Lymph from the right arm returns to the circulation by way of this lymph vessel
What is the right lymphatic duct?
Amine, peptide, and protein hormones use these to relay signals inside of cells.
What are second messengers?
The rear part of the eye upon which light rays are focused.
What is the retina?
These are the receptors for mechanical energy.
What are mechanoreceptors?
This is the white part of the eye.
What is the sclera?
These lymphoid organs, found in the small intestine, work to attack pathogens that enter with food.
What are peyer's patches?
This hormone and adrenaline are both released by the adrenal glands.
What is cortisol?
Identify this structure at the front of the eye through which light first passes.
What is the cornea?
The semicircular canals, utricle, and saccule collectively form this structure that provides for the sense of equilibrium.
What is the vestibular apparatus?
The technical name for eyelashes.
What is palbebra?
T lymphocytes go to this lymphoid organ to mature.
What is the thymus gland?
Our sleep hormone, melatonin, is secreted by this structure.
What is the pineal gland?
This structure of the eye changes size to determine the amount of dilation of the pupil.
What is the iris?
The scientific name for the stirrup bone in the middle ear.
What is the stapes?
The fovea sits at the center of this area of the retina.
What is the macula?
These proteins, produced in the liver, patrol the blood and when activated will identify pathogens and puncture holes in them.
What are complement?
This hormone is responsible for increasing the breakdown of glycogen to glucose.
What is glucagon?
This characteristic of a light wave is responsible for the brightness of the light.
What is amplitude?
Name this structure in the cochlea that houses the receptors for hearing.
What is the organ of corti?
This is the process of adjusting the shape of our lens to focus light on the retina.
What is Accommodation?
These proteins, produced in the liver, patrol the blood and when activated will identify pathogens and puncture holes in them.
What are antibodies?
Oxytocin and this hormone are both produced in the hypothalamus and then released by the posterior pituitary.
What is antidiuretic hormone (ADH)?
The area of the retina that is most densely packed with photoreceptors.
What is the fovea?
Identify this structure that connects the middle ear to the upper throat.
What is the eustachian tube?
The mucous membrane of the eyeballs.
What is the conjunctiva?