Chapters 32-33
These are included in the body's first line of defense:
What are the skin and mucous membranes?
An effect of cortisol is:
What is increased protein catabolism?
The major form by which carbon dioxide is transported in the circulatory system:
What are bicarbonate ions?
Digestive enzymes in the stomach are secreted by:
What are chief cells?
Insulin is produced by these cells:
What are beta cells?
This substance produced by the skin contains pathogen-inhibiting agents:
What is sebum?
Hypertrophied adrenals, atrophied thymus and lymph nodes, and bleeding ulcers are all characteristics of:
What is the stress triad?
The esophagus has a mucosa layer composed of this tissue type that resists abrasion:
What is stratified squamous epithelium?
The contents of the stomach are emptied into the:
What is the duodenum?
The enzyme pepsin begins the digestion of:
What is protein?
Memory cells become plasma cells when exposed to this:
What is an antigen?
The respiratory portion of the nasal passage is lined with a mucous membrane made up of _____ epithelium.
What is pseudostratified columnar?
The type of tissue is designed for absorption and secretion and is found throughout much of the GI tract:
What is simple columnar epithelium?
The part of the colon that lies in the vertical position, on the left side of the abdomen, extending from a point below the stomach and spleen to the level of the iliac crest is the:
What is the descending colon?
Polysaccharides are hydrolyzed into disaccharides by enzymes known as:
What are amylases?
This antibody is produced after initial contact with an antigen:
What is IgM?
The prevention of each alveolus from collapsing as air moves in and out during respiration is due to the presence of:
What is surfactant?
The common term for deglutition is:
What is swallowing?
This organ is classified as a dual gland (both exocrine and endocrine):
What is the pancreas?
The hormone that stimulates the release of bicarbonate substance from the pancreas is:
What is secretin?
The level of glucocorticoids would be at their lowest during this stage of stress:
What is the exhaustion stage?
The term used to describe the volume of air exchanged during normal inspiration and expiration is:
What is tidal volume?
Parietal cells in the stomach secrete this:
What is hydrochloric acid?
Alpha cells produce this hormone:
What is glucagon?
Chymotrypsin, nucleases, and amylases are all enzymes found in this substance:
What is pancreatic juice?