Respiration
It helps in measuring the volume of air involved in breathing movements.
What is a spirometer?
It is the stroke volume multiplied by the heart rate.
What is cardiac output?
These animals excrete nitrogenous waste as uric acid in form of pellet or paste with minimum loss of water.
What are uricotelic animals?
These are the light bands present in the myofibrils.
What is Actin or I-band?
These nerve fibers transmit impulses from tissues to CNS.
What are afferent fibers?
It is a disorder where alveolar walls are damaged which decreases the respiratory surface. Smoking is one of the major causes of this disorder.
What is emphysema?
It represents the depolarization of ventricles in ECG.
What is the QRS complex?
This hormone helps in increased water reabsorption from latter parts of the kidney tubules.
What is ADH or vasopressin?
It is the storehouse of calcium ions in muscle fibers.
What is sarcoplasmic reticulum?
This type of neuron is found in retina.
What are bipolar neurons?
It is the volume of air inspired or expired during a normal respiration. It is approximately 500ml.
What is Tidal Volume (TV)?
It is a rare pregnancy complication that occurs when a pregnant person's immune system attacks the fetus's red blood cells. It can happen if you have Rh-negative blood and the fetus has Rh-positive blood.
What is erythroblastosis fetalis?
It helps in converting angiotensin I to angiotensin II, which further activates adrenal cortex to release aldosterone.
What is renin?
It is the central part of A-band which is not overlapped by the I-bands.
What is H zone?
It is a rare condition that occurs when your kidneys are unable to conserve water. It results in extreme thirst and frequent urination.
What is diabetes insipidus?
RBCs contain a very large quantity of this enzyme.
What is carbonic anhydrase?
These are the cells that produce platelets. They are present in bone marrow.
What are megakaryocytes?
It is a special sensitive region formed by cellular modifications in DCT and afferent arteriole at location of their contact.
What is JGA?
What is troponin?
It is a glucocorticoid which helps producing anti-inflammatory reactions and suppressing immune response
What is cortisol?
The diffusion membrane is made up of three major layers: _____, ________ and _________.
thin squamous epithelium of alveoli, endothelium of alveolar capillaries and basement substance.
The heart sound lub is associated with closure of ________valves whereas heart sound ______ is associated with closure of _______ valves.
tricuspid and bicuspid valves, and semilunar valves
The descending limb of loop of Henle is quite permeable to _______ and the ascending limb of loop of Henle is quite permeable to __________.
water and NaCl
It is a cavity to which the femur articulates to the ________ girdle.
What is acetabulum? pelvic girdle
_________ acts on bones and and stimulates the process of bone resorption. ________ acts antagonistically to this hormone.
Parathyroid hormone, Thyrocalcitonin