Endocrine System
What is the largest of the endocrine glands, located in the neck?
Thyroid
What is a funnel shaped basin that drains into the ureter?
Renal pelvis
What is the area in which cerebrospinal fluid collects before it returns to the blood?
Subarachnoid space
What is the name given to nerves that carry muscles towards the CNS?
What is the largest part of the brain?
Cerebrum
What is the gland in the brain that is regulated by light?
Pineal
Which of the following identifies the use of shock waves to break up kidney stones?
Lithotripsy
What is the “little brain” located beneath the posterior portion of the cerebrum?
Cerebellum
What is the name of the nerves that transport away from the CNS?
Motor
What is the innermost layer of the meninges, which is attached to the nervous tissue of the brain and spinal cord?
Pia mater
What is the anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates milk synthesis?
Prolactin
Which structure is responsible for involuntary control of urination?
Internal urethral sphincter
Which of the following nerves carries sensory impulses for hearing and equilibrium? *
vestibulocochlear
What is the transmission of electric impulse from node to node?
Saltatory conduction
Which system acts as an accelerator for the organs needed in time of a stressful situation? (the fight or flight response)
The sympathetic
What is the adrenal hormone that raises the blood glucose level?
Cortisol
What is the tube that leads from the kidney to the bladder?
ureter
What is the large band of white matter that connects the right and left hemispheres?
Corpus callosum
Which nerve carries sensory impulses from the eye, the upper jaw, and the lower jaw toward the brain?
The trigeminal nerve
What is damage to the myelin sheath and neuron fibers degenerate?
multiple sclerosis
Which disorder caused by an overproduction of growth hormone in the adult?
acromegaly
What is the presence of blood in the urine?
hematuria
What is the system that promotes the fight or flight response?
sympathetic
What ions are involved in generating an action potential?
Sodium and potassium
What is the disease where motor neurons are destroyed, causing muscle atrophy?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)