Category 1
Tiny air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place are known as?
Alveoli
Which body system removes carbon dioxide from the body?
Respiratory system
What is consider the "voice box"
Larynx
What are the smallest arteries called?
Arterioles
Prolactin is a hormone produced by the pituitary gland. What is a function of prolactin?
Milk production stimulation
The rough endoplasmic reticulum has ______ located on it?
Ribosomes
Which body system is responsible for regulating growth?
Endocrine system
The mitral valve is a heart valve that allows oxygen-rich blood from the lungs pass from?
The left atrium into the left ventricle
Which of the following parts of a cell is responsible for the synthesis of lipids and hormones?
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
The ______ nervous system controls involuntary actions involving cardiac and smooth muscle, such as heart rhythm, breathing, and digestion
Autonomic
As which tissue type is blood characterized?
Connective
Where is decreased blood pressure detected in the kidney?
Juxtaglomerular apparatus
The type of acquire immunity a fetus receives from the mother during development is called?
Passive immunity
Which type of blood cell is essential to the immune system?
White blood cells
What cell structure is responsible for storing glycogen for the cell's main energy source?
Glycosomes
Within the neuromuscular system, what allows muscles to receive a signal and respond with the appropriate movement?
Receptors
The pancreas is an endocrine system gland primarily responsible for which of the following?
Maintaining healthy blood sugar
Within the closed circulatory system of the cardiovascular (circulatory) system, the systemic loop carries ______ blood from the left ventricle to the body, returning __________ blood to the right atrium.
Oxygenated, deoxygenated
The heart muscle sends electrical impulses that cause the heart to contract. What is the heart muscle known as?
Myocardium
The sternum is ____________ to the heart
anterior
A series of steps that produce water during cellular respiration is known as?
Electron transport chain
What enzyme do the kidneys produce to regulate arterial blood pressure by retaining or removing water and salt?
Renin
An organ is composed of?
Tissues
During which mitosis phase do spindle fibers grow from centrioles?
Prophase
There is a layer of muscle that separates the right atrium and right ventricle from the left atrium and left ventricle. What is that layer of muscle known as?
Septum