Endocrine System
A hormone that triggers the release of another hormone when it stimulates an endocrine organ.
What is Tropic Hormone?
Granular white blood cell that function in phagocytosis.
What are Neutrophils?
The layer of smooth muscle that is thicker in arteries.
What is the Tunica Media?
Fleshy lobes in the nasal cavity that increase surface area.
What are the nasal conchae?
The mass of Fenestrated capillaries that filter blood plasma
What is the Glomerulus?
A hormone released by the pancreas when blood glucose levels are low, causing increased glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis.
What is Glucagon?
The segment of the EKG that represents repolarization/relaxation of the ventricles.
What is the T wave?
Medium-sized arteries that make up most of the arteries in your body.
What are Muscular Arteries?
16-20 C-shaped cartilage rings that keep airways open.
What is the Trachea?
Inflammation of the Renal pelvis and the kidneys
What is pyelonephritis?
The hypothalamus reacts to this by releasing Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone (TRH) to the Anterior Pituitary.
What happens when Thyroid Hormone is low?
A hormone released by the kidneys when oxygen levels are low.
What is Erythropoietin?
Multiple arteries that contribute to one capillary bed
What are Collaterals?
Alveolar cells that secrete Surfactant
What are Type II pneumocytes?
The limb of the loop of Henle that is permeable to water.
What is the Descending Limb of the loop of Henle?
Has non-tropic effects at liver and adipose tissue that increase metabolism. Also has a tropic effect that includes stimulating the release of IGF at the liver.
What is Growth Hormone?
Plasma protein involved in osmoregulation.
What are Albumins?
Direct connections between arterioles and venules that bypass the capillary bed.
What are Arteriovenous Anastomoses?
Area of the medulla oblongata where the nerves of respiration synapse.
Rhythmicity area.
The structure that regulates blood pressure and filtration rate by secreting renin.
What is the Juxtaglomerular Apparatus?
Hormones that work to decrease blood pressure by causing vasodilation and increased diuresis/natriuresis.
What are Natriuretic Peptides?
The structure that shunts blood from the right atrium to the left atrium in fetal circulation.
Pressure changes in your chest cavity during respiration that help draw blood back to the heart.
What is the Respiratory Pump?
Amount of air that can be forcefully exhaled after a normal exhalation.
What is the Expiratory Reserve Volume?
The system that releases Renin and produces ANG II which increases blood pressure by stimulating ADH, Aldosterone and vasoconstriction.
What is the RAAS system?