The function of the lens is to _________ the light rays and focus them on the retina.
What is "converge"?
100
The function of the auditory tube
What is "equalize pressure on both sides of the tympanic membrane"?
100
The ability to taste is affected by the sense of ________.
What is "smell"?
100
A chemical that is produced by living cells, is distributed via the blood or lymph, and regulates metabolic activities.
What is a "hormone"?
100
The element required for the synthesis of thyroxine
What is "iodine"?
200
The main function of the rods in the retina
What is "vision in dim light"?
200
After a spinning carnival ride, your head seems to continue spinning. This could be caused by overstimulation of the:
What are "semicircular canals"?
200
stimulates milk production
What is "prolactin"?
200
Endocrine producing organ present only in pregnant women.
What is the "placenta"?
200
this hormone demineralizes bone and raises blood calcium levels
What is "parathyroid hormone"?
300
The tunics of the eyeball in the correct order from the outermost to the innermost layer.
What are "sclera, choroid, and retina"?
300
Inflammation of the middle ear; commonly seen in children
What is "otitis media"?
300
A major effect of __________ is to facilitate the uptake of glucose by many cells.
What is "insulin"?
300
the two chemical classifications of hormones
What are "steroid and amino-acid based"?
300
important anabolic hormone
What is "growth hormone"?
400
Four refractive media of the eye, listed in the sequence in which they refract incoming light.
What is "cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor"?
400
What common name is used to describe both the taste and olfactory receptors, and why?
What is "chemoreceptors"? "Both require chemicals in solution to function."
400
The two hormones produced by the hypothalamus and stored in the posterior pituitary.
What are "antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and oxytocin"?
400
two examples of a positive feedback system
What are "childbirth and blood clotting"?
400
Which gland produces the major metabolic hormones of the body. What are the hormones?
What is the "thyroid gland?" What are "T3 (triiodothyronine) and T4 (thyroxine)"?
500
Which type of deafness: conduction or sensorineural?
a. impacted cerumen; b. middle ear infection; c. cochlear nerve degeneration; d. otosclerosis
What is "a. conduction; b. conduction; c. sensorineural; d. conduction
500
Name the five basic types of taste receptors.
What are "sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami"?
500
Three types of stimuli that cause endocrine glands to release their hormones and the definition of each type of stimulus.
What are "neural- stimulated by nerve fiber; hormonal- stimulated by another hormone; humoral- stimulated by the increased or decreased level of a specific substance in the blood.
500
the four tropic hormones released from the anterior pituitary
What are "thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)"?
500
the three cardinal symptoms of diabetes mellitis in Latin and translate
What are "polyuria (P/U)- excessive urination (to flush out the glucose and ketones); polydipsia (P/D)- excessive thirst resulting from water loss; polyphagia- excessive hunger- due to the inability to use sugars and the loss of fat and proteins from the body.