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Question 1: 3. What is posture?
Answer:
Posture is an anatomical position or alignment of the body maintained in an upright position.
Question 2: 6. What is a bulboid corpuscle?
Answer:
Bulbous corpuscles or Ruffini corpuscles are mechanoreceptors found in the skin and deeper tissues.They are sensory nerve endings that respond mainly to sustained pressure, stretch of the skin, and joint movement.
Question 3: 2. What is the function of the corrugator supercilii muscle?
Answer:
It is the muscles that help pull or draw the eyebrows medially and downward to form a vertical forehead wrinkle and are controlled by the facial nerve.
Question 4: 1. What is the erector spinae muscle?
Answer:
It is a group of muscles that runs vertically in the back to help stabilize the spine.
Question 5: 10. Describe epiglottis and its function.
Answer:
The epiglottis is a flexible, leaf-shaped structure made of elastic cartilage that acts as a protective gate to the airway-closing during swallowing to prevent food or liquid from entering the lungs and opening during breathing to allow airflow.
Question 6: 7. Describe one of the main functions of red blood cells.
Answer:
Red blood cells (RBCs), also called erythrocytes, are specialized blood cells whose primary role is to transport oxygen to body tissues and carry carbon dioxide away for exhalation.
Question 7: 9. What is the cisterna chyli and its function?
Answer:
The cisterna chyli also known as the receptaculum chyli is an enlarged, sac-like structure in the lymphatic system that serves as a major collecting site for lymph from the lower part of the body.
Question 8: 4. What is the afferent division?
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The afferent division is a part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) responsible for carrying sensory information from the body's receptors to the central nervous system (CNS).
Question 9: 8. What is chemotaxis?
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It is the movement of organisms or cells in response to a chemical stimulus.
Question 10: 5. Name one of the functions of arbor vitae.
Answer:
Integration of sensory and motor pathways: It acts as a communication pathway linking the cerebellum's gray matter with other brain regions, ensuring smooth and precise bodily movements.