These are responsible for the egg production as well as estrogen and progesterone secretion in women.
What are the ovaries.
100
This organ is important in the destruction of old red blood cells and also the filtration of microorganisms and other foreign material from the blood.
What is the spleen?
100
This gland is located on top of each kidney.
What is the adrenal gland?
100
This combining form for this term is calc/o or calci/o.
What is calcium?
200
These cells are present in the lymph nodes and produce antibodies.
What are B lymphocytes
200
This gland secretes thyroxine, triiodothyronine, and calcitonin.
What is the thyroid gland?
200
This gland gets smaller with age and is important in the development if an effective immune system.
What is the thymus gland?
200
This gland is located near and partly behind the stomach.
What is the pancreas?
200
The combining form for this term is lact/o.
What is milk?
300
This is the body's ability to resist foreign antibodies after exposure to specific antigens.
What is immunity?
300
This substance is secreted by endocrine glands and travels through the blood to distant organs or glands where it influences the structure or function of that organ or gland.
What is a hormone?
300
This is a substance that the body recognizes as foreign.
What is an antigen?
300
This gland is also called the hypophysis and is a pea sized gland found at the base of the brain.
What is the pituitary gland?
300
The combining form for this term is myx/o.
What is mucus?
400
This combining form means "protection".
What is immun/o
400
This hormone stimulates contraction of the urterus during labor and childbirth.
What is oxytocin?
400
The combining form for this term is tox/o.
What is poison?
400
These are two small ovoid glands that are suspended from the inguinal region of the male.
What is the testes?
400
These are the lymphoid organs.
What are the lymph nodes, spleen, and the thymus gland?
500
This combining form means "lymph node" or "gland".
What is lymphaden/o
500
This hormone is secreted by the adrenal cortex and increases sodium reabsorption.
What is aldosterone.
500
The combining form for this term is ana-
What is again, anew?
500
This gland has a right and left lobe and is located in the neck region.