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APHY 102 Ivy Tech Final review
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Endocrine glands
Ans: Ductless glands that empty their hormonal products directly into the
blood
Anterior Pituitary gland
Ans: Produces the most hormones
Acromegaly is caused by the of the hormone during
adulthood
Ans: Hyper secretion, Growth hormone
Amino acid based hormones
Ans: most common type of hormone
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Thyroid hormone
Ans: controls the bodies metabolic rate by regulating oxygen
consumption and heat production in the body cells
pineal gland
Ans: secretes melatonin
insulin
Ans: lowers blood glucose levels
hypothalamus
Ans: Produces 4 releasing hormones and 2 inhibiting that act on the
pituitary gland
What is required to produce T3-T4
Ans: iodine
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The parathyroid hormone
Ans: increases blood calcium levels
What male structure is homologous to the labia majora
Ans: scrotum
when the temperature is cold the contracts causing the skin
of the scrotum to wrinkle
Ans: dartos muscle
Function is to produce testosterone
Ans: interstitial leydig cells
bulbo-urethral gland
Ans: produces a thick clear mucus
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where do sperm travel after the vas deferens
Ans: ejaculatory duct
the uterus is anchored to the anterior body wall by
Ans: round ligament
ovulation is stimulated by
Ans: luteinizing hormone
fertilization usually occurs in the
Ans: uterine tube
cryptorchidism
Ans: undescended testicles
which structure gives rise to the ovum
APHY 102 Ivy Tech Final review
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
Endocrine glands
Ans: Ductless glands that empty their hormonal products directly into the
blood
Anterior Pituitary gland
Ans: Produces the most hormones
Acromegaly is caused by the of the hormone during
adulthood
Ans: Hyper secretion, Growth hormone
Amino acid based hormones
Ans: most common type of hormone
,2|Page
Thyroid hormone
Ans: controls the bodies metabolic rate by regulating oxygen
consumption and heat production in the body cells
pineal gland
Ans: secretes melatonin
insulin
Ans: lowers blood glucose levels
hypothalamus
Ans: Produces 4 releasing hormones and 2 inhibiting that act on the
pituitary gland
What is required to produce T3-T4
Ans: iodine
,3|Page
The parathyroid hormone
Ans: increases blood calcium levels
What male structure is homologous to the labia majora
Ans: scrotum
when the temperature is cold the contracts causing the skin
of the scrotum to wrinkle
Ans: dartos muscle
Function is to produce testosterone
Ans: interstitial leydig cells
bulbo-urethral gland
Ans: produces a thick clear mucus
, 4|Page
where do sperm travel after the vas deferens
Ans: ejaculatory duct
the uterus is anchored to the anterior body wall by
Ans: round ligament
ovulation is stimulated by
Ans: luteinizing hormone
fertilization usually occurs in the
Ans: uterine tube
cryptorchidism
Ans: undescended testicles
which structure gives rise to the ovum
