642 Answered Questions for the topic anatomy

Anatomy Human Anatomy

04/20/19

What is the average Leg-to-Foot Length/Width Ratio?
I'm making a program that estimates a probable size (widest width and longest length) for a human's foot given the length and width of the leg to which it is attached. However, try as I might, **I... more
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04/18/19

Question about Calcium in the bones
What complex mixture in bone is calcium part of and what benefit does that mixture have for bone?
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04/18/19

Are tendons and ligaments classified under the muscular or bone system?
Are **tendons** and **ligaments** classified under *muscular system* or *bone system*? Basically they are not bones or muscles and that's why I have doubt.
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04/17/19

How can a substance introduced into the blood so quickly have effects that happen hours later?
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Anatomy Math Neuroanatomy

04/16/19

What mathematical tools/approaches are applied to the understanding of neuroanatomy?
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04/16/19

Stretching and compressing bones?
The Young's modulus of elasticity when a bone is stretched is : 16*109 and when it is compressed, it is 9*109 N/m2. That means, change in length will be more if you compress a bone as compared to... more
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Anatomy

04/16/19

Which substance is involved in the chemical digestion of protein?
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04/16/19

Why does sympathetic activity constrict pulmonary vessels?
I don't know understand why sympathetic stimulation constricts pulmonary vessels? I thought that the sympathetic nervous system activated the body for physical activity. Physical activity would... more
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Anatomy Physiology

04/16/19

When and how were the bones in the human skeleton assigned their names?
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Anatomy

04/16/19

Why is there debate about thymus being an endocrine gland?
I read on my textbook that there is debate about whether thymus is an endocrine gland. But they do have glandular cells no? Is producing T Cells the only point for thinking it not as a part of... more
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Anatomy Neuroanatomy

04/15/19

How do I understand all the nerves of a human body with their ganglion, and correlating it to the brain’s neuroanatomy?
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Anatomy Physiology

04/15/19

In temporomandibular joint dysfunction (syndrome), one muscle attaching to the capsule and articular disc becomes tensed and painful. What muscle is this?
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04/14/19

Why is ATP an important molecule in metabolism?
a. Its terminal phosphate group contains a strong covalent bond that does not contain much chemical energy b. Its hydrolysis provides an input of free energy for exergonic reactionsc. It provides... more
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04/14/19

The major function of fermentation in our muscle cells is
A. to reduce NAD+ to NADHb. to generate lactic acid, which is later converted into fatty acid, which is a form of stored chemical energyc. not really known, and in fact it is believed fermentation... more
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Anatomy Physiology

04/12/19

Is stereo olfactory ability restricted to humans?
Most animals I see around seem to have two nostrils - humans, snakes, birds, fish .. and so on. From reading online I see that 2 nostrils provide a stereo olfactory effect. This stereo effect is... more
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Anatomy Physiology

04/12/19

How do eyelids blink, given that muscles only pull, and never push? Where are the muscles that cause blinking?
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Anatomy

04/12/19

Can The Tenth Spinal Nerve Control Hydrochloric Acid Release Into The Stomach?
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Anatomy Neuroanatomy

04/12/19

What is a circuit in neuroanatomy terminology?

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Anatomy Physiology

04/12/19

The process in which antibodies attach to antigens, causing the formation of masses of linked cells, is called ________.
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04/12/19

Why do our bodies maintain blood pressure but not the flow rate?
This might be a silly question but i'm not not clear I'm always told that blood pressure is homeostatic parameter and can't not be changed but isn't what important is the flow rate to the organs?... more
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Anatomy

04/11/19

Where does the chemical digestion of starch begin?
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04/11/19

What is the difference between neuroanatomy and neurobiology?

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04/11/19

A tumor of the median lobe of the prostate gland may block the __________ by its uncontrolled growth as well as metastasize to the brain via the ________ plexus of veins.
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04/10/19

Gastritis on Endoscopy

A patient undergoes a gastroscopy and it reveals atrophy in the gastric mucosa in the body and fundus. This patient has an increased risk of developing which of the following? Pernicious... more
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04/10/19

What processes are going on in the body to cause depression symptoms such as aversion to even moving, and poor focus/memory?
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