Which statement about the Sublingual gland is true?

It secretes only serous fluid.

It secretes mainly mucous fluid.

It secretes both serous and mucous fluids equally.

It is a salivary gland found just below the mandible.

1. What is meant by oxygen saturation? Can we achieve 100% oxygen saturation of hemoglobin without a hyperbaric chamber?

A surgical technology student is being supervised by the CST preceptor during a Whipple procedure. The CST comments that the student will have learned several procedures by the time they are done with this case.

1. What does the CST mean by his statement to the student?

2. What are the different procedures that constitute a Whipple procedure?

3. Discuss the different instrument trays that will be used for this case.

4. What type and size of suture is typically used for a subcuticular closure? What type of needle do you anticipate would be used?

5. Which incision is used most commonly for emergency surgery? Which incision is least likely to have an incidence of incisional herniation but a greater chance of infection or nerve damage?

3 ways the endocrine system works to regulate kidney function.

1. False or true that it has no relationship whatsoever to the sympathetic nervous system or to the blood pressure, the glomerular filtration rate?

2. Over production of aldosterone will lead to low blood levels of potassium, true or false?

3. Is true or false that aldosterone is released due to high blood pressure at the kidney?

4. Is true or false, that the oxyntic glands produce the pepsinogen, mucous, intrinsic factors, histamine, and HCL?

5. Is true or false that the S-cells in the small intestine produces secretin and pepsinogen?

6. Normal Reabsorption coefficient is 12.5?

Can you explain to me how our renal system would bring the body back to homeostasis in the renal system?

Explain "clonal expansion" of lymphocytes and how it contributes to the features of adaptive immunity, such as specificity, elimination of pathogens and memory.

The cell bodies of postganglionic neurons are located _________ the CNS in autonomic ganglia, with fibers terminating on the effector organ.

a. throughout b. outside c. inside d. overlying

The veins of the heart muscle merge to form the _____________________ which empties into the __________________ .

The fetal lung bypass from the pulmonary trunk to the aorta closes at birth and becomes ______________________________.

The stabilizing “strings” of the tricuspid and bicuspid valves are called ___________________________.

The muscular ridges inside the ventricles are called ________________________________________.

During ventricular systole, the AV valves are: open or closed

During ventricular systole (the ventricular ejection phase), the semilunar valves are: open or closed

During isovolumetric relaxation, the semilunar valves and AV valves are: open or closed

The ____ wave represents ventricular repolarization.

The ____ wave represents ventricular depolarization.

The ____ wave represents atrial depolarization?

A(n) _____________     ____________ ______________ is a defect in the wall between the two ventricles.

A(n) _____________     ____________ ______________ is a defect in the wall between the two atria.

The _________________   _______________ return oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.

The _________ ventricle pumps blood into the pulmonary circuit.

The _________________ are the external enlarge flaps on the outside of the atria.

1. _______   channels are responsible for the plateau phase.

Can you convert your body muscle fiber type to be an Olympic caliber sprinter athlete

Describe the homeostatic mechanisms that create a microbiota free environment in blood and lymph.

compare and contrast a meta-synthesis with a meta-analysis: define each, describe how they are alike, and how they are different. include difference in worldview in your answer.

Which of the following is NOT true of the relaxation of a muscle fiber?

Multiple Choice

• calcium release channels open allowing Ca to leave SR

• ATP is needed to fuel the calcium ATPase pumping Ca into SR

• Ca2+ moves from the sarcoplasm into the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)

• Action potentials must cease