Endocrine functioning Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

APHY 102 FINAL EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS Endocrine glands differ from exocrine glands in that endocrine glands - correct answer Secrete hormones directly into a body fluid What is a hormone - correct answer A chemical messenger, that affects the functioning of certain cells in the body Which of the following endocrine glands is also a major exocrine gland of the digestive system - correct answer Pancreas Find the false statement below, if any, about steroid hormones - corre...

Fluid pushed thru a semipermeable membrane - Answer-Ultrafiltration Known as solute drag, solute move w/ water across the semipermeable membrane. *kidneys remove waste this way* - Answer-Convection Movement of dissolved particles across a semipermeable membrane from *high* to *low* concentration - Answer-Diffusion Fluid move from *low* to *high* solute concentration - Answer-Osmosis 1) Fluid Balance (ultrafiltration) 2) Electrolyte balance (diffusion) 3) Acid/Base balance - Answer-...

TEST BANK ESSENTIALS OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (4TH EDITION BY PORTH) CONTENTS Chapter 01 - Cell Structure and Function .......................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 02 - Cellular Responses to Stress, Injury, and Aging .......................................................................................... 7 Chapter 03 - Inflammation, the Inflammatory Response, and Fever ..............................................

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Organization of life order - -atoms -molecules -cells -tissues -organ -organ system -organism Atoms - cannot be broken down (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen) Molecules - formed by atoms held together by chemical bonds cells - formed by molecules tissues - groups of similar cells organ - perform specialized functions organ system - group of organs that work together organism - functioning of organ systems Organ systems involved with obtaining and using nutrients for food - -diges...

Davita Final Exam 2024 Study Guide 7. Function of Bicarbonate: Maintains acid-base balance and help clean blood by functioning as the primary buffer in the body 8. How do we replace *excretory* functions?: Hemodialysis removes urea, salt, excess water from blood which normalizes electrolytes and metabolic acidosis 9. Hormones replaced by medications such as Epogen, Iron, Antihypertensive (ACE inhibitors), Phosphate binders, Vitamins D, Calcimetric agents: How we replace *endocrine*...

NCLEX: Endocrine DisordersPolydipsia, polyuria, and weight loss are signs of what endocrine disorder? - correct answer Hyperglycemia Metformin and glucophage would be prescribed for what endocrine disorder? - correct answer Hyperglycemia Weight gain, tiredness, and bradycardia are s/s of what endocrine disorder? - correct answer Hypothyroidism Irritability, jitters, palpitations, diaphoresis, and tachycardia are signs of what endocrine disorder? - correct answer Hypoglycemia Crohn's...

what did multicellularity lead to? - need for a highly coordinated system to regulate and integrate the physiological functioning of different cells within one organism mode of hormonal communication? - chemical signalling examples of types on triggers? - location, visual, language, sound, gesture visual trigger - circadian rhythms location trigger - sender to receiver language trigger - chemical signalling gesture trigger - social, stress, sex sound trigger - lactation what is the unit...

Test Bank Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology 5th EditionTable of Contents Chapter 1 Chemical neurotransmission ............................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 Transporters, Receptors, And Enzymes As Targets Of Psychopharmacological Drug Action 8 Chapter 3 Ion Channels as Targets Of Psychopharmacological Drug Action ..................................... 15 Chapter 4 Psychosis and schizophrenia ...........................................

Hormone(s) is/are produced by the ovaries? - Estrogen & progesterone . Part of the brain attaches to spinal cord? - Medulla oblongata . The esophagus is located in which body cavity? - thoracic . The olfactory nerves is associate in which sense? - Smell . The orthopedic surgeon informs you that you have broken the distal region of the humerus. What area is he describing? - Epiphsis . The pulse point located behind the knee is palpated over which artery? - Popliteal . What is the effect o...