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_______ are thicker chambers of the heart, which are sometimes called discharging chambers. -
Answer -Ventricles
________ cells produce antibodies. - Answer -B-cells
________ is an ovarian hormone that reaches its highest concentration in the proliferative phase. -
Answer -Estrogen
_________ ________ are the receptors that inhibit the inspiratory center that keeps the lungs from over-
expanding. - Answer -Stretch receptors
__________ cells develop in the Thymus gland. - Answer -T-cells, or T Lymphocytes
__________ is a pituitary hormone that can be called the ovulating hormone. - Answer -LH,
Luteinizing Hormone
__________ is a step in carbohydrate metabolism that does require oxygen. - Answer -Citric acid
cycle
__________ is glucose anabolism. - Answer -Glycogenisis
__________ is the part of the cell in which the citric acid cycle takes place - Answer -mitochondria
___________ are amino acids needed by the body, but they can be made from other amino acids if they
are not supplied in the diet. - Answer -Nonessential
___________ are the receptors that modify respiratory rates by responding to the amount of carbon
dioxide, oxygen, or acid levels in the blood. - Answer -Chemoreceptors
___________ is a pituitary hormone that stimulates the formation of an egg follicle. - Answer -
FSH, Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
___________ is a step in carbohydrate metabolism that does not require oxygen. - Answer -
Glycolysis
___________ kills invading cells by drilling holes in their plasma membrane, which disrupts the sodium
and water balance. - Answer -Compliment fixation
,____________ is made in both the salivary gland and the Pancreas and digests starch. - Answer -
Amylase
____________ is the effect bile has on fat droplets. - Answer -Emulsification
____________ is the term used to describe all the chemical processes that build food molecules into
larger compounds. - Answer -Anabolism
_____________ is the process used by the body as its second choice of energy metabolism. People with
diabetes frequently must use this process. - Answer -Fat Metabolism
_____________ is the term used to describe all the chemical processes that release energy from food. -
Answer -Catabolism
"Breathing" is another name for:
a. pulmonary ventilation
b. cellular respiration - Answer -a. pulmonary ventilation
A _________ is an unneeded clot that stays in the place where it was found. - Answer -Thrombus
A ___________ is a substance made by the lungs to help reduce the surface tension of water in the
alveoli. - Answer -surfactant
A bladder infection:
a. pyelonephritis
b. cystitis
c. incontinence
d. prostatitis - Answer -b. cystitis
A condition called __________ _________ can develop if an Rh-negative mother produces antibodies
against and Rh-positive fetus. - Answer -Erythroblastosis Fetalis
A decrease in white blood cells is referred to as:
a. polycythemia
b. leukemia
c. leukopenia
d. anemia
e. leukocytosis - Answer -c. leukopenia
A deficiency of this vitamin could lead to skeletal deformities:
a. vitamin K
, b. vitamin E
c. vitamin D
d. vitamin A
e. vitamin C - Answer -c. vitamin D
A deficiency of this vitamin may lead to night blindness:
a. vitamin K
b. vitamin E
c. vitamin B
d. vitamin A
e. vitamin C - Answer -d. vitamin A
A diseased caused by Rh incompatibility:
a. Sickle cell anemia
b. Erythroblastosis Fetalis
c. Iron deficiency anemia
d. Leukemia
e. Leukocytosis - Answer -b. Erythroblastosis Fetalis
A foreign substance that can cause the body to produce an antibody:
a. Antigen
b. Immunoglobulin
c. Albumin
d. Collagen - Answer -a. Antigen
A life-threatening hypersensitivity reaction of the immune system:
a. hives
b. anaphylactic shock
c. tonsillitis
d. appendicitis
e. allergy - Answer -b. anaphylactic shock
A macrophage is a type of: