Hormones
This hormone triggers uterine contractions and milk let-down.
What is oxytocin?
Located at the base of the throat, this gland produces T3, T4, and calcitonin.
What is the thyroid gland?
These blood cells carry oxygen using hemoglobin.
What are erythrocytes (red blood cells)?
What is the genotype for type O blood?
What is ii?
This system works more slowly than the nervous system but has longer-lasting effects.
What is the endocrine system?
: This hormone stimulates the thyroid gland to release T3 and T4.
What is TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone)?
Located on top of the kidneys, these structures produce corticosteroids such as aldosterone and cortisol.
What are the adrenal glands?
This is the liquid portion of blood that is 90% water and carries dissolved proteins and nutrients.
What is plasma?
The universal donor type for red blood cells.
What is O-?
Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) helps prevent this problem by causing kidneys to reabsorb water.
What is dehydration?
This pituitary hormone stimulates overall body growth and metabolism.
What is growth hormone (GH)?
This gland produces melatonin, making us sleepy at night.
What is the pineal gland?
These are cell fragments needed for blood clotting.
What are platelets?
The universal recipient type for red blood cells.
What is AB+?
These hormones are made from cholesterol and diffuse directly into the nucleus.
What are steroid hormones?
Produced by the pancreas, this hormone stimulates cells to store glucose.
What is insulin?
Often called the “master gland,” it regulates many other endocrine glands and is located under the hypothalamus.
What is the pituitary gland?
These white blood cells increase during acute infections and are the most numerous type of leukocyte.
What are neutrophils?
A person with type A blood has these antibodies in their plasma.
What are anti-B antibodies?
During hemostasis, the first step is when the damaged blood vessel performs this action to reduce blood loss.
What is vascular spasm (constriction)?
Released by the adrenal medulla, these two hormones help the body respond to short-term stress.
What are epinephrine and norepinephrine?
These four tiny glands on the back of the thyroid regulate calcium levels in the bloodstream.
What are the parathyroid glands?
This term refers to the formation of new blood cells in red bone marrow.
What is hematopoiesis?
What are Type A and Type AB and Type B?
This hormone stimulates the adrenal cortex to release cortisol as a long-term stress response.
What is ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone)?