ATI Teas 6 study guide 85 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

1. A white cell that is a part of the adaptive immune system. Secretes and produces antibodies - Bcells 2. What is the role of DNA and RNA in mitosis? - Cell growth and replication 3. What organ secretes insulin and glucagon into the bloodstream? - Pancreas 4. Which of the following steriod hormones is a mineralocorticoid? - Aldosterone 5. What best descrices a type of cell signaling known as paracrine signaling? - A hormone acts locally by diffusing from a source cell to nearby target cells 6. In what organs do meiosis occur? - reproductive organs: females (ovaries) males (testes) 7. Describe the principal function of the endocrine system. - Integration and regulation of growth and development 8. What is the interconnected tubes in protein production? - Rough ER 9. How does filtrate pass through the nephron? - Proximal tubule, loop of Henle, distal tubule and collecting duct 10. What part of the kidney is most important in performing the kidney's primary functions? - Renal medulla 11. What is the gap between two neurons called? - synaptic cleft 12. Which is correctly matched from the urinary structure to its function? - Renal vein- carries filtered blood away from kidneys 13. What kind of tissue is achilles tendon? - Fibrous tissue 14. What enzyme is released by the kidney to help regulate blood pressure? - Renin 15. What connects the bladder to the outside of the body? - Urethra 16. What process in which the nervous