Vocabulary
To produce again.
Reproduction
Self regulation
Autoregulation
A specialized structure of the endocrine system that produces hormones for homeostatic regulation
Hypothalamus
Located around the heart
Pericardial
Avascular
Without blood flow
A system of specialized structures that produce hormones for homeostatic regulation.
Endocrine
A strategy of secreting hormones via exocytosis
Merocrine
A strategy of secreting hormones in which the apical (top) portion of the cell is destroyed to release the hormones.
Apocrine
A strategy of secreting hormones in which the entire cell is destroyed to release the hormones.
Holocrine
The cell that releases the hormone is affected by it.
Autocrine
Secretion of hormones that affects the neighboring or surrounding cells
Paracrine
Elevated resting heart rate > 100 bpm.
Tachycardia
Low resting heart rate < 60 bpm
Bradycardia
The heart and lungs.
Cardiopulmonary
Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) or Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
Biological Fuel
Surface.
Cutaneous
Below the surface.
Subcutaneous
The inheritable characteristics of the cell.
Cytogenetics
A specialized nerve cell that produces myelin.
Oligodendrocyte
Liver cell.
Hepatocyte
White blood cells or immune cells.
Leukocyte
Immune cells that eat or engulf large quantities.
Marcophage
Immune cells called neutrophils that eat or engulf small amounts.
Microphages
To break down to the elemental particles.
Decomposition
The sum of the chemical reactions.
Metabolism