APHY 102 Midterm Latest Update with Verified Solutions

APHY 102 Midterm Latest Update with Verified Solutions Addison's disease occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough of the hormones cortisol or aldosterone Adrenal androgens (adrenal cortex) supplement the sex hormones from the gonads; converted to estrogen in females, stimulated by anterior pituitary gland adrenal cortex hormones aldosterone, cortisol, androgens adrenal medulla hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine Adrenocorticotropic hormone (anterior pituitary) Stimulates adrenal cortex to secrete glucocorticoids and cortisol, stimulated by CRH Agranulocytes lymphocytes and monocytes Aldosterone (adrenal cortex) regulates electrolytes (sodium and potassium) in kidneys, plasma K and Na allograft use of tissue from another person anterior pituitary hormones growth, prolactin, thyroid-stimulating, adrenocorticotropic, follicle-stimulating, leutinizing antidiuretic hormone (posterior pituitary) promotes retention of water by kidneys, hypothalamus antigen vs antibody Antigen: the foreign invader Antibody: what our body makes in response to the invader Arrythmias include fibrillaton, tachycardia, bradycardia, and atrial flutter At any given moment, where can blood be found in the body? veins atria in diastole, ventricles in systole ventricles contract, pushing blood into aorta Atrial Flutter irregular beating of the atria atrial natriuretic peptide (heart) helps to lower blood volume and decrease blood pressure by increasing excretion of sodium and water atrial systole and ventricular diastole atria contract, pushing blood into the ventricles autograft skin graft from a person's own body autoimmune disease a disease in which the immune system attacks the organism's own cells B cells Cells manufactured in the bone marrow that create antibodies for isolating and destroying invading bacteria and viruses.