NU 110 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Hormones - Answers Endocrine glands
Sweat and oil - Answers Exocrine glands
Mucus membranes - Answers line cavities that open to the outside
Serous membranes - Answers line cavities inside the body
Visceral membrane - Answers lines the organ
Parietal membrane - Answers surrounds the cavity
Regeneration - Answers replacement of tissue by cells that undergo mitosis
Fibrous tissue - Answers scar tissue, does not function like it did
Fibrocartilage - Answers the strongest cartilage and found in the vertebral discs
Stratum germinativum - Answers new skin growing and pushing the rest up
Stratum corneum - Answers top layer of dead skin, with Keratin
Dermis - Answers Connective tissue, nerves, and glands
Sebaceous gland - Answers oil gland
Subcutaneous/hypodermis - Answers Adipose tissue and blood vessels
Melanin - Answers causes skin to darken
Carotene - Answers causes skin to appear yellow
Cyanosis - Answers low blood oxygen content
Ischemia - Answers event that blocks a vessel
Bilirubin - Answers break down product of RBC (jaundice) *liver
nails - Answers thin plates of stratified squamous epithelial cells contain a hard form of keratin
Sebum - Answers sebaceous glands secrete _____
vernix caseosa - Answers in fetus, sebaceous glands secrete _____ (baby cheese)
Apocrine glands - Answers associated with hair follicle, under arm, genitalia, STRONG odor
Eccrine glands - Answers play crucial role in temperature regulation
modified sweat glands - Answers mammary glands, ceruminous glands (ear wax)
heat production - Answers from metabolizing cells, most from muscles and liver
radiation - Answers heat lost from warm person to cooler air surrounding
conduction - Answers loss of heat from warm body to a cooler object in contact with warm body
convection - Answers loss of heat from air current moving over skin
evaporation - Answers sweat evaporates and cools skin
Hypothalamus - Answers _____ controls body temperature, communicates with blood vessels
Vasodilation - Answers blood vessels larger in diameter, increased temperature: flushed, sweat
Vasoconstriction - Answers blood vessels smaller in diameter, decreased temperature: heat trapped
in deeper tissues, no sweat, shivering
Rule of 9's - Answers to show percentage of body affected on burn victim
temperature regulation, fluid loss (dehydration) - Answers Immediate critical issues of a burn
functions of the Digestive system - Answers ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination
Carbs and Lipids - Answers Salivary enzymes help break down ____ and ____
Esophagus - Answers connects the pharynx to the stomach
stomach - Answers protein digestion
Gastrin - Answers hormones in the stomach
absorption - Answers mostly ____ occurs in the duodenum (small intestine)
blood vessels - Answers carbs and proteins are absorbed into the ______
fats - Answers _____ are absorbed into the lymphatic system
Large intestine or Colon - Answers absorption of water and electrolytes
Liver - Answers production and secretion of bile, detoxifies harmfull molecules
Biliary tree - Answers composed of the bile ducts that connect the liver, gallbladder, and duodenum
cystic- - Answers gallbladder
hepatic- - Answers liver
Gallbladder - Answers stores and concentrate bile
Cholecystokinin - Answers gallbladder contracts and releases bile in response to _____
Pancreas - Answers secretes the most important digestive enzymes for carbs and proteins
BMR - Answers amount of calories that your body needs to perform on a daily basis
water soluble vitamins - Answers vitamins B and C
fat soluble vitamins - Answers Vitamins A, D, E, and K
Hormones - Answers Endocrine glands
Sweat and oil - Answers Exocrine glands
Mucus membranes - Answers line cavities that open to the outside
Serous membranes - Answers line cavities inside the body
Visceral membrane - Answers lines the organ
Parietal membrane - Answers surrounds the cavity
Regeneration - Answers replacement of tissue by cells that undergo mitosis
Fibrous tissue - Answers scar tissue, does not function like it did
Fibrocartilage - Answers the strongest cartilage and found in the vertebral discs
Stratum germinativum - Answers new skin growing and pushing the rest up
Stratum corneum - Answers top layer of dead skin, with Keratin
Dermis - Answers Connective tissue, nerves, and glands
Sebaceous gland - Answers oil gland
Subcutaneous/hypodermis - Answers Adipose tissue and blood vessels
Melanin - Answers causes skin to darken
Carotene - Answers causes skin to appear yellow
Cyanosis - Answers low blood oxygen content
Ischemia - Answers event that blocks a vessel
Bilirubin - Answers break down product of RBC (jaundice) *liver
nails - Answers thin plates of stratified squamous epithelial cells contain a hard form of keratin
Sebum - Answers sebaceous glands secrete _____
vernix caseosa - Answers in fetus, sebaceous glands secrete _____ (baby cheese)
Apocrine glands - Answers associated with hair follicle, under arm, genitalia, STRONG odor
Eccrine glands - Answers play crucial role in temperature regulation
modified sweat glands - Answers mammary glands, ceruminous glands (ear wax)
heat production - Answers from metabolizing cells, most from muscles and liver
radiation - Answers heat lost from warm person to cooler air surrounding
conduction - Answers loss of heat from warm body to a cooler object in contact with warm body
convection - Answers loss of heat from air current moving over skin
evaporation - Answers sweat evaporates and cools skin
Hypothalamus - Answers _____ controls body temperature, communicates with blood vessels
Vasodilation - Answers blood vessels larger in diameter, increased temperature: flushed, sweat
Vasoconstriction - Answers blood vessels smaller in diameter, decreased temperature: heat trapped
in deeper tissues, no sweat, shivering
Rule of 9's - Answers to show percentage of body affected on burn victim
temperature regulation, fluid loss (dehydration) - Answers Immediate critical issues of a burn
functions of the Digestive system - Answers ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination
Carbs and Lipids - Answers Salivary enzymes help break down ____ and ____
Esophagus - Answers connects the pharynx to the stomach
stomach - Answers protein digestion
Gastrin - Answers hormones in the stomach
absorption - Answers mostly ____ occurs in the duodenum (small intestine)
blood vessels - Answers carbs and proteins are absorbed into the ______
fats - Answers _____ are absorbed into the lymphatic system
Large intestine or Colon - Answers absorption of water and electrolytes
Liver - Answers production and secretion of bile, detoxifies harmfull molecules
Biliary tree - Answers composed of the bile ducts that connect the liver, gallbladder, and duodenum
cystic- - Answers gallbladder
hepatic- - Answers liver
Gallbladder - Answers stores and concentrate bile
Cholecystokinin - Answers gallbladder contracts and releases bile in response to _____
Pancreas - Answers secretes the most important digestive enzymes for carbs and proteins
BMR - Answers amount of calories that your body needs to perform on a daily basis
water soluble vitamins - Answers vitamins B and C
fat soluble vitamins - Answers Vitamins A, D, E, and K
