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Ch 40: Form and Function
Ch 41: Digestive System
Ch 42: Circulation & Gas Exchange
Ch 43: Immune System
Ch 45: Endocrine System
100
What are the 4 types of tissues in the body?
Connective, epithelial, muscle, nervous
100
What are the four stages of food processing in the order in which they naturally occur?
Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, Elimination
100
The bronchioles give rise to the alveoli, the site of ___ ________.
gas exchange
100
Where do B cells and T cells mature?
Bone marrow for B cells and the thymus for T cells
100
What hormone is released when blood glucose drops below the normal range?
Glucagon
200
What are the three types of muscle tissue?
skeletal, smooth, cardiac
200
What does bile do, and where is it stored?
Bile emulsifies fats, stored in gall bladder
200
What is the difference between arteries and veins?
Arteries: oxygenated blood away from the heart Veins: deoxygenated blood back toward the heart
200
What is the signaling molecule for inflammation?
Histamine
200
Name the two hormones associated with giving birth and lactation in mammals
Prolactin and Oxytocin
300
What method of homeostatic control ensures that conditions in organism do not vary too much below or above a certain point?
Negative feedback
300
What organ regulates the distribution of nutrients to the body and stores excess calories as glycogen?
Liver
300
Which heart chamber does deoxygenated blood flow into first?
Right atrium
300
What is an antigen?
A foreign substance that triggers an immune response.
300
What are the small mass of tissue near the center of the brain that produces melatonin?
pineal gland
400
What does it mean for an animal to be ectothermic?
getting heat from an outside source
400
What does it mean if an organism is malnourished?
It is missing two or more essential nutrients.
400
What instrument measures blood pressure?
Sphygmomanometer
400
What is the primary function of macrophages?
Engulf and digest pathogens (nom nom nom!)
400
When encountering a hungry lion what hormone increases your heart rate and slows the digestive system, AND where is it produced?
Epinephrine (or adrenaline); in the adrenal glands
500
Which of these tissues, found in the lungs, permits gas exchange by diffusion?
Simple Squamous Epithelium
500
What is the enzyme that digests proteins by hydrolysis?
protease
500
What part of the human brain regulates breathing?
Medulla Oblongatta
500
What molecules are responsible for stimulating the rejection of tissue grafts and organ transplants?
Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) molecules
500
Which molecules determine the tissue specificity of hormones?
Receptors