Structure and Function of the Body 16th Edition Guías de estudio, Notas de estudios & Resúmenes

exocrine glands correct answers gland that releases its secretions through tubelike structures called ducts endocrine glands correct answers Ductless glands that empty their hormonal products directly into the blood Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) correct answers stimulates secretion from thyroid gland - anterior pituitary Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) correct answers stimulates secretion from adrenal cortex hormones - anterior pituitary Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) corr...

What does the reproductive system of each parent that produces the sex or reproductive cells called? correct answers Gametes What are the gametes of the female and male? correct answers Female: Ovum Male: Sperm What are the ESSENTIAL ORGANS of reproduction for the men and woman? correct answers Gonads Which is the gonad of the male? correct answers Testes What does the testes produce? correct answers Sperm (Spermatoza)/Testosterone What are the male/female accessory organs of r...

Blood plasma correct answers Blood minus its cells What is blood made of correct answers Fluid tissue with many chemicals dissolved in it What does blood do? correct answers Transportation and protection against foreign invaders What is the difference between plasma and serum correct answers Similar but serum excludes clotting factors What are the granular white blood cells correct answers Neuroptophils, eosinophils, basophils What are the agranular white blood cells correct answe...

Respiratory system - functionscorrect answers 1. air distributor 2. gas exchanger 3. filters, warms and humidifies air we breathe olfactioncorrect answers sense of smell Respiratory system - organscorrect answers 1. nose 2. pharynx 3. larynx 4. trachea 5. bronchi 6. lungs alveolicorrect answers extremely tiny, thin walled sacs small cavity distribute air close enough to blood for a gas exchange between air and blood hypoxiacorrect answers insufficient oxygen supply to tissue...

A 3-dimensional visual of the respiratory system would be similar to an correct answers inverted tree if it were hollow Branches would be the correct answers bronchi Leaves of the tree would be correct answers comparable to alveoli, with the microscopic sacs enclosed by networks of capillaries The passive transport process of diffusion is responsible for correct answers the exchange of gases that occurs during respiration The respiratory tract is divided into correct answers upper an...

Rotation correct answers Shaking your head "no" atrophy correct answers Muscle shrinkage addiction correct answers Toward the body's midline Antagonist correct answers Produces movement opposite to prime movers extension correct answers Movement that makes joint angles larger bursa correct answers Small, fluid-filled sac between a tendon and a bone hypertrophy correct answers increase in size Abduction correct answers away from the body's midline Pronation correct ans...

How many bones are in the adult skeleton? Infant? correct answers Adult 206 Infant Approx 305 How many divisions does the human body have? What bones do they consist of? correct answers Appendicular- Extremities, pelvis and scapula Axial- Head, Neck, and trunk Where is the smallest bone in the adult skeleton? correct answers Ear What is the largest bone in the adult skeleton? correct answers Femur (leg) What 2 bone structures could break with a left hook to the jaw? correct answe...

Levels of Chemical Organization correct answers 1. Matter 2. Atom 3. Elements 4. Molecules 5. Compounds Atoms correct answers Basic units of matter Subatomic Particles of Atoms correct answers 1. Protons 2. Electrons 3. Neutrons Nucleus correct answers Central core of an atom composed of positively charged protons and uncharged neutrons Proton correct answers Positively charged particles in nucleus Neutron correct answers Uncharged particle in nucleus Atomic Number correc...

Plasma correct answers The liquid (extracellular) part of blood; blood minus its formed elements Formed Elements correct answers The many different types of cells and cell fragments that make up the blood: RBCs, WBCs, and thrombocytes (platelets) 4 to 6 liters; 7% to 9% total body weight correct answers Amount of blood in an adult human body Between 7.35 and 7.45 (alkaline) correct answers Blood pH Acidosis correct answers When the alkalinity of blood decreases toward a neutral pH ...

Chemistry of living things correct answers biochemistry anything that occupies space and has mass correct answers matter smallest unit of matter correct answers atom particles of matter that are composed of one or more atoms correct answers molecules protons, neutrons, electrons correct answers subatomic particles core of each atom; composed of positively charge protons and uncharged neutrons correct answers nucleus number of protons in the nucleus of an atom correct answers at...