What is the function of the tibial tuberosity?

Q: Define inhalation

A: In anatomy, breathing or respiration can be described as a process that includes taking in and out o...

Q: Define interneuron

A: The nerve cells or neurons can be described as the nervous system's active cells, which can be elect...

Q: Define ligament

A: In anatomy, the term ligament is used to describe one of the body’s skeletal system components that ...

Q: Which are the major effect of ventilation-perfusion inequality?

A: Ventilation-perfusion is the two qualities of respiratory physiology counted under a ratio called ve...

Q: Can diabetic complications be controlled by insulin therapy alone?

A: Diabetes refers to a series of medical diseases in which the body cannot utilize glucose properly. D...

Q: How do acute pain and chronic pain differ?

A: Uncomfortable sensations in the body are described by a general term known as pain. The nervous syst...

Q: Name the primary cell type in connective tissue proper; in cartilage; in bone.

A: A tissue is a group of cells that usually have a common origin in an embryo and function together to...

Q: This (labeled green) system of arterio-arterial anastamoses is called?

A:    Brain is the major and central organ of the nervous system of our body. It plays crucial role in ...

Q: Some soldiers who served in the Persian Gulf War in 1991 suffered from severe depression, chronic fa...

A: The blood vessels carry blood from the heart to each tissue and organs of the body, which is necessa...

Q: Where along the nephron are glucose and amino acids reabsorbed?

A: The nephron is made of the Malpighian corpuscle and renal tubule. The Malpighian capsule is made of ...

Q: Identify and describe specific structures of a neuron.  Neurons: dendrites, cell body, axon Neurogli...

A: Nervous system is an important system which helps in maintaining the homeostasis of the human body. ...

Q: Describe a person in the anatomical position.

A: The description of any part of the body with respect to other parts when it is in a specific stance ...

Q: Define nutrient, essential nutrient, and calorie.

A: Nutrition is a process by which an organism uses the food for the sustenance of life.

Q: Define gametogenesis

A: Gametogenesis can be described as the process of gamete formation when a diploid cell is divided by ...

Q: Although one pinch did not cause a dog to flex its leg, a rapid sequence of pinches did. Sherrington...

A: The different physical and physiological activities that occur in an organism’s body is governed by ...

Q: Define enamel

A: Enamel refers to the body's most mineralized tissue and external layer coating for teeth. Carbonate ...

Q: Describe the events of fertilization. Where doesfertilization occur?

A: Fertilization is referred to as the phenomenon in which there is a fusion of males with female gamet...

Q: Define chorion

A: The chorion is one of the membranes that surround the fetus while it is still being formed. In mamma...

Q: What is the T cell count below which HIV infection is now classified as AIDS?

A: CD4 test or CD4 count test is a type of blood test used to measure the level of CD4 or T-cell in the...

Q: Describe the structure and function of the integumentary system

A: INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM :  the integumentary system is the set of organs forming the outermost layer of...

Q: Define articulation

A: Articulation is a term related in anatomy to the body's skeletal system. It can be defined as the lo...

Q: Define diapedesis

A: In multicellular organisms, it confirms that the correct cells get to the correct location at the ri...

Q: The lunula of the nail appears white becausea. it lacks melanin.b. blood vessels cannot be seen thro...

A: Nail is referred to as the keratinous plate present at the fingertip. It helps in protecting the dig...

Q: What is the primary difference between direct and indirectmotor pathways?

A: Nervous system coordinates and controls the activities of the body. It is divided into two subdivisi...

Q: Define clonus

A: Muscle contraction is an increase in the tension or decrease in the length of the muscles. Muscle co...

Q: What is a key ethical challenge related to reproduction (including the moral status of gametes and e...

A: A matter of debate whether today's ethical concerns about reproductive technology are based less on ...

Q: Discuss causes of CAD and how it might be avoided

A: CAD or coronary artery disease is a type of heart condition that results from inflammation or plaque...

Q: Define hernia

A: The term hernia is used to describe a clinical condition in which a portion of any organ is displace...

Q: What are parts C, D, E, and F of the heart?

A: The heart is a muscular organ just as the size of the fist which pumps oxygenated blood to different...

Q: Define interstitial

A: In anatomical science, the term interstitial is used to describe the anatomical location of a cell, ...

Q: Which of the following would result from a decrease in aortic pressure? a) a decrease in heart rate ...

A: (a) a decrease in heart rate would result from a decrease in aortic pressure . Vasodilation caused b...

Q: Explain the reabsorption of nutrients such as glucose.

A: Reabsorption refers to the process in which absorption occurs again within the kidney of certain sub...

Q: Define craniosynostosis

A: Craniosynostosis is a medical condition present in an individual from birth. In this condition, the ...

Q: The capillaries around the alveoli comes from which blood vessel?

A: The alveoli are small balloon-like air sacs of the lungs. Nearly 700 million alveoli are present in ...

Q: Define baroreceptor

A: Baroreceptors referred to as the mechanoreceptor present within the aortic arch and carotid sinus. T...

Q: Which type of immunity is triggered by vaccination?

A: The ability of the organism to recognize and differentiate between the self and non-self particles a...

Q: Define fertilization

A: Sexual reproduction is a vital process of the human body that results from the fusion of male and fe...

Q: :) B- Explain how feed-back mechanism control respiratory rats when a person is at rest and when a p...

A: The respiratory system is a biological system responsible for gas exchange in our body. It consists ...

Q: On average, how many nephrons are present in the adult kidney?

A: The process by which metabolic waste products are eliminated from the body of animals is called excr...

Q: Define lymphopoiesis

A: Introduction: Hematopoiesis is referred to as the production, development, and maturation of cellula...

Q: Compare and contrast the following terms: Phagocytosis and pinocytosis

A: For various cell processes, including the absorption of essential nutrients, removal from the body o...

Q: Define intervertebral

A: The intervertebral can be defined as the type of disc present between the vertebrae of the vertebral...

Q: Define erythrocyte

A: Blood is a type of extracellular body fluid that flows in the human body in tube-shaped organs calle...

Q: Which complement proteins are responsible for Opsonization and chemotaxis?

A: The complement system includes about twenty types of proteins that are produced continuously by the ...

Q: Can you help me identify the labeled part?

A: Dissection is the method of cutting apart or separating tissue . For example, in the study of life s...

Q: Discriminate between different types of stimuli and their respective receptors.

A: A change in the physical or chemical structure of the internal or external environment of an organis...

Q: Describe the mechanism of hormone response resulting from the binding of a hormone with an intracell...

A: Hormones can be defined as chemical messengers in the body secreted by endocrine glands. They act on...

Q: This is a slide of which organ and A represents?

A:    The study of tissues is called histology. It has huge application in diagnosis of disease by micr...

Q: In response to a drop in overall blood pressure, what would be the actions of angiotensin II?

A: The human body contains different organ systems. Each system is responsible for maintaining the home...

Q: Define antigenic determinant

A: Introduction: An antigen is referred to as any substance that satisfies two different immunologic ch...