Endocrine
What are the 3 types of Endocrine Control?
Humoral, Neural, and Hormonal Stimulus
Which nervous system controls heart rate?
Peripheral Nervous System
What kind of Artery is the Aortic Arch?
Elastic Artery
BONUS: what is another term for elastic artery?
What is Inspiration?
When the diaphragm is contracting and the ribs move out.
What cell in the alveoli secretes surfactant?
Type II Cells
What type of control does the Posterior Pituitary Gland (neurohypophisis) participate in?
Neural Control
What is the Pericardium?
BONUS: Can you describe the fibrous, parietal, and visceral layers?
The sack that holds the heart.
fibrous: outer portion
parietal: lines inner surface of fibrous pericardium
visceral: lines outer surface of the heart
What are Valves and the Skeletal Muscle Pump?
The 2 elements that help to push blood up against gravity in the Veins.
What is the correct order of the flow of air into the body(via nose)?
A.Nasopharynx
B.Laryngopharynx
C.Nasal Cavity
D.Oropharynx
C, A, D, and B
Which hormone of the anterior pituitary stimulates milk production in the mammary glands?
Prolactin (PRL)
What is the correct order of the Hormone Feedback loop?
A. Adenohypophysis releases thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) into the bloodstream at the secondary capillary plexus
B. High levels of T3/T4 in the bloodstream stop tropic hormone release
C.Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) is released from the Hypothalamus into the bloodstream at the primary capillary plexus
D. Thyroid Gland releases T3/T4 via thyroid follicular cells
C, A, D, and B
What structure of the heart is characterized by irregular muscular ridges on the internal surface of the ventricles?
Trabeculae Carneae
I am a small arteriole containing sphincters that blood needs to pass through to get into the Capillary Bed. Who am I?
Metarteriole
Which cartilage of the larynx sits superior to the arytenoid cartilage?
Corniculate Cartilage
What Autoimmune Disease is characterized by an over-secretion of TH, via antibodies mimicking the action of TSH? Symptoms include increased metabolic rate, heart rate, exophthalmos(bulging eyes), sweating, weight loss, nervousness, and possible goiter.
Hyperthyroidism (aka Graves' Disease)
What is the correct order of the 3 layers of the Adrenal Cortex, superficial to deep?
Zona Glomerulosa, Zona Fasciculata, and Zona Reticularis
What artery of the heart serve the posterior surface of the right and left ventricles?
Posterior Interventricular Artery
Which capillary type contains large gaps within the endothelial cell layer and basement membrane?
Sinusoidal capillaries
I protect the vocal cords and attach to the corniculate and arytenoid cartilages. Who am I?
Vestibular Folds
BONUS: are these "false" or "true" vocal cords
What is the first and most superior branch from the abdominal aorta and has three branches.
Celiac Trunk
What cell is activated in the pancreas when blood glucose levels are too low?
Alpha Cells. BONUS! What hormone does it secrete?
When the ventricles relax, the semilunar valves close, producing what sound?
"Dub"
What vessel will blood flow through when blood is restricted from, prevented from entering the true capillaries?
Thoroughfare Channel
What adducts the vocal cords (close the rima glottidis[the opening between the vocal folds]), used to produce sound.
Lateral Cricoarytenoid Muscle
What is the site on the lungs where bronchi, blood vessels, and nerves enter and leave the lung?
The Hilum