Immune System
Your skin and mucus membranes are part of this type of immune response.
What is the innate immune response.
These types of sensory cells detect chemical stimuli.
What are Chemoreceptors.
These blood vessels tend to have thicker walls in order to withstand higher blood pressure.
What are arteries.
These types of hormones are made up of amino acids and are water-soluble.
What are peptide hormones.
The constriction of muscles in your alimentary canal is known as this.
What is peristalsis.
B cell and T cells are the major actors in this type of immune response.
What is the adaptive immune response.
Action potentials travel along this part of the neuron.
What is an Axon.
These tiny structures in the lungs are the crucial site of gas exchange.
What are alveoli (or alveolar sacs).
The SRY gene, which prompts the development of male phenotypes such as testes, is typically found on this chromosome.
What is the Y chromosome.
The pancreas is both an endocrine and digestive gland. Name at least two hormones and/or ions produced by the pancreas.
What are insulin, glucagon, bicarbonate ions (also pancreatic lipase and amylase).
These cells produce histamines during an allergic and inflammatory response.
What are Mast Cells.
Triggering this type of voltage-gated channel initiates an action potential.
What is a sodium voltage-gated channel.
When you breath out, this is what happens to your diaphragm.
What is it relaxes.
This hormone triggers the production of FSH and LH.
What is GnRH.
This hormone is produced by the pituitary gland to help regulate the amount of water that is absorbed in the nephron.
What is ADH.
These cells can help activate both B cells and cytotoxic T cells.
What are Helper T Cells
This is the name of the protective covering made of Schwann Cells that covers axons and aids in the conduction of action potentials.
What is a Myelin Sheath.
This type of membrane transport governs gas exchange of O2 and CO2 in the lungs and the rest of the body.
What is simple diffusion.
When the thyroid produces an excess amount of thyroxine, it triggers the pituitary gland to slow down production of thyroid-stimulating hormone. This is an example of what kind of feedback?
What is negative feedback.
Bile is produced in this part of the digestive system, stored in this other part, and breaks down this macronutrient. Name all 3.
What are the liver, gall bladder, and fats.
Vaccines work by stimulating the production of these key proteins to recognize an antigen.
What are antibodies.
A large amount of these types of neurotransmitters will cause the membrane potential in the post-synaptic neuron to become depolarized.
What are Excitatory Neurotransmitters.
This chamber of the heart pumps oxygenated blood to the rest of the body through the aorta.
What is the left ventricle.
In a classic example of positive feedback, high estrogen levels during the menstrual cycle leads to even higher levels of FSH and LH being produced until this event occurs.
What is ovulation.
This structure in the nephron is the primary site where water moves into the medulla via osmosis to be reabsorbed back into blood.
What is the Loop of Henle.