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Clickers Bio 202

front 1

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

back 1

Adrenal

front 2

What causes the mental retardation for the condition Cretinism?

back 2

(lack of)Thyroid Hormone

front 3

What gland makes the growth hormone?

back 3

Pituitary

front 4

Hormones released from this gland include ADH and oxytocin?

back 4

Posterior Pituitary

front 5

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

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Pineal

front 6

Which hormones are produced by parathyroid gland?

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only PTH

front 7

The adrenal cortex produces hormones...

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aldosterone, cortisol, and androgens

front 8

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

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Releasing and Inhibiting hormones

front 9

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

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oxytocin

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

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Growth hormone

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

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aldosterone

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

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PTH

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Hypersecretion of ______ results in increased urinary output and dehydration

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ANP (atrial natriuretic peptide)

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This gland produces calcitonin

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Thyroid gland

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Gland located on cranial cavity and produces hormone melatonin

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Pineal gland

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Glucagon

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raises blood glucose

front 17

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

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PTH

front 18

Tropic hormones from the anterior pituitary include

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LH

FSH

ACTH

TSH

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

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Hypothalamus

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Axon potentials from hypothalamic neurons cause release of this hormone

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Oxytocin

front 21

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

A. insulin

B. calcitonin

C. epinephrine

D. PTH

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epinephrine

front 22

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

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hyposecretion of ADH

front 23

Which cells of the pancreas produce insulin?

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Beta cells

front 24

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

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hypersecretion of TH

front 25

GH and PRL are produced by these anterior pituitary cells ___

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Acidophil cells

front 26

Hyposecretion of insulin, or deficiency of insulin receptors leads to

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Diabetes Mellitus

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

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Glucocorticoids

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

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Heart and kidneys

front 29

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

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Greater; 55%

front 30

What is true about blood typing?

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AB contains antigens A and B

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

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Hemoglobin content

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Hematocrit measures ___

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volume of RBC in a blood sample

front 33

This formed element is essential for blood clotting

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platelets

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

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Eosinophils

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

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Neutrophils

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

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4,800 to 10,800 cells

front 37

Granulocytes include ___

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neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils

front 38

A normal RBC count ___

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4-6 million/mm3 of blood

front 39

The most numerous blood cells are

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RBCs

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

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Plasma proteins

front 41

Platelets are cell fragments of large multinucleate cells called ___

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Megakaryocytes

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Which of the following WBC are granulocytes?

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basophils and neutrophils

front 43

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

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Monocyte

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

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Eosinophil

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The final step in coagulation is the formation of ___

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Fibrin

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

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No. The recipient has no antibodies to antigens A and B and therefore can receive blood from a type O donor

front 47

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?

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Coagulation time

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Anti-B and anti-RH

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B+ type blood

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

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Polycythmia

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

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Hematocrit

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Leukopenia ___

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may indicate a disease such as cirrhoses of the liver or tuberculosis

front 52

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?

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No. The recipient has not antibodies to RH factor because this is the first transfusion.

front 53

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

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Mediastinum

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

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fibrous pericardium

front 55

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

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visceral layer (epicardium)

front 56

How many chambers make up the human heart?

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4

front 57

The major pumping chambers of the heart are ____

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both ventricles

front 58

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

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different; L ventricle is egg-shaped (round in the cross section) with thicker walls

front 59

The mitral vlave is located between the

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left atrium and left ventricle

front 60

What is true of the semilunar valves?

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They lie between ventricles and the large arteries that leave the ventricles on each side of the heart

front 61

What is true about heart valves?

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They enforce a one-way blood flow through the heart, operate passively (no active contraction required), and separate atria from ventricles, and ventricles from the large arteries that leave them.

front 62

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

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Right

front 63

Pulmonary veins carry ____ blood to the _____

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oxygenated; left atrium

front 64

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

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blue; oxygen-poor

front 65

Select the sequence that correctly describes blood through the heart

back 65

left atrium to left ventricle to body

front 66

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

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right and left coronary arteries

front 67

Cardiac muscle tissue ____

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is striated, like skeletal muscle tissue

front 68

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

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left ventricle

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

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venae cavae and coronary sinus

front 70

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

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right ventricle

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The atrioventricular (AV) heart valves open and close ______

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passively, depending on the pressure of the blood in the atria and ventricles

front 72

The heart is called a double pump because ____

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it is two separate side-by-side pumps serving different circulations

front 73

These vessels carry oxygen-rich blood

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aorta and pulmonary veins

front 74

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

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systemic circulation

front 75

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

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left coronary artery

front 76

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

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Great cardiac vein

front 77

The intercalated discs in cardiac muscle tissue ____

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mark the junction between the 2 cardiac cells

front 78

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

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ligamentum arteriosum

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

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chordae tendinae

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

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moderator band

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Arteries and veins are constructed of ____ tunics

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3

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The tunica media consists of ___

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smooth muscle and elastic fibers

front 83

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

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axillary

front 84

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

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celia trunk, superior mesenteric artery, inferior mesenteric artery

front 85

The function of tunica externa is to _____

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support and protect the vessel

front 86

Two pairs of arteries supply the brain. They are ___

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internal carotids and vertebral arteries

front 87

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

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Surrounds the brainstem

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

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left upper extremity and neck

front 89

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

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thoracic aorta

front 90

The superior mesenteric artery supplies the ___

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stomach and small intestine

front 91

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

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Gastroepiploic vein

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The aorta terminates when it divides into the ____

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common iliac arteries

front 93

These veins drain your brain

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internal jugular veins

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

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ductus arteriosus

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The right gastric artery branches off of the ____

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common hepatic artery

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The external iliac vein_____

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receives venous blood from lower extremities

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

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great saphenous

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

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pulmonary veins

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

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smooth muscle and elastic

front 100

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

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veins have thinner walls and are irregular in shape

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

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tunica media

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

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capillaries

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

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1

front 104

These veins drain the thigh ___

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femoral

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

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median cubital

front 106

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

back 106

ultimately drain into the hepatic portal vein

front 107

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

back 107

The liver can process products of digestion before blood circulates the whole body

front 108

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

back 108

median cubital

front 109

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

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umbilical vein