Animal Form and Function
Animals with no definite shape have this type of symmetry.
What is asymmetry?
This is an autoimmune disorder where the pancreas doesn't create enough insulin.
What is type 1 diabetes?
What are the kidneys?
These carry blood towards the heart.
What are veins?
The central processing organ of the nervous system.
What is the brain?
Animals that regulate body temperature internally.
What are endotherms?
This muscular movement pushes food through the digestive system.
What is peristalsis?
The kidney’s ability to concentrate urine depends largely on this structure in the nephron.
What is the loop of Henle?
These are a solution for respiration in animals like fish, crustaceans, mollusks .
What are gills?
This type of neuron can connect sensory and motor neurons.
What is an interneuron?
What is an endoskeleton?
This enzyme, found in saliva, starts breaking down starches in the mouth.
What is salivary amylase?
This part of the loop of Henle is impermeable to water.
What is the ascending loop?
The tiny air sacs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged.
What are alveoli?
The insulating layer that speeds up neural transmission.
What is the myelin sheath?
The process by which ectotherms regulate temperature behaviorally (e.g., basking or burrowing).
What is thermoregulation?
The pancreas secretes this when someone's blood sugar is too low
What is glucagon?
This is the ball of capillaries that provides the blood to be filtered within the kidneys.
What is the glomerulus?
Name the pressure in arteries during heart relaxation.
What is diastolic pressure?
This is when the membrane becomes more negative than it was during the resting potential.
What is hyperpolarization?
This describes the relationship between an animals surface area and volume as it's size increases.
What is the square cube law?
Ulcers were initially thought to result from excess acid in the
stomach, but scientists have since determined that ulcers are
associated with infections from this bacteria.
What is Helicobacter pylori?
This hormone regulates water balance by affecting kidney function.
What is antidiuretic hormone (ADH)?
This part of the cardiac electrical system initiates the heartbeat (has pacemaker cells).
What is the sinoatrial (SA) node?
This is when action potentials jump from node to node on a myelinated axon.
What is saltatory conduction?