Endocrine System and Hormones
This gland sits on top of the kidneys and releases cortisol during long-term stress.
What are the Adrenal Glands?
This cranial nerve is responsible for hearing.
What is cranial nerve VIII (Vestibulocochlear)?
This division of the skeleton includes the scapula and upper limbs.
What is the appendicular skeleton?
This muscle is the primary muscle used for breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
The smallest unit of life capable of carrying out all vital functions.
What is a cell?
This posterior pituitary hormone causes uterine contractions and milk ejection.
What is oxytocin?
Fibers of the sympathetic nervous system arise from this region of the spinal cord.
What are the thoracic and lumbar regions?
The shaft of a long bone is called this.
What is the diaphysis?
This type of muscle tissue is striated and involuntary.
What is cardiac muscle?
This macromolecule serves as a short-term energy source.
What are carbohydrates?
This pancreatic hormone raises blood glucose levels many hours after a meal.
What is Glucagon
The neurotransmitter released at the neuromuscular junction to stimulate muscle contraction.
What is acetylcholine (ACH)?
These bone cells are responsible for building new bone.
The contractile unit of a muscle fiber responsible for striations.
What is a sarcomere?
The cellular organelle that contains genetic information.
What is the nucleus?
These two hormones act antagonistically to regulate blood calcium levels.
What are parathyroid hormone and calcitonin?
White matter in the CNS is primarily composed of this substance.
What is myelin?
In adults, this bone is most likely to contain red bone marrow.
What is the pelvis?
This connective tissue attaches muscle to bone.
What is a tendon?
A drastic change in protein shape due to extreme heat or pH.
What is denaturation?
This feedback mechanism is used by target organs to regulate pituitary hormone secretion.
What is negative feedback?
This brain structure connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres.
What is the corpus callosum?
Raising your arm out to the side to hail a taxi is this type of joint movement.
What is abduction?
This circular muscle is used when kissing.
What is the orbicularis oris?
Normal saline is this type of solution relative to blood cells.
What is isotonic?