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The Cochlea - Answer: The receptor cells for hearing are located in the cochlea of the ear
The Cochlea of the Ear - Answer:
Optic Disc - Answer: The area of the eye where the optic nerve and vessels enter and exit
vallate papillae - Answer: An anatomical structure found on the tongue
The lens - Answer: Focuses light on the retina by changing shape to accommodate near or far objects
Photoreceptors - Answer: Rods and cones respond to light
chemorecptors - Answer: Olfactory receptors are chemoreceptors, which are proteins or protein
complexes detect volatile chemicals
the lens of the eye - Answer:
tympanic membrane (eardrum) - Answer:
olfactory bulb - Answer:
primary taste sensations - Answer: sweet, salty, bitter, umami
T3 (triiodothyronine) - Answer: secreted by the thyroid gland, main hormones produced by the thyroid
gland are thyroxine or tetraiodothyronine (T4), & Triiodothyronine (T3)
, sensory adaptation - Answer: tendency of sensory receptor cells to become less responsive to a stimulus
that is unchanging
Human Growth Hormone (HGH) - Answer: brain region controlling the pituitary gland, promotion of
bone growth is primary function of growth hormone in the body
Hypothalamus - Answer: homeostasis
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) - Answer: FSH is synthesized and secreted by the anterior pituitary
gland
Progesterone - Answer: to producing ova (eggs), the ovaries also produce progesterone
parathyroid glands - Answer: Parathyroid glands are important in the regulation of calcium, phosphorus
and magnesium levels in the blood and bones
infundibulum - Answer: the pituitary gland is connected to the hypothalamus via the infundibular stalk
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) - Answer: stimulates secretion from adrenal pituitary gland
Graves disease - Answer: an autoimmune disorder which primarily affects the thyroid gland
luteinizing hormone (LH) - Answer: secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates the gonads to
produce progesterone and/ or testosterone
hypophyseal portal system - Answer: Growth hormone- releasing hormone GHRH is transported to the
anterior pituitary gland via the hypophyseal portal system
Glucagon - Answer: a hormone that causes the breakdown of glycogen into glucose