Vitamins and Minerals
Nutrition
Urinary System
Urinary System 2
Reproductive System
100
Which vitamin is used too absorb calcium in the small intestine?
What is Vitamin D
100
What are the major nutrients in the body?
What is vitamins, minerals, water, proteins, lipids, and carbs
100
What is a nephron?
What is Basic Functionally unit of the kidney
100
What does renin do?
What is increases blood volume
100
What is testosterone? What does it do?
What is Male reproductive hormone. Develops male reproductive system and increases skeletal/muscle growth
200
What is the vitamin that makes ACH, red blood cells, and contains cobalt?
What is Vitamin B12
200
What is the process called when liver takes in glucose and makes glycogen?
What is glycogenesis
200
Path of fluid through the nephron?
What is Glomerular Capsule-Proximal conveluted tube-leep of henle-Distal conveluted tube
200
What does erythropoitin do?
What is increases red blood cell production
200
What is oxytocin?
What is Let down of milk, and causes contractions
300
What mineral is the most common cation inside the cell?
What is Potassium
300
Where is the most glycogen stored?
What is Skeletal muscles
300
What are the structures that are made of transitional epithellium?
What is bladders, ureters, and urethra
300
What are two terms for involuntary urination?
What is enuresis and incontinence
300
What does LH do for woman? For men?
What is Females- causes ovulation, more estrogen production. Males-Testosterone Production, sperm production
400
What are the antioxidants and what do they do?
What is Beta carotene, Vitamin C & E. Inactivates free radicals
400
What are the two types of metabolism? Describe each.
What is Anabolism and Catabolism. Anabolism-Simple molecules to complex molecules, Catabolism- Complex molecules to simple molecules
400
What are the vessels of blood flow?
What are afferent arterioles, glomerulus, efferent arterioles, peritubaler capillaries
400
What are two terms for increased urination?
What is polyuria and diuresis
400
What do the ovaries produce?
What is estrogen and progesterone
500
What is the most common cation outside the cell?
What is Sodium
500
What is lipogenesis? Why does it occur?
What is Synthesis of triglycerides. Occurs because we eat more calories then needed
500
What are the main functions of the urinary system?
What is Regulate composition of blood and hence the whole internal environment
500
What is the RAA Pathway and explain the process it takes?
Process decreasing blood volume. Blood volume detected by kidney cells which secrete renin into the blood, which then goes to the liver to make AgI, then to lungs and converted to AgII(because of ACE enzyme), then goes back to kidneys at the PCT which causes re absorption of H20 and sodium more than normal
500
What is sexual hormone of the male and female?
Male- Testosterone Female- Estrogen and progesterone
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