BIO 109 Exam 3 Questions and Answers
(Solved Papers).
Where do hormones come from? - CORRECT ANSWERS endocrine glands
Where do hormones go? - CORRECT ANSWERS they travel to target cells containing specific
receptors
What is diabetes? - CORRECT ANSWERS a metabolic disease in which the body's inability to
produce any or enough insulin causes elevated levels of glucose in the blood.
What does parathyroid hormone do? - CORRECT ANSWERS increases blood calcium levels
What do the adrenal glands do? - CORRECT ANSWERS Produce adrenaline which is used to
prepare the body for fight or flight.
paracrine agents - CORRECT ANSWERS locally acting chemicals that affect cells other than
those that secrete them
autocrine agent - CORRECT ANSWERS A chemical messenger released into the interstitial fluid
that acts upon the very cell that secreted it
functions of the endocrine system - CORRECT ANSWERS -key player with nervous system in
maintaining homeotasis
a. water balance
b. uterine contractions and and milk release
c. growth, metabolism, and tissue maturattion
, d. ion regulation
e. heart rate and blood pressure regulation
f. blood glucose control
g. immune sytem regulation
h. reproductive functions control
What does the hypothalamus do? - CORRECT ANSWERS releases neurohormones that are
releasing hormones (increasing the secretion if a specific anterior pituitary hormone) or inhibiting
hormones (decreasing the recreation of a specific anterior pituitary hormone
characteristics of blood - CORRECT ANSWERS sticky, heavier than water, metallic, salty taste,
temp higher than body temp (b/c of friction)
Functions of blood - CORRECT ANSWERS transportation, regulation, protection
a transport of gasses, nutrients and waste products
b. transport of processed molecules
c. transport of regulatory molecules
d. regulation of pH and osmosis
e. maintenance of body temp
f. protection against foreign substances
g.. clot formation
how many times faster will CO (such as when you smoke) bind to hemoglobin than O2? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin at the same sites as oxygen, but
approximately 210 (-225) times more tightly.
different leukocytes (WBC's) and what do they do? - CORRECT ANSWERS -neutrophils.
(Solved Papers).
Where do hormones come from? - CORRECT ANSWERS endocrine glands
Where do hormones go? - CORRECT ANSWERS they travel to target cells containing specific
receptors
What is diabetes? - CORRECT ANSWERS a metabolic disease in which the body's inability to
produce any or enough insulin causes elevated levels of glucose in the blood.
What does parathyroid hormone do? - CORRECT ANSWERS increases blood calcium levels
What do the adrenal glands do? - CORRECT ANSWERS Produce adrenaline which is used to
prepare the body for fight or flight.
paracrine agents - CORRECT ANSWERS locally acting chemicals that affect cells other than
those that secrete them
autocrine agent - CORRECT ANSWERS A chemical messenger released into the interstitial fluid
that acts upon the very cell that secreted it
functions of the endocrine system - CORRECT ANSWERS -key player with nervous system in
maintaining homeotasis
a. water balance
b. uterine contractions and and milk release
c. growth, metabolism, and tissue maturattion
, d. ion regulation
e. heart rate and blood pressure regulation
f. blood glucose control
g. immune sytem regulation
h. reproductive functions control
What does the hypothalamus do? - CORRECT ANSWERS releases neurohormones that are
releasing hormones (increasing the secretion if a specific anterior pituitary hormone) or inhibiting
hormones (decreasing the recreation of a specific anterior pituitary hormone
characteristics of blood - CORRECT ANSWERS sticky, heavier than water, metallic, salty taste,
temp higher than body temp (b/c of friction)
Functions of blood - CORRECT ANSWERS transportation, regulation, protection
a transport of gasses, nutrients and waste products
b. transport of processed molecules
c. transport of regulatory molecules
d. regulation of pH and osmosis
e. maintenance of body temp
f. protection against foreign substances
g.. clot formation
how many times faster will CO (such as when you smoke) bind to hemoglobin than O2? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin at the same sites as oxygen, but
approximately 210 (-225) times more tightly.
different leukocytes (WBC's) and what do they do? - CORRECT ANSWERS -neutrophils.
