Respiratory System Mechanics E X E R C I S E NAME: Ailyn Sedaria-Lapuz LAB TIME/DATE: March 3‚ 2013 1. Define each of the following terms: • respiration : means exchange of gases ( oxygen and carbon dioxide) between a living organism and its environment; Breathing. • ventilation: movement of air in and out of the lungs • alveoli: small air sacs or cavities in the lung that give the tissue a honey comb appearance and expand its surface area for the exchange of oxygen. • diaphragm:
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Global Atmospheric Circulation This essay will describe patterns of atmospheric heating and circulation. When the surface air reaches the Equator‚ it gets heated and rises to the top of the troposphere‚ where it spreads back toward the poles. When it gets to the poles‚ it descends back to the surface again to complete the cycle. The heat of the Sun causes water to evaporate from lakes‚ rivers and oceans‚ as well as from the leaves of plants called (transpiration). But this water
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2012). Pulmonary rehabilitation is a program in which a team of healthcare professionals help manage and treat the problems caused by COPD‚ resulting in a reduction of symptoms and an improved quality of life. It typically combines exercise‚ breathing therapy‚ nutritional counseling‚ and other forms of patient education or support deemed beneficial by the healthcare team (Ahmed-Sarwar‚ 2015). Learning how to stay healthy and avoid COPD exacerbations is a top priority. During pulmonary
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Understanding Pulmonary Hypertension The human body is a very complex organism composed of different types of systems and functions. All the functions that each system has‚ is what makes possible for the body to obtain life. One of the most important systems in one’s body is the circulatory system‚ where the heart‚ the lungs‚ and the blood vessels work together to form the circle part of the circulatory system. The pumping of the heart forces the blood on its journey. The body’s circulatory system
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REVIEW SHEET EXERCISE 12 Serological Testing NAME: LAB TIME/DATE: Positive and Negative Controls 1. Why are there a number of washing steps in serological tests? They are needed in order to remove any non specific binding that may happen. 2. Describe how you would know that you had a “false positive” result. What does this mean for the rest of your results? If it has a negative control then it’s a false positive so the results are invalidated. 3. Describe how you would
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REVIEW SHEET EXERCISE 2 Skeletal Muscle Physiology NAME: Jasmine Young LAB TIME/DATE: 1. Define each of the following terms: • motor unit - A motor unit consists of a motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers it innervates. • twitch - Skeletal Muscle twitch is the mechanical response to a single action potential. It has three phases known as the latent‚ contraction‚ and relaxation phase. • threshold - the threshold is the minimal stimulus needed to cause a depolarization of the muscle plasma membrane
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Anatomical Organization Review Sheet Name 1. Answer the following questions using pgs. 13-16 and various organ system chapters of your text. a. Which is lateral: the tibia or fibula? fibula b. Which is more distal: the ankle or knee? ankle c. Circle or underline the correct statement: 1. The heart is ventral to the spinal cord. The heart is dorsal to the spinal cord. 2. The head is superior to the leg. The head is inferior to the leg. 3. The scapula is dorsal to the heart. The scapula
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Curriculum Reader IV Martina Hughes Chapter 32: Curriculum for the 21st Century School curriculum all over the world are organized into courses centered on the traditional disciplines. It is interesting to read that the United States‚ while open to new courses‚ counts on the traditional disciplines for college admission. Nel Noddings asks the provocative question whether “it is demonstrably unfair to force students into courses they hate and deprive them of courses (or programs) better suited to
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REVIEW SHEET EXERCISE 11 Blood Analysis NAME: LAB TIME/DATE: Hematocrit Determination 1. Hematocrit values are usually ( *higher / lower ) in healthy males‚ compared to healthy females. Give one possible explanation for this. 2. Living at high elevations will cause a person’s hematocrit to ( *increase / decrease ). Explain your answer. 3. Long-term athletic training will cause a person’s hematocrit to ( *increase / decrease ). 4. What is anemia? Condition where inadequate
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Review Sheet chapters 11‚12‚ 13‚ 14 Piaget’s Cognitive Developmental Theory: Piaget’s stages of cognitive development: Sensorimotor- Infant -6mos. Preoperational- 2-6mos. Concrete Operations- 6-11mos. Formal Operations- 12- Sensorimotor- birth to age 2- initial major stage of cognitive behavior/ invariant order of stages individual different innate 1. Simple Reflexes ( 0-1 month) 2. Habits and primary circular reactions (1-4 month) • Activity that permits the construction of cognitive
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