Excretory System
Endocrine Glands
Male Reproductive System
Female Reproductive System
Diseases
100
Percentage of water and solutes that is excreted as urine
What is 1%?
100
Secretes a hormone that causes the uptake of glucose by muscle and adipose cells
What is the pancreas?
100
Coiled tubules in the testes and site of sperm production
What are the seminiferous tubules?
100
Channel from an ovary to the uterus
What is an oviduct?
100
Dehydration is a major cause of this condition which is common in the South
What are kidney stones?
200
After urine leaves the renal pelvis it flows into the ____.
What is the ureter?
200
Secretes a hormone that regulates metabolism
What is the thyroid gland?
200
Duct where sperm gain the ability to move
What is the epididymis?
200
How many days the corpus luteum will last if fertilization does not take place
What are 12 days?
200
Caused when an individual has too much growth hormone after he or she is done growing
What is acromegaly?
300
Part of the nephron that dips into the renal medulla
What is the Loop of Henle?
300
Produces hormones relayed to the pituitary gland
What is the hypothalamus?
300
Secretes substances that buffer the pH of the female reproductive tract (2 answers)
What are the prostate glands and bulbourethral glands?
300
Spike in this hormone triggers ovulation
What is LH?
300
Low levels of iodine can cause this condition
What is a goiter?
400
Process in which water and solutes move from the peritubular capillaries to the nephron
What is secretion?
400
Secretes hormones responsible for your "fight or flight" response
What is the adrenal medulla?
400
Type of cell produced when a spermatogonium completes mitosis
What is a primary spermatocyte?
400
Hormones secreted by the corpus luteum
What are estrogen and progesterone?
400
Disease in which an individuals white blood cells destroy their own insulin secreting cells
What is Type 1 diabetes?
500
Process in which water and solutes move from the glomerular capillaries to the nephron
What is filtration?
500
Secretes a hormone responsible for milk production
What is the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland?
500
Number of chromosomes in a spermatid
What is 23 chromosomes?
500
Type of cells produced when a primary oocyte undergoes meiosis I (2 answers)
What are a polar body and a secondary oocyte?
500
Symptoms include dry skin, confusion, depression, and gaining weight
What is hypothyroidism?
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