BIOL 2402 Exam #1 Review Questions With 100% Correct Answers.

Which hormone is detected in the urine in most common pregnancy tests? - CORRECT ANSWER-hCG (Human chorinic gonadotropin) Know the substances that are excreted from the hepatopancreatic ampulla - CORRECT ANSWER-Common bile duct and pancreatic duct For a person living at sea level vacations in the rocky Mountains, what hematic parameter would you expect to happen? - CORRECT ANSWER-Increase in their red blood cell count Which cardiac chamber has the thickest wall and forms the apex of the heart? - CORRECT ANSWER-Left Ventricle Which leukocytes are most common phagocytes and first ones to reach the site of injury? - CORRECT ANSWER-Neutrophils Which hormone would increase in blood as a result of stretching the cervix during labor? - CORRECT ANSWER-Oxytocin (OT) Destruction of the beta cells of the pancreas results in what metabolic disorders that is characterized by hyperglycemia, polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia? - CORRECT ANSWER-Diabetes mellitus Know the correct sequence of major blood vessels going from the heart to the right arm - CORRECT ANSWER-Heart, Left ventricle, Aorta, Aortic arch, Brachiocephalic, Right subclavian, axillary, brachial, radial, ulnar, palmer Lymphocytes that directly destroy foreign cells or virus- infected cells are ___________ cells - CORRECT ANSWER-Cytotoxic T Know the characteristics of steroid hormones - CORRECT ANSWER--Derived from cholesterol -lipids, require protein transport molecule to get through the blood -usually acts at the transcription level -Bind to receptors in target cell, influence cell activity by acting on DNA, EXAMPLE: estrogen, testosterone Examples of agranular leukocyte? - CORRECT ANSWER-Lymphocytes, monocytesWhat is foramen ovalis? - CORRECT ANSWER-Is a small hole located in the atrial septum that is used during fetal circulation to speed up the travel of blood through the heart. Know the functions of blood - CORRECT ANSWER-Transports: to and from tissue cells Location of the hypothalamus and hypophysis - CORRECT ANSWER-The hypothalamus is located below the thalamus, just above the brainstem -Pituitary gland (hypophysis) sits in the sella turcica ( a bony hollow in the base of the skull, underneath the brain and behind the bridge of the nose.