Hormones
The follicle cells of the thyroid gland surround a gelatinous, iodine-rich substance called what?
What is colloid.
What blood type is the universal donor?
What is O-?
What structure in the heart separates the right and left ventricle?
What is interventricular septum.
What is the main pacemaker of the heart?
What is sinoatrial node?
What is the extra layer of tissue that arteries have and veins do not?
What is elastic tissue?
What hormone in the ovaries prepare the body for pregnancy?
What is progesterone.
What subclass of leukocytes lack visible cytoplasmic granules?
What is agranulocytes.
Each cusp of the atrioventricular valve is attached to callegenous "strings" called what?
What is chordae tendineae.
What is the term for the cardiac myocytes that are considered regular, contractile myocytes?
What is nonpacemaker cells
What is the term for the connected circle of vessels that provide circulation to the brain?
What is the circle of Willis (cerebral arterial circle)
What structure stores oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone?
What is posterior pituitary.
There are three formed elements of the blood, which one plays a role in the immune system?
What is leukocytes (white blood cells)
The middle layer of the heart is called what?
What is myocardium.
What is the term for the pressure in the arteries during ventricular diastole?
What is diastolic pressure
Which vein drains the face and scalp?
What is the external jugular vein
What effect does parathyroid hormone have?
What is an increase blood calcium levels?
What blood type has all three antigens?
What is AB+ blood
Which three vessels drain into the right atrium?
What is the term for the branches that conduct the action potential to ventricular myocytes?
What is Purkinje fibers
What vein in the arm is lateral and superficial?
What is the cephalic vein?
Which zone of the adrenal cortex secretes steroids called gonadocorticoids?
What is zona reticularis.
Which Leukocyte plays a role in the immune response to infections with parasitic worms?
What is eosinophils
The small, middle, and great cardiac vein drain into what structure?
What is coronary sinus.
What does the QRS Complex represent?
What is ventricle depolarization AND atrial repolarization?
Name the three branches of the celiac trunk?
What is the common hepatic artery, splenic artery, and the left gastric artery?