Brain
What is the communication pathway between the two hemispheres of the brain called?
Corpus callosum
Three cranial nerves that work together for our senses of smell and taste?
What are CN 1, CN 7 and CN 9, olfactory, facial, and glossopharyngeal
Name three things that hormones control
What are reproduction, metabolism and energy balance, growth and development, body defenses, general homeostasis, nutrients and electrolyte balance of the blood
What is a structure that makes and secretes a hormone
What is a gland
What disorder's signs and symptoms are weight gain, cold sensitivity, slow heart rate and can be caused by Hashimoto's disease?
What is hypothyroidism
These cells are irreplaceable and are the longest lived cells in your body.
What are neurons
What cranial nerve can cause your heartrate and blood pressure to drop?
What is the vagus nerve
What are the two types of hormones?
What are water soluble (amino acids) and lipid soluble (cholesterol- steroids)
What are some examples of the exocrine system?
What are sebaceous and sweat glands of the skin. The pancreas also secretes pancreatic juice into the small intestine
What is the disorder where the immune system attacks the thyroid keeping it from "turning off"?
What is Grave's Disease
What do broca's area and wernickie's area do?
What are the speech center and language comprehension
What are the three types of neurons?
What are motor, sensory, and interneurons
What type of cells can a hormone trigger a reaction?
What is a target cell
Where do hormones attach to the target cells?
What are the receptor sites on the cell walls (water soluble) and into the cell (lipid soluble) as the lipids can pass through
What occurs when the body mounts an autoimmune response against the pancreas cells that produce insulin?
What is Type 1 diabetes
25% of calories each day are consumed by....
What is brain activity
Which cells produce and insulate axons with a myelin sheath?
What are oligodendrocytes in CNS and schwann cells in PNS
What is the difference between autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine signaling?
What are signaling within the same cell, neighboring cells, and throughout the body via the blood and lymphatic system
What is the master gland?
What is the pituitary gland
Lack of secretion of ADH or failure of the kidneys to respond resulting in polyuria and excessive thirst
What is Diabetes Insipidus
What restricts what can cross from circulating blood into the Central Nervous System?
What is the blood brain barrier
What are the 4 parts of the brain?
What are the cerebrum, diencephalon, brain stem, and the cerebellum
What governs the initiation and maintenance of most hormone secretion?
What are positive and negative feedback loops
What describes the body's fight or flight response?
What is the HPA Axis, hypothalamic- pituitary- adrenal axis. The adrenal medulla secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine.
This disorder can present with weight loss, heat sensitivity, increased or irregular heart rate. It may be caused by diet high in iodine, thyroiditis or Grave's disease
What is hyperthyroidism