Endo/Exo
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Say What?
I Wanna Hold Your Gland
100
This is a chemical secreted by a cell that affects the functions of other cells.
What is a hormone?
100
These are the "bumps" on the tongue that contain taste buds.
What papillae?
100
These are the visual receptors responsible for night vision.
What are rods?
100
These are the fluids of the labyrinth.
What are perilymph or endolymph?
100
This is the gland that produces calcitonin.
What is the thyroid gland?
200
This is a small gland between the cerebral hemispheres that secretes melatonin.
What is the pineal body?
200
This is the jelly-like fluid found in the POSTERIOR chamber of the eye.
What is vitreous humor?
200
These visual receptors are responsible for color vision.
What are cones?
200
These function to detect the body's balance.
What are the semicircular canals?
200
These are also known as the gonads.
What are the ovaries and testes?
300
This gland produces T lymphocytes.
What is the thymus?
300
This structure helps to maintain equal pressure on both sides of the eardrum.
What is the eustachian tube?
300
This is the middle layer of the eye.
What is the choroid?
300
This is a waxlike substance commonly called earwax.
What is cerumen?
300
This is a hormone made up of amino acids or proteins.
What is a NON steroidal hormone?
400
This gland is considered both an exocrine AND an endocrine gland.
What is the pancreas?
400
These are otherwise known as the malleus, incus, and stapes.
What are the ossicles?
400
This is the area where the optic nerve enters the retina.
What is the optic chiasma (or disc)?
400
This is the system of communicating chambers and tubes of the inner ear.
What is the labyrinth?
400
These are structures in the pancreas that secrete hormones into the bloodstream.
What are the islets of Langerhans?
500
These build up bone by REMOVING calcium from the blood.
What are osteoclasts?
500
This is an enzyme found in tears that can destroy bacteria and viruses.
What is lysozyme?
500
This is the process of bending light.
What is refraction?
500
This is an INNER ear infection.
What is otitis interna?
500
This is a local hormone that typically does not travel in the bloodstream.
What is prostaglandin?
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