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Endocrine System
functions of endocrine system
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 3
12/26/2012

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LYMPH
Definition
FLUID IN THE INTERSITIAL SPACE WITHIN THE BODY
Term
LYMPHATICS
Definition
VESSELLS
Term
NODES
Definition
GLANDS WITHIN THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
Term
SKELETAL MUSCLE
Definition
CREATE CONTRACTIONS THAT PUSHES LYMPH THROUGH THE BODY VIA "MILKING ACTION"
Term
PLASMA=
Definition
WATER INSIDE THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
Term
LYMPH=
Definition
WATER OUTSIDE THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
Term
WHAT GETS COLLECTED BY LYMPH NODES TO BE DESTROYED BEFORE RETURNED TO THE HEAR
Definition
BACTERIA, VIRUSES, CANCER CELLS, CELL DEBRIS
Term
TONSILS ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT?
Definition
LYMPH NODES
Term
WHERE TO T CELLS MATURE?
Definition
THYMUS
Term
WHERE DO B CELLS MATURE?
Definition
RED BONE MARROW
Term
AFFERENT VESSELS?
Definition
VESSELS THAT COME INTO THE GLAND
Term
EFFERRENT VESSELS?
Definition
VESSELS THAT GO OUT OF THE GLAND
Term
VERY VASCULAR LYMPH SUPPLY THAT FILTERS OUT WORN OUT BLOOD CELS
Definition
SPLEEN
Term
MAJOR PLAYER IN IMMUNE AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEM?
Definition
SPLEEN
Term
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE SPLEEN?
Definition
PRODUCES WBC, PRODUCTION IN INTESTINES. ACTS AS BLOOD RESERVOIR, FORMS BLOOD CELLS IN FETUS.
Term
PRODUCES THYMOSIN (HORMONE) TO HELP MATURE WBS'S
Definition
THYMUS
Term
WHAT ARE THE FOUR STEPS IN THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE?
Definition
REDNESS, HEAT, SWELLING, PAIN
Term
PRODUCES ANTIBODIES PRESENT IN BODY FLUIDS (B CELLS)
Definition
HUMORAL IMMUNITY
Term
CELL MEDIATED IMMUNITY
Definition
CELLULAR IMMUNITY
Term
TARGETS VIRUS-INFECTED CELLS, CANCER CELLS, AND CELS OF FOREIGN GRAFTS.
Definition
CELLULAR IMMUNITY
Term
EXAMPLES OF ANTIGENS ARE?
Definition
FOREIGN PROTEINS (STRONGEST), NUCLEIC ACID, LARGE CARBS, SOME LIPIDS, POLLEN GRAINS, MICROORGANISMS
Term
WHAT ARE THE FOUR WAYS LYMPH RETURNS TO THE BODY?
Definition
VALVES, MILKING ACTION, SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS, PRESSURE CHANGES IN THE THORAX
Term
WHEN IS THE THYMUS GLAND MOST ACTIVE
Definition
DURING CHILDHOOD/ADOLESCENCE
Term
WHAT ARE 4 THING A FEVER DOES FOR YOU?
Definition
DENATURES PROTEINS, HELPS SPEED UP REPAIR PROCESS, INCREASES METABOLIC RATE OF OF TISSUE, STIMULATES LIVER/SPLEEN TO ABORB IRON/ZINC
Term
WHERE IS THE BODYS REGULATING THERMOSTAT LOCATED
Definition
HYPOTHALAMUS
Term
CHEMOTAXIS
Definition
The characteristic movement or orientation of an organism or cell along a chemical concentration gradient either toward or away from the chemical stimulus.
Term
DIAPEDISIS
Definition
THE MOVING IN AND OUT OF BLOOD VESSELS (WBC FOR EXAMPLE)
Term
WHAT IS THE MAIN FUNCTION OF THE SPLEEN
Definition
TO GET RID OF WORN OUT WBC'S
Term
WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE TONSILS
Definition
TRAP AND REMOVE BACTERIA BEFORE IT ENTERS BEYOND THE THROAT
Term
WHAT DO WE USE TO TREAT ALLERGIES?
Definition
ANTIHISTAMINES
Term
THE INFLAMMATORY PROCESS BEGINS WITH RELEASE OF CHEMICALS. WHAT DO THESE CHEMICALS DO TO OUR BODY?
Definition
1. CAUSES CAPILLARIES TO LEAK
2. ATTRACT PHAHOCYTES
3. DILATE BLOOD VESSELS
4. ACTIVATE PAIN RECEPTORS
Term
IMMUNOLOGY
Definition
The scientific study of the structure and function of the immune system
Term
THE FOUR BAD GUYS THAT LYMPHOCYTES ATTACK
Definition
1. BACTERIA
2. VIRUSES
3. CANCEROUS CELLS
4. FUNGI, FOREIGN BLOOD CELLS
Term
WHAT TYPE OF IMMUNITY DOES A FETUS RECIEVE FROM ITS MOTHER?
Definition
NATURALLY ACQUIRED PASSIVE IMMUNITY
Term
WHAT TYPE OF IMMUNITY DO YOU RECIEVE FROM VACCINES?
Definition
ARTIFICIALLY ACQUIRED ACTIVE IMMUNITY
Term
A LYMPHOCYTE THAT IS CAPABLE OF RESPONDING TO A SPECIFIC ANTIGEN BY BINDING TO IT IS SAID TO UNDERGO WHAT
?
Definition
IMMUNO-COMPETENT
Term
4 EXAMPLES OF AN ANTIGEN
Definition
1. POLLEN GRAINS
2. BACTERIA
3. FUNGI
4. VIRUSES
Term
A DISEASE WHEN THE BODY PRODUCES TOO MUCH THYROXINE?
Definition
GRAVES DISEASE
Term
WHAT PROVIDES FOR HUMORAL IMMUNITY?
Definition
B CELLS (ANTIBODIES)
Term
HOW MANY CHROMOSOMES ARE IN EACH SPERM/EGG
Definition
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Term
WHAT PRODUCES TESTOSTERONE?
Definition
INTERSITIAL CELLS OF TESTES
Term
WHERE DO SPERM MATURE
Definition
EPIDIDYMIS
Term
DURING A VASECTOMY, WHAT PART OF THE PENIS IS CUT?
Definition
VAS DEFERENS
Term
WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE TESTES?
Definition
TO PRODUCE SPERM
Term
WHAT IS THE NAME OF MALE GONADS?
Definition
TESTES
Term
WHAT IS THE NAME OF STEM CELLS OF SPERMATOGENESIS?
Definition
SPERMATOGONIA
Term
WHEN DOES SPERMATOGENESIS BEGIN?
Definition
DURING PUBERTY
Term
IF A MALE IS CIRCUMCISED, WHAT IS REMOVED??
Definition
FORESKIN (PREPUCE)
Term
WHERE DOES FERTILIZATION OCCUR?
Definition
FALLOPIAN TUBES
Term
THE RELEASE OF AN EGG IS REFERRED TO AS WHAT?
Definition
OVULATION
Term
HOW MANY (AVG) DAYS DOES OVULATION CONSIST OF?
Definition
28 DAYS
Term
DAYS 15-28 OF A MENSTRUAL CYCLE IS CALLED WHAT?
Definition
SECRETORY PHASE
Term
DURING OOGENESIS, THE OOGONIUM GIVES RISE TO WHAT STRUCTURE?
Definition
PRIMARY OOCYTES
Term
WHICH LAYER OF THE UTERUS SERVES AS A SITE OF IMPLANTATION?
Definition
ENDOMETRIUM
Term
FEMALES ARE BORN WITH HOW MANY EGGS?
Definition
2 MILLION (PRIMARY OOCYTE)
Term
WHAT TYPE OF CELLS GET FERTILIZED?
Definition
SECONDARY OOCYTE
Term
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE HORMONE THAT DEALS WITH OVULATION
Definition
LUETENIZING HORMONE
Term
MODIFIED TYPE OF SWEAT GLANDS (IN BOTH MALES AND FEMALES?
Definition
MAMMORY GLANDS
Term
THE TERM THAT IS FERTILIZATON TO WEEK 8 OF PREGNANCY
Definition
EMBRYO
Term
A FLUID FILLED SAC THAT SURROUNDS A FETUS
Definition
AMNIOTIC SAC
Term
THE PLACENTA DELIVERS NUTRIENTS AND GGASES DURING WHICH WEEK OF PREGNANCY
Definition
3RD WEEK
Term
WHAT IS THE NAME OF A FERTILIZED EGG?
Definition
ZYGOTE
Term
FOR SPERM TO FERTILIZE AN EGG, INTERCOURSE MUST OCCUR NO MORE THAN?
Definition
48 HOURS
Term
THE BEGINNING OF A MENSTRUAL CYCLE
Definition
MENSES
Term
THE ENDING OF A MENSTRUAL CYCLE
Definition
MENARCHE
Term
LABOR IS INITIATED BY PROSTAGLANDINS AND WHICH HORMONE?
Definition
OXYCTOCIN
Term
A TERM REFERRING TO FALSE CONTRACTIONS/FALSE LABOR
Definition
BRAXTON-HICKS
Term
WHAT INITIATES BRAXTON HICKS CONTRACTIONS
Definition
OXYTOCIN
Term
PARTURITION OCCURS HOW MANY DAYS AFTER A WOMANS LAST MENSTRUAL CYCLE
Definition
280 DAYS
Term
WHICH WEEK DOES THE DEVELOPING EMBRYO START TO LOOK LIKE A HIMAN
Definition
8 WEEKS
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