Clickers Bio 202 Flashcards

What gland secretes epinephrine and sits on top of the kidneys?

What causes the mental retardation for the condition Cretinism?

What gland makes the growth hormone?

Hormones released from this gland include ADH and oxytocin?

Melatonin, hormones by this gland, controls our diurnal (daily) cycle?

Which hormones are produced by parathyroid gland?

The adrenal cortex produces hormones...

These hormones pass through the hypophyseal portal system to act on cells of the anterior pituitary gland?

This hormone stimulates the uterine contraction during birth and cause milk ejection in a lactating mother?

The function of this hormone is to stimulate growth, particularly long bones and muscle

This adrenal cortex hormone is involved in the regulation of salt and water balance

Hypersecretion of this hormone results in loss of calcium from bones, and softening and spontaneous fractures of the boness

Hypersecretion of ______ results in increased urinary output and dehydration

This gland produces calcitonin

Gland located on cranial cavity and produces hormone melatonin

Glucagon

This hormone is a major controller of blood calcium on a day-to-day basis

Tropic hormones from the anterior pituitary include

Connected by a stalk called the infundibulum, this region of the brain is intimately associated with the pituitary gland and its hormones

Axon potentials from hypothalamic neurons cause release of this hormone

Blood borne factors (ions, glucose, amino acids) cause release of all these hormones except _____

A. insulin

B. calcitonin

C. epinephrine

D. PTH

Diabetes insipidus, condition characterized by thirst and excessive urine output is caused by

Which cells of the pancreas produce insulin?

Grave's disease, characterized by high metabolic rate, weight loss, irregular heart rate, and protrusion of eyeballs is caused by ____

GH and PRL are produced by these anterior pituitary cells ___

Hyposecretion of insulin, or deficiency of insulin receptors leads to

These hormones are produced in the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex. They help the body resist long-term stressors

In addition to endocrine glands, some organs whose functions are primarily nonendocrine also produce hormones. These endocrine tissues include ___

Normally amount of plasma in whole blood is ____ than the amount of formed elements; plasma makes up approximately ___% of whole blood.

What is true about blood typing?

Most accurate way to assess oxygen-carrying capacity of blood is probably to measure ___

Hematocrit measures ___

This formed element is essential for blood clotting

Which white blood cells kill parasitic worms and play complex role in allergic responses and asthma?

Most abundant leukocytes (40-70%) of all white cells?

The total WBC count ranges from ___ to ___ /mm³ of blood

Granulocytes include ___

A normal RBC count ___

The most numerous blood cells are

This component of blood plasma includes molecules that are important for body defense, osmotic balance, and lipid transport

Platelets are cell fragments of large multinucleate cells called ___

Which of the following WBC are granulocytes?

This is the largest WBC. It lacks cytoplasmic granules and had a kidney-shaped nucleus?

You can recognize these WBC because they have a bilobed nucleus and red granules in the cytoplasm.

The final step in coagulation is the formation of ___

A person with type AB blood receives a transfusion of type O blood. Will there be a transfusion reaction? Why or why not?

A patient reports to the doctor that she bruises very easily, and when she cuts herself, she has a hard time stopping the bleeding. What test might a healthcare provider order to diagnose this problem?

Anti-B and anti-RH

A blood test reveals a large increase in the number of RBCs. One possible explanation may be is ____

A person who has symptoms of paleness and chronic fatigue is suspected of having anemia. To investigate further, it would be helpful to measure ___

Leukopenia ___

A person with B- blood receives O+ blood. This is the person's very first transfusion. Will there be a reaction? Why or why not?

The heart is located in a subdivision of the thorax called the ____

The pericardial sac that encloses the heart is a 2-layered structure. The outer layer is called the ___

The portion of the pericardium that covers the heart wall is called the ___

How many chambers make up the human heart?

The major pumping chambers of the heart are ____

The shapes and the thickness of the walls of the right ventricle compared to the left are ___

The mitral vlave is located between the

What is true of the semilunar valves?

What is true about heart valves?

Which side of the heart receives blood from the body and and pumps it to the lungs

Pulmonary veins carry ____ blood to the _____

The pulmonary trunk and arteries are color-coded ____ on models and in pictures because they carry ____ blood

Select the sequence that correctly describes blood through the heart

In the coronary circulation, oygen-rich blood is provided to the heart muscle by the ___

Cardiac muscle tissue ____

the largest artery in the body, the aorta, leaves the heart from the ____

Blood arriveing in the right atrium has just come from the ____

Blood has just been discharged into the pulmonary trunk: from which did it exit?

The atrioventricular (AV) heart valves open and close ______

The heart is called a double pump because ____

These vessels carry oxygen-rich blood

What is the name of the circuit that supplies blood to the brain, heart, and gastrointestinal tract?

Which artery supplies the anterior ventricular walls and laterodorsal part of the left side of the heart?

Which of the veins listed here drains directly into the right atrium?

The intercalated discs in cardiac muscle tissue ____

This structure is a remnant of a fetal vessel that connected the pulmonary trunk and the aorta

________ is/are found in the ventricles, and attach the flaps of the AV valves to papillary muscle

The _____ is/are a bundle of cardiac muscle fibers connecting the interventricular septum to anterior papillary muscles

Arteries and veins are constructed of ____ tunics

The tunica media consists of ___

The ___ artery carries blood from the subclavian to the brachial artery

In correct sequence from superior to inferior, the three single arteries that arise from the abdominal aorta are ___

The function of tunica externa is to _____

Two pairs of arteries supply the brain. They are ___

What is not true about the cerebral arterial circle (circle of Willis)?

The sublcavian artery that arises directly from the aorta supplies the ____

Bronchial arteries that supply oxygenated blood to the lungs and bronchi arise from the _____

The superior mesenteric artery supplies the ___

Which of the following vessels does not belong to the hepatic portal circulation?

The aorta terminates when it divides into the ____

These veins drain your brain

The ____ is a small vessel connecting the pulmonary trunk to the aorta in fetal circulation.

The right gastric artery branches off of the ____

The external iliac vein_____

The longest vein in the body, this superficial vein is located on the medial side of the lower limb

The ___ carry oxygen-rich blood between the lungs and the heart.

blood vessels that absorb strong pressure pulses contain more of this type of tissue

In a microscopic field showing an artery and its corresponding vein, you can easily distinguish the 2 because ___

This tunic is much thicker in a muscular artery than in its corresponding vein.

These thin-walled vessels are the only ones through which exchanges between the cells and the blood.

There are 2 brachiocephalic veins and ___ brachiocephalic artery (arteries)

These veins drain the thigh ___

This vein is the upper limb is often the site from which the blood is drawn.

Arteries that supply the intestines arise from the aorta. veins that drain the intestines

Having venous blood from the intestines flow through the liver before entering the systemic circulation has the following advantages:

the ____ vein runs between the cephalic and basilic veins on the anterior aspects of the elbow

in the fetus, which blood vessel(s) carries CO2 and metabolic wastes from the fetus to the placenta