position - Resident lying on his/her right or left side

algia - pain brady- - slow dys- - bad, difficult, painful -ectomy - surgical removal hyper- - excessive, increased, above hypo- - deficient, decreased, below -itis - inflammation -megaly - enlargement -osis - abnormal condition

The tissue through which gases are exchanged between the blood and the air in the lungs is - simple squamous epithelium Body heat is lost primarily by - radiation Bone cells form concentric circles around longitudinal tubes called - central canals A body has been sectioned in such a way that there is one whole lung per section and the urinary bladder has been split in half. What type of section is this? - sagittal Which type of tissue lines the follicles of the thyroid glands? - simple cub...

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Normal VS for a neonate - Temp: 97.7-99.5 HR: 110-160 RR: 30-60 Mongolian spots - Flat gray-blue spots common in darker ethnicities 3-5 weeks gestation - Congenital heart anomalies typically occur during what weeks of development in utero Threatened - a spontaneous abortion - present with bleeding and cramping but the cervix is closed

What are the four types of body tissues? - epithelial(protects), connective(binds), muscle(movement), nervous(controls) 3 body planes - sagittal(right/left), transverse(upper/lower),frontal(front/back) 4 body regions - right upper(RUQ),left upper(LUQ),right lower(RLQ),left lower(LLQ) Antomical Position - standing upright and facing forward with arms at the sides and the palms of the hand facing forward