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Zoology Lab #3
Lab Test #3 (Circulatory - Genetics)
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
12/02/2011

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Term
Renal Cortex
Definition
Term: The outer part of the kidney.
Term
Renal Medulla
Definition
Term: The inner part of the kidney.
Term
Renal Artery
Definition
Blood enters the kidney through what?
Term
1. Allows animals to grow larger than a few millimeters (simple diffusion only works across small areas)
2. Distributes heat throughout body
3. Transports hormones
4. Helps maintain constant internal environment
5. Defends body against disease organisms
Definition
What are the five most important functions of the circulatory system?
Term
The left ventricle pumps blood to the body, while the right only pumps to the lungs. The left is doing more work and has therefore developed more muscle.
Definition
Why does the left ventricle contain more muscular walls than the right ventricle?
Term
Arteries
Definition
Term: Blood vessels that take blood away from heart.
Term
Hypophysis
Definition
Term: Pituitary Gland
Term
Nervous System
Endocrine System
Definition
What are the two main coordinating systems found in animals?
Term
The (slower than nuerons) chemical messengers
Definition
What does the endocrine system use to conduct information?
Term
Sensory (afferent) nuerons
Definition
What cells make up the nervous system?
Term
Hypophysis
Definition
Term: Pituitary Gland
Term
Nervous System
Endocrine System
Definition
What are the two main coordinating systems found in animals?
Term
The (slower than nuerons) chemical messengers
Definition
What does the endocrine system use to conduct information?
Term
Sensory (afferent) nuerons
Definition
What cells make up the nervous system?
Term
Sensory receptors
Definition
What receives the information the sensory (afferent) neurons then carry?
Term
Afferent Neurons
Definition
Term: Sensory Neurons
Term
Efferent neuron
Definition
Term: Motor neuron
Term
Sensory receptors in the CNS receive information, send it through sensory neurons -> CNS -> motor neuron -> effector
Definition
Describe the path information takes throughout the nervous system.
Term
Interneurons
Definition
Term: Nerve cells that lie in the CNS between the input and output neurons (sensory and motor, respectively)
Term
Neural Tube
Definition
Term: Starting stage of nervous system embryonic development.
Term
Brain
Spinal Cord
Definition
What are the two sections of the CNS?
Term
Forebrain
Midbrain
Hindbrain
Definition
What are the three parts the brain is made of?
Term
Prosencephalon
Definition
What overall embryonic tissue derives the forebrain?
Term
Telencephalon
Diencephalon
Definition
What two embryonic tissues derive the parts of the forebrain?
Term
Olfactory lobes
Cerebral hemispheres
Definition
What does the embryonic telencephalon form?
Term
Pineal Gland
Epithalamus
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Pituitary Gland
Definition
What does the embryonic Diencephalon form?
Term
Mesencephalon
Definition
What embryonic tissue makes up the midbrain?
Term
Roof (4 bodies that serve as relay centers)
Floor (2 diverging stalks [bundles of fibers] to cerebrum)
Definition
What does the midbrain consist of?
Term
Rhombencephalon
Definition
What embryonic tissue derives the Hindbrain overall?
Term
Metencephalon
Myelencephalon
Definition
What two embryonic tissues make up the Hindbrain's parts?
Term
Cerebellum
Pons
Definition
What does the Metencephalon form?
Term
Medulla Oblongata
Definition
What does the Myelencephalon form?
Term
Spinal nerves (sensory and motor)
Cranial nerves
Autonomic Nervous System
Definition
What are the three parts of the Peripheral Nervous System?
Term
Central Nervous System
Peripheral Nervous System
Definition
What are the two parts of the nervous system?
Term
Via dorsal and ventral roots
Definition
How do spinal nerves (motor and sensory) attach to the spinal cord?
Term
Send information from sense organs to spinal cord
Definition
What is the function of afferent neurons?
Term
Send information from spinal cord to skeletal muscle
Definition
What is the function of efferent neurons?
Term
Sensory and motor fibers are not necessarily found in each nerve;
Not attached by dorsal and ventral roots
Definition
How are cranial nerves different from spinal nerves?
Term
Autonomic Nervous System
Definition
Term: System that contains only efferent fibers; innervates smooth muscle, heart, and glands
Term
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
Definition
What are the two parts of the Autonomic Nervous System?
Term
Sympathetic - Thoracolumbar
Parasympathetic - Craniosacral
Definition
In what regions do the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems emerge?
Term
Sympathetic trunk;
Sympathetic ganglia
Definition
What is the small whitish band on the dorsal side of the chest wall, and what are the enlargements at each rib?
Term
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Definition
What is the fluid within the spinal cord called?
Term
Involuntary Structures such as smooth and cardiac muscle, as well as glands
Definition
What does the autonomic nervous system innervate?
Term
Capillaries
Definition
Term: Minute, thin-walled vessels in tissues where exchanges of water, nutrients, gases, and waste products between the blood and interstitial fluid takes place.
Term
Veins
Definition
Term: Drain capillary beds; takes blood back to heart.
Term
Lymphatic Vessels
Definition
Term: Carries surplus interstitial fluid and a few smaller protein molecules that seep out of capillaries to larger veins.
Term
Lymph nodes
Definition
Term: Sites for production and storage of certain white blood cells (lymphocytes)
Term
Right atrium
Definition
Oxygen depleted/carbon dioxide-enriched blood is returned from two vena cavae to what?
Term
Head, neck, and arms
Definition
What does the Cranial Vena Cava drain?
Term
Caudal parts and internal organs of the body
Definition
What does the Caudal Vena Cava drain?
Term
Hepatic Portal Vein
Definition
Term: Brings nutrient rich blood from the small intestine to the liver.
Term
Hepatic veins
Definition
Blood is drained from the liver through ___ ___ into the caudal vena cava.
Term
Left atrium
Definition
Oxygen-rich blood travels from the lungs to what?
Term
Pulmonary veins
Definition
What blood vessels bring oxygen rich blood back to the heart?
Term
This pressure closes the atrioventricular valves (Tricuspid and Bicuspid) and blood is forced out the two large arteries leaving the heart.
Definition
What happens when pressure is increased by the muscular ventricle walls contracting?
Term
Tricuspid
Bicuspid
Definition
What are the two atrioventricular valves?
Term
Pulmonary trunk;
2 pulmonary arteries
Definition
What major artery leaves the right ventricle, and what does it branch into?
Term
Aorta
Definition
What major artery leaves the left ventricle?
Term
False
Definition
True/False: Blood flowing through the heart suffices the heart muscle's need for oxygen.
Term
Coronary arteries;
Cardiac veins
Definition
What arteries break off the aorta and provide oxygen rich blood to the heart's muscles? What takes the oxygen depleted blood away from the heart?
Term
Right atrium
Left atrium
Right ventricle
Left ventricle
Definition
What are the four parts of the heart?
Term
Auricle
Definition
Each atrium have an ear shaped, dark-colored ___.
Term
Before - Ductus Arteriosis
After - Ligamentum Arteriosum

Before - Foramen Ovale
After - Fossa Ovalis
Definition
There are two differences in the circulatory system in fetal and post-birth pigs. What are these differences called before and after they are born?
Term
Ductus Arteriosus
Definition
Term: Branch in the fetus that connects the pulmonary trunk to the aorta.
Term
Ligamentum Arteriosum
Definition
Term: Ligament left over once the Ductus Arteriosus closes off at birth.
Term
Because the fetus doesn't use its lungs, the blood bypasses the lungs straight into the aorta.
Definition
Why is the ductus arteriosus needed in the fetus but not after birth?
Term
Because blood does not need to reach the lung, most of the blood passes from the right atrium to the left atrium.
Definition
Why is the Foramen Ovale needed in the fetus, but not after birth?
Term
Left Azygous vein
Definition
Term: Vein that receives most of the drainage from the thoracic wall.
Term
Superficial
Definition
Veins in the neck lie ____ to the arteries.
[Hint: Position]
Term
Veins have thinner walls and flattened cross sections.
Arteries have thicker walls and rounded cross section.
Definition
What is the difference in veins and arteries without relying on color?
Term
External Jugular Veins
Definition
Term: Blood vessels in the neck that drain the blood of the head near the lateral sides of the pig.
Term
Internal Jugular Veins
Definition
Term: Blood vessels that lie medially in the body in the neck and drain part of the blood of the inside of the skull.
Term
Subclavian Vein
Definition
Term: Vein leaving the armpit that unites eventually with the jugular veins.
Term
Braciocephalic vein
Definition
Term: Vein that unites with the jugular and subclavian veins.
Term
They turn very deeply and unite with each other to form the cranial vena cava.
Definition
Where do the brachiocephalic veins lead to and form?
Term
Brachiocephalic Trunk
Left subclavian artery
Definition
The arch of the aorta gives off two what very important blood vessels?
Term
Right subclavian artery
Common Carotid arteries
Definition
What are the important blood vessels that the brachiocephalic trunk give off?
Term
External carotid artery
Internal carotid artery
Definition
Term: The common carotid arteries break off into what two arteries?
Term
Vagus nerve
Definition
Term: Part of the autonomic nervous system in between common carotid artery and internal jugular vein.
Term
Stimulates digestion
Definition
What is the function of the vagus nerve?
Term
Receives the ductus arteriosus and gives rise to many pairs of intercostal arteries.
Definition
What happens to the aorta once it begins to descend along the dorsal thoracic wall?
Term
Intercostal Arteries
Definition
Term: Blood vessels that extend between the ribs, providing them with oxygen-rich blood?
Term
Intercostal veins;
Left Azygous vein
Definition
Which blood vessels drain the region between the ribs, and what do these blood vessels form together into?
Term
Coronary Sinus
Definition
Once the left azygous vein crosses the heart, it widens and forms the ___.
Term
Hepatic Portal System
Definition
Term: Group of veins that drain the digestive organs and spleen and carry blood to the liver.
Term
Portal System
Definition
Term: Veins that lead from capillaries in one organ to capillaries in another organ rather than directly to the heart.
Term
Hepatic Portal Vein
Definition
Term: Blood vessel that brings nutrient rich blood from the small intestine into the liver.
Term
Umbilical Vein
Definition
Term: Blood vessel that returns blood from the placenta.
Term
Retroperitoneal
Definition
Term: Position in body where organs or blood vessels in question lie deep to the peritoneum.
Term
Aorta
Caudal Vena Cava
Kidneys
Definition
Give an example of a structure in the body which can be described as retroperitoneal.
Term
Adrenal Gland
Definition
Small structure on cranial end of kidney which produces several hormones.
Term
Epinephrine
Definition
What important hormone is produced by the adrenal gland that is used in fight or flight reactions?
Term
Coeliac Artery
Definition
Term: Blood vessel that provides oxygen-rich blood to the diaphragm.
Term
Cranial Mesenteric Artery
Definition
Term: Blood vessel that supplies the small intestine with oxygen-rich blood.
Term
Renal artery
Definition
Term: Blood vessel that supplies the kidney with oxygen-rich blood.
Term
Renal vein
Definition
Term: Blood vessel that removes oxygen-depleted blood from the kidney.
Term
Adrenal artery
Definition
Term: Small blood vessel that supplies oxygen-rich blood to the adrenal gland.
Term
Urinary Bladder
Definition
Term: Organ which stores urine ready to be excreted.
Term
Testi
Definition
Term: Structure in body which produces sperm.
Term
Inguinal Canal
Definition
Term: Area in body in which the ovaries rise through if a female, or the testes descend through if a male.
Term
Uterine horns
Because, unlike humans, they have a litter of pigs.
Definition
Where does pregnancy occur in the pig, and why is this different from the human?
Term
Body of uterus
Definition
Where does human pregnancy occur?
Term
Ovary
Definition
Term: Organ which stores eggs in females.
Term
Gonadial arteries
(or testicular and ovarian)
Definition
Term: Blood vessels that supply either the testes or ovaries with oxygen-rich blood.
Term
Caudal Mesenteric Artery
Definition
Term: Blood vessel which brings oxygen-rich blood to the colon/large intestine.
Term
Ureters
Definition
What are the structures that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder?
Term
Cornea
Definition
Which part of the eye do you put the contact on?
Term
No
Definition
Is the optic nerve in the exact back of the eyeball?
Term
Sclerotic Coat
Definition
The eye muscles are attached to what coat of the eye?
Term
Sclera
Definition
What is another name for the sclerotic coat?
Term
Choroid
Definition
Term: Another name for the choroid coat.
Term
Sclera - White, tough
Choroid - Black, thin
Retina - Tan, fragile
Definition
Describe each of the layers of the eye, in order from outside to inside.
Term
Keep photons of light from bouncing around the eye.
Definition
What is the function of the choroid coat?
Term
Cone cells
Definition
There is a high density of what kind of cells in the fovea?
Term
Low intensity light
Definition
What type of sight are the rod cells in charge of?
Term
Color and high resolution
Definition
What type of sight are the cone cells in charge of?
Term
Blind Spot
Definition
Term: Spot in which there are no sensitive rod or cone cells and the optic nerve leave the eye headed towards the brain.
Term
Tapetum
Definition
Term: Shiny, iridescent layer which makes animal eyes seem to 'glow' when headlights are shone at them.
Term
Tapetum
Definition
What part of the eye do animals have that humans don't?
Term
Vitreous Body
Definition
Term: Chamber between lens and retina.
Term
Near-vision
Definition
What vision is improved by increased thickness of the lens?
Term
Distant-vision
Definition
What type of vision is improved by less thickness of the lens?
Term
Suspensory ligament of the lens
Definition
Term: These structures change the shape of the lens for accommodation to near/far vision.
Term
Ciliary body
Definition
Term: Slightly thickened part of the choroid coat.
Term
Ciliary processes
Definition
Term: Folds on the side of the ciliary body bordering the margin of the lens.
Term
Iris
Ciliary Body
Definition
Terms: Two forward continuations of the choroid coat.
Term
Ora Serrata
Definition
Term: Boundry between the sensory and non-sensory portions of the retina.
Term
Cornea
Definition
What structure is continuous with the sclerotic coat?
Term
Anterior chamber
Definition
Term: Space between the cornea and the iris.
Term
Posterior Chamber
Definition
Term: Small space between the iris and the lens.
Term
Aqueous humor
Definition
Term: Clear liquid that fills the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye.
Term
Ciliary muscles
Definition
Term: Microscopic muscles in the ciliary processes.
Term
Fovea
Definition
Term: Point of most acute or distinct vision, containing only cone cells.
Term
The image is inverted on the retina and inverted again in the brain.
Definition
What happens during the formation of an image on the retina of a normal eye?
Term
Cornea
Sclera
Definition
What are the parts of the outer coat of the eye?
Term
Ciliary Body
Iris
Choroid
Definition
What are the parts of the middle coat of the eye?
Term
Thick, visual part of retina
Thin, non-visual part of retina
Ora serrata
Definition
What are the parts of the inner coat of the eye?
Term
1. Protects eyeball
2. Gives form and shape to eyeball
3. Place for attachment of muscles to move eyeball
Definition
What are the three functions of the Sclera?
Term
1. Transparent for transmission of light
2. Helps focus light rays
Definition
What are the functions of the cornea?
Term
1. Pigment prevents internal reflection of light rays
2. Many blood vessels present for nourishing retina
3. Elastic coat to keep lens flattened
Definition
What is the function of the Choroid?
Term
Contains ciliary muscles that are used in focusing on near objects
Definition
What is the function of the ciliary body?
Term
Circular and radial muscles control amount of light passing through lens to retina
Definition
What is the function of the iris?
Term
Contains rods and cones for light perception
Definition
What is the function of the thick visual part of the retina?
Term
Covers the posterior surface of the ciliary body and iris
Definition
What is the function of the non-visual part of the retina?
Term
Vitreous Body
Definition
Term: Chamber posterior to lens.
Term
Converge light rays (amount depending on the thickness)
Definition
What is the function of convex lenses?
Term
Cause light rays to diverge
Definition
What is the function of concave lenses?
Term
T-Lymphocytes (T-Cells)
B-Lymphocytes (B-Cells)
Definition
What are the two types of lymphocytes?
Term
Lymphocytes
Monocytes
Definition
Which white blood cells are agranular?
Term
Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Basophils
Definition
Which white blood cells are granular?
Term
Lymphocytes
Definition
Term: Most common agranular leukocytes of T and B cells.
Term
Neutrophils
Definition
Term: Most common granular leukocytes, three-lobed nucleus.
Term
Sites of injury or infection
Definition
Where are neutrophils most commonly found?
Term
Recessive
Definition
Term: Allele whose phenotypic effect is masked in the heterozygote by that of a dominant allele.
Term
Incomplete dominance
Definition
Term: In genetics, phenomenon in which the effects of both alleles at a particular locus are apparent in the phenotype of the heterozygote.
Term
Punnett Square
Definition
Term: Checkerboard diagram used for analysis of allele segregation.
Term
Phenotype
Definition
Term: Observable characteristic of an organism, resulting from alleles.
Term
Genotype
Definition
Term: Genetic constitution on an individual cell or organism with reference to a single trait or set of traits; sum total of all the genes in an individual.
Term
Sex-linked Inheritance
Definition
An inherited trait, such as color blindness, determined by a gene located on a sex chromosome and that therefore shows a different pattern of inheritance in males and females.
Term
Homozygous
Definition
In genetics, what does true-bred or pureline refer to?
Term
Eliminating nitrogenous waste products of protein metabolism by cells, and maintaining homeostasis by regulating body fluid balance and pH.
Definition
What is the main function of the kidneys?
Term
Kidneys
Definition
Term: Two bean-shaped organs against the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity.
Term
Thicker
Definition
To focus light on a near lobject, the lens must become___.
Term
Far
Definition
When the eye is at rest, it is focused on ___ objects.
Term
Rays of light come to a focus behind retina.
Definition
What happens in "far-sightedness?"
Term
Too flat of lens
Too short an eyeball
Definition
What causes far-sightedness?
Term
Convex Glasses
Definition
What fixes far-sightedness?
Term
Rays of light come to a focus in front of retina.
Definition
What happens in "near-sightedness?"
Term
Too thick of lens
Too long an eyeball
Definition
What causes near-sightedness?
Term
Lens has lost elasticity cause near objects to become blurry.
Definition
What causes "old-sightedness?"
Term
Astigmatism
Definition
Term: Surface of cornea or lens not evenly curved; causes blurred image.
Term
Fovea
Definition
Term: Area of most distinct vision.
Term
Ear
Definition
Term: double sense organ of vertebrates
Term
Sensitive to sound waves
Sensitive to changes in body position
Definition
What are the Two functions of the ear?
Term
Pinna
External Auditory Canal
Definition
What are the two parts of the outer ear?
Term
Pinna
Definition
Term: Structure of ear that funnels sound waves down the canal.
Term
External Auditory Canal
Definition
Term: Tube leading sound waves into the skull.
Term
Eardrum/Tympanic Membrane
Definition
Term: Inner end of external auditory Canal that forms a membranous partition between the outer and middle ear.
Term
Eustachian Canal
Definition
Term: External Auditory Canal
Term
Middle Ear
Definition
Term: Air filled cavity of the ear in one of the bones in the skull, connected to the nasopharynx by the Eustachian tube.
Term
Malleus
Definition
Term: Hammer
Term
Incus
Definition
Term: Anvil
Term
Stapes
Definition
Term: Stirrup
Term
Stapes/Stirrup
Definition
Which small ear bone fits into the oval window?
Term
Oval Window
Definition
Term: Oval shaped opening the stirrup fits into.
Term
Malleus, Incus, Stapes
Definition
What are the three important bones that form a chain in the ear called?
Term
Endolymph
Definition
Term: Watery fluid that fills the inner ear.
Term
These have nothing to do with hearing, only ORIENTATION/equilibrium
Definition
What is the function of the three semicircular Canals?
Term
Cochlear Duct
Definition
Term: Blind tubular extension of the ear.
Term
Organ or Corti
Definition
Term: Complicated sense organ for hearing contained in the cochlear duct.
Term
Cochlea
Definition
Term: Spiral structure including cochlear duct with bony coverings.
Term
Renal Artery;
Afferent Arterioles;
Glomerulus;
Filtration;
Filtrate
Definition
Blood enters the kidney through the ___, which branches into ___, which similarly branches into a network of capillaries called a ___. This is where ___ occurs. Due to pressure, small molecules and liquid pass from the blood through pores to become the ___.
Term
Efferent arteriole
Definition
Larger molecules in the blood leave the glomerulus by the ___ ___.
Term
Reabsorption
Definition
Term: Blood continues to pick up water and nutrents through this process.
Term
Peritubular Capillaries
Definition
Term: blood vessels that blood flows through after leaving the glomerulus through efferent arterioles.
Term
Secretion
Definition
Term: In this process, molecules and ions leave the blood and go into the filtrate of the nephron.
Term
Seminierous Tubules;
Testes
Definition
Sperm are produced in the ___ ___ of the ___.
Term
Epididymis
Definition
Sperm are stored in the ___.
Term
Cooler
Definition
Are testes cooler or warmer than body temperature?
Term
Spermatogenesis
Definition
Term: Formation of sperm
Term
External iliac arteries
Definition
Term: Pair of blood vessels the aorta gives rise to, supplying blood to the legs.
Term
Femoral Artery
Definition
Term: Continuation of external iliac artery.
Term
Cranial Vena Cava
Caudal Vena Cava
Coronary Sinus
Definition
What are the three ways the right atruim receives blood
Term
Femoral Vein
Definition
Term: Blood vessel that leaves the upper leg
Term
Deep Femoral Artery
Deep Femoral Vein
Definition
Term: Blood vessels that supply/leave the upper leg on the medial side of the proximal end of the femoral blood vessels.
Term
Umbilical Arteries
Definition
Term: Two blood vessels on either side of the urinary bladder; supply oxygen rich blood to fetus.
Term
External Iliac Artery
Internal Iliac Artery
Definition
Term: Two blood vessels the common iliac artery gives rise to.
Term
Pulmonary Veins
Definition
Term: Blood vessels which return blood from the lungs.
Term
Bronchi
Definition
Term: Branches of the trachea.
Term
Interatial septum
Definition
Term: Partitions between the two atria.
Term
Tricuspid
Definition
Term: Valve in heart with three "flaps."
Term
Tendinous Cords
Definition
Term: these structures anchor the margins of the valves to the ventricular walls; "heart strings."
Term
Pulmonary Valve
Definition
Term: In the pulmonary trunk, this structure consists of three semilunar shaped pockets.
Term
To keep blood from flowing back into the right ventricle from the pulmonary trunk
Definition
What is the function of the plulmonary valve?
Term
Right atrioventricular valve
Definition
Term: Tricuspid valve.
Term
Left atrioventricular valve
Definition
Term: Tricuspid valve.
Term
Bicuspid
Definition
Term: Valve in heart with only two "flaps."
Term
They come so close together that diffusion occurs, but there is usually no mixing of the two.
Definition
How does fetal and maternal blood exchange nutrients, oxygen, and waste products?
Term
Neonatal Circulation
Definition
Term: Process in which some of the oxygen-rich blood leaving the heart throught the aorta enters the pulmonary arteries through the ductus arteriosis and passes through the lungs a second time.
Term
Fetal hemoglobin can carry more oxygen molecules, but does not give them up as easy.
Definition
What is different about fetal hemoglobin that adult hemoglobin
Term
Only from a few hours to a day or so
Definition
How long does the neonatal circulatory pattern last?
Term
Blue Baby
Definition
What happens if the ductus arteriosis or foramen ovale don't close properly?
Term
Plasma
Definition
Term: Liquid part of blood.
Term
Erthrocytes
Definition
Term: red blood cells
Term
Erthrocytes
Definition
What is the most abundant type of blood cells?
Term
Hemoglobin
Definition
What is the mostly widely studied protein?
Term
True
Definition
True/False: Hemoglobin is found in red blood cells, but not white blood cells.
Term
Hemoglobin
Definition
Term: Respiratory pigment that fills erythrocytes.
Term
They have no nuclei or most other organelles.
Definition
Why do red blood cells have a short life span (100-120 days)
Term
Leukocytes
Definition
Term: White blood cells.
Term
Granular (freckled) Leukocytes and agranular leukocytes
Definition
How are white blood cells usually grouped?
Term
Neutrophils
Definition
Term: one of the body's first line of defense.
Term
Eosinophil
Definition
Term: Granular cell in blood that kill parasitic larva, phagocytose various inflammatory substances, and help the body rid of antigen-antibody complexes.
Term
Basophil
Definition
term: Rarest leukocyte: S-like nucleus; contains histamine and herparin.
Term
Blood platelets
Definition
Term: blobs of cytoplasm that have budded off giant cells (megakaryocytes); plug injured blood vessels.
Term
Megakaryocytes
Definition
Term: Giant cells that give right to blood platelets.
Term
Gene
Definition
Term: Unit of heredity in chromosome; sequence of nucleotide in a DNA molecule that performs a specific function.
Term
Allele
Definition
Term: Two or more different forms of a gene; occupy the same lucus on homologous chromosomes.
Term
Chromosome
Definition
Term: Structure that carries genes; appear as treads or rods
Term
Locus
Definition
Term: Position of gene on a chromosome.
Term
Homozygous
Definition
Term: Property of a diploid chromosome that has identical alleles at one or more loci.
Term
Heterozygous
Definition
Term: Property of a diploid chromosome that doesn't have identical alleles at a locus.
Term
Dominant
Definition
Term: Allele whose phenotypic effect is the same in both Homozygous and heterozygous conditions.
Term
Urinary Bladder
Definition
Term: Organ in which urine is stored.
Term
Urethra
Definition
Term: Caudal end of the urinary bladder which urine leaves the body.
Term
Renal Pelvis
Definition
Term: Expanded chamber in kidney from ureter.
Term
Renal calyces
Definition
Term: Small compartments of the renal pelvis.
Term
Renal Pyramid
Definition
Term: Dark tuft of kidney tissue.
Term
Renal Medulla
Definition
Term: Collection of renal pyramids.
Term
Renal Cortex
Definition
Term: Peripheral, lighter-colored part of kidney.
Term
Nephron
Definition
Term: Structural and functional part of the kidney.
Term
Glomerulus
Renal Tubule
Definition
What are the two major parts of the nephron?
Term
In the microscopic seminiferous tubules.
Definition
Where are sperm cells produced?
Term
Preputial orifice
Definition
Term: Opening to the outside of the body caudal to the umbilical cord (on males).
Term
Bulbourethral Gland
Seminal Vesicle
Prostate Gland
Definition
What are the three accessory glands of the penis?
Term
Secrete a fluid that provides nutrients to sperm
Definition
What is the function of the seminal vesicles?
Term
Secrete fluid that provides lubrication during sexual intercourse.
Definition
What is the function of the bulbourethral glands?
Term
Renal tubule
Definition
Term: Tube consisting of convoluted tubules and loop of Henle.
Term
Glomerulus
Definition
Term: Network of capillaries which blood is filtered through during the process of filtration.
Term
Bowman's Capsule
Definition
Term: C-shaped structure around glomerulus.
Term
Renal Corpuscle
Definition
Term: Functional unit consisting of glomerulus and Bowman's Capsule.
Term
Proximal Convoluted Tubule
Definition
Term: First part of renal tubule.
Term
Loop of Henle
Definition
Term: Second part of renal tubule; loop that leads into and out of renal medulla.
Term
Distal Convoluted Tubule
Definition
Term: Third portion of renal tubule.
Term
Collecting tubule
Definition
Term: Collection duct which several distal convoluted tubules empty into.
Term
Renal Venules
Definition
Term: Blood vessels which drain efferent arterioles.
Term
Scrotum
Definition
Term: External pouch which contains the testes.
Term
Descent
Definition
Term: Process of testes dropping from near the kidneys into the scrotum.
Term
The vas deferens are cut and tied off, making it so sperm cannot make it outside the body.
Definition
What is done in a vasectomy?
Term
Epididymis
Definition
Term: Band of tissue surrounding the testis which stores sperm.
Term
Vas deferens
Definition
Term: Continuation of epididymis which stores sperm if there is an excess.
Term
Arthosclerosis
Definition
Term: Beginning of fat build on the heart; everyone has this.
Term
Arteriosclerosis
Definition
Term: Prominent fat build up on the heart.
Term
Eosinophil
Definition
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Term
1. Coeliac Artery
2. Cranial Mesenteric Artery
Definition
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Term
Erthrocyte
Definition
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Term
1. Chonchae
2. Semicircular Canals
Definition
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Term
1. Cerebrum
2. Hypothalamus
3. Pineal Gland/Pons
4. Medulla Oblongata
5. Thymus
6. Pituitary Gland
7. Cerebellum
Definition
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Term
1. Extrinsic Muscle
2. Scleratic coat/Sclera
3. Conjunctiva
4. Posterior Chamber
5. Aqueous Humor
Definition
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Term
Basophil
Definition
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Term
1. Common Carotid Arteries
2. Brachiocephalic Trunk
3. Right Subclavian Artery
4. Left Subclavian Artery
5. Aortic Arch
Definition
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Term
1. Cornea
2. Pupil
3. Anterior Chamber
4. Iris
5. Ciliary Muscle
Definition
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Term
1. Gonadial Artery
2. Caudal Mesenteric Artery
3. Common Iliac Artery
4. Internal Iliac Artery
5. External Iliac Artery
Definition
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Term
1. Cervix
2. Urethra
3. Vagina
4. Orifice of Urethra
5. Vaginal Vestibule
6. Glans Clitoridis
7. Genital papilla
Definition
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Term
1. Corpus Luteum
2. Primary Follicle
3. Primordial Follicle
4. Secondary Follicle
Definition
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Term
Kidney
Definition
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Term
1. Caudal Vena Cava
2. Hepatic Vein
3. Diaphragm
Definition
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Term
Lymphocyte
Definition
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Term
2. Optic Nerve
Definition
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Term
1. Testis
2. Epididymis
Definition
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Term
A. Common Carotid Artery
B. Vagus Nerve
C. Right Subclavian Artery
Definition
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Term
A. External Jugular Vein
B. Internal Jugular Vein
C. Left Brachiocephalic Vein
Definition
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Term
A. Aortic Arch
B. Pulmonary Trunk
C. Brachiocephalic Trunk
Definition
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Term
1. Extrinsic Muscle
2. Choroid Coat
3. Retina
4. Ciliary Body
5. Suspensory Ligaments
Definition
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Term
1. Vitreous Body/Humor
2. Lens
3. Fovea
4. Optic Nerve
5. Ora Serrata
Definition
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Term
Glomerulus of Frog Kidney
Definition
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Term
1. Glomerulus
Definition
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Term
1. Arch of Aorta
2. Pulmonary Trunk
3. Pulmonary Artery
Definition
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Term
10. Right Atria
11. Right Ventricle
12. Left Atria
13. Left Ventricle
Definition
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Term
1. Right Subclavian Artery
2. Brachiocephalic Trunk
3. Aorta
4. Coronary Artery
Definition
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Term
1. Common Carotid Artery
2. Left Subclavian Artery
3. Intercostal Artery
Definition
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Term
1. Diaphragm
2. Coeliac Artery
3. Cranial Mesenteric Artery
4. Renal Artery
5. Gonadial Artery
Definition
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Term
1. Pulmonary Trunk
2. Pulmonary Veins
3. Left Azygous Veins
4. Intercostal Veins
5. Caudal/Inferior Vena Cava
Definition
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Term
1. Retina
2. Choroid Coat
3. Sclerotic Coat/Sclera
Definition
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Term
Monocyte
Definition
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Term
Neutrophil
Definition
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Term
1. Tapetum
2. Lens
Definition
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Term
1. Renal Cortex
2. Renal Pyramid
3. Renal Medulla
Definition
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Term
3. Renal Vein
4. Adrenal Gland
Definition
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Term
Inside of ovary containing follicles
Definition
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Term
1. Corpus Spongiosum penis
2. Penis
3. Retractor Muscle of Penis
4. Bulbourethral Gland
5. Urethra
Definition
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Term
A. Brachiocephalic Trunk
B. Left Subclavian Artery
C. Aorta
D. Caudal Vena Cava
E. Cranial Vena Cava
Definition
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Term
A. Coronary Artery
B. Coronary Vein
C. Left Azygous Vein
D. Aorta
Definition
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Term
1. Intercostal Vein
2. Intercostal Artery
Definition
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Term
A. Cranial Mesenteric Artery
B. Renal Vein
C. Renal Artery
D. Ureter
E. Urinary Bladder
Definition
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Term
A. External Iliac Artery
B. Internal Iliac Artery
C. Internal Iliac Vein
D. External Iliac Vein
Definition
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Term
A. Caudal Vena Cava
B. Aorta
C. Descending Colon
Definition
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Term
A. Ovaries
B. Horn of Uterus
C. Uterus
D. Vagina
Definition
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Term
A. Testes
B. Epididymis
C. Gubernaculum
D. Penis
Definition
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Term
A. Seminal Vesicle
B. Prostate
C. Bulbouretheral Gland
Definition
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Term
A. Umbilical Artery
Definition
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Term
A. Urethra
B. Urinary Bladder
C. Umbilical Artery
Definition
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Term
1. Seminiferous Tubules
2. Flagella of sperm
3. Interstitial Cells
4. Spermatocytes
Definition
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Term
1. Spermatid Transforming
2. Spermatid
3. Secondary Spermatocyte
4. Primary Spermatocyte
Definition
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Term
1. Spermatozoan
2. Secondary Spermatocyte (Meiosis II)
3. Primary Spermatocyte (Meiosis I)
4. Spermatogonium
Definition
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Term
1. Umbilical Artery
2. Urinary Bladder
3. Prostate
Definition
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Term
1. Ureter
2. Vas Deferens
3. Seminal Vesicle
Definition
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Term
1. Horn of Uterus
2. Body of Uterus
3. Interdigitating Folds
Definition
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Term
1. Internal Jugular Vein
2. External Jugular Vein
3. Subclavian Vein
4. Left Brachiocephalic Vein
Definition
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Term
Retractor Muscles of the penis
Definition
Term: Muscles of the penis that retract it into the body.
Term
Prepuce
Definition
Term: Penis sheath
Term
Glans Penis
Definition
Term: Distal end of the penis.
Term
Corpus Spongiosum Penis
Definition
Term: Column of spongy, vascular tissue
Term
Erectile tissue
Definition
Term: Spongy, vascular tissue that fills with blood to make the penis erect.
Term
Ovaries
Definition
Term: Small, egg-storing nodule-like structures just caudal to the kidneys.
Term
Horn of uterus
Definition
Term: Convoluted duct in the free edge of broad ligament of ovary.
Term
Uterine Tube
Definition
Term: Fallopian tube; Small tube derived from the uterine horn.
Term
Body of Uterus
Definition
Term: Y-shaped organ where the embryo develops in human.
Term
Vaginal Vestibule
Definition
Term: Urogenital canal which leads to the body surface; where vagina unites with the urethra.
Term
Labia
Definition
Term: Surrounding skin folds of the outside of the vagina.
Term
Vulva
Definition
Term: Surrounding skin folds of vagina and urogenital opening.
Term
Rectum
Definition
Term: Terminal part of the digestive tract.
Term
Glans Clitoridis
Definition
Term: Small protuberance on the ventral surface of the vaginal vestibule near the genital papilla.
Term
Cervix
Definition
Term: Neck of the uterus containing interdigitating folds.
Term
Vagina
Definition
Term: Smooth part of the passage between the cervix and vaginal vestibule.
Term
Not an X-linked gene
Definition
What is meant by autosomal?
Term
To be a heterozygote
Definition
Term: In genetics, what does it mean to be a carrier?
Term
Amnion
Definition
Term: Thin-walled vascular cavity that surrounds the fetus for protection.
Term
Amniotic Fluid
Definition
Term: Fluid that fills the amnion for protection.
Term
Testis
Definition
Term: Organ composed primarily of seminiferous tubules that produce sperm.
Term
Seminiferous Tubules
Definition
Term: These structures make up the testis and produce sperm.
Term
Spermatogonium -> Primary Spermatocytes -> Secondary spermatocytes -> Spermatids -> Spermatozoon
Definition
Describe the formation of sperm, starting at spermatogonium.
Term
Sertoli Cells
Definition
Term: Large, supportive (nutrition- wise) cells that form the supporting framework of the seminferous tubule wall.
Term
16 days
Definition
How long is the cycle of spermatogenesis in humans?
Term
200 to 300 million
Definition
How many spermatozoa are produced per ejaculation?
Term
Interstitial Cells
Definition
Term: Cells that produce testosterone that lie between seminiferous tubules.
Term
Responsible for the enlargement of reproductive passes and glands and secondary sex characteristics in males and male sexual behavior.
Definition
What is the function of testosterone?
Term
Development of seminiferous tubules and Sertoli Cells
Definition
What is the function of FSH in men?
Term
Needed by the interstitial cells to produce testosterone.
Definition
What is the function of LH in men?
Term
True
Definition
True/False: Spermatogenesis is seasonal in some animals but continuous in others.
Term
Corpus Luteum
Definition
Term: Shriveled up, temporary endocrine gland.
Term
True
Definition
True/False: The oogonia stop dividing at birth and end with numbers of 200,000-500,000 per ovary.
Term
Ovarian Cycle
Definition
Term: Process of follicles enlarging and eggs maturing and discharging from the ovary.
Term
Term: Beginning of periods in women.
Definition
Menarch
Term
Mentrual Cycle
Definition
Term: Process of uterine lining undergoing changes for reception of fertilized egg (sloughed off if not fertilized).
Term
Primordial Follicle
Definition
Term: Beginning follicle containing a primary oocyte.
Term
Primary Follicle
Definition
Term: Second stage; maturing primordial follicle.
Term
Secondary Follicle
Definition
Term: Follicle once it enlarges and becomes oval-shaped.
Term
Tertiary, Graafian Follicle
Definition
Term: Mature follicle in which the primary oocyte matures.
Term
Ovulation
Definition
Term: Process in which liquid and increased pressure causes the follicle and ovary surface to rupture.
Term
Corpus Luteum
Definition
Term: Shriveled-up follicle after ovulation.
Term
Enlargement of the uterus and female secondary sex characteristics
Definition
What is the function of estrogen?
Term
Develops follicles
Definition
Term: What is the function of FSH in women?
Term
Progesterone
Definition
Term: Primary hormone produced by corpus luteum.
Term
Develops corpus luteum.
Definition
What is the function of LH in women?
Term
Left subclavian Vein
Internal Jugular Vein
Exernal Jugular Vein
Definition
The left brachiocephalic vein gives rise to what three veins?
Term
Coeliac Artery
Definition
Term: Artery that leads to stomach.
Term
Leydig (interstitial) cells
Definition
Where is testosterone made?
Term
Follicles
Definition
Where is estrogen made?
Term
Remain
Definition
Will the corpus luteum disintegrate or remain if an egg is fertilized?
Term
Sympathetic Trunk
Sympathetic Ganglia
Definition
What is the cord next to the vertebral column called? What are the bumps on it called?
Term
Sensory Neuron
Definition
Term: Ganglia are found in this type of neuron.
Term
Its myelin sheath
Definition
Why does white matter appear white?
Term
Photoreceptors
Definition
Term: Cones and Rods
Term
Thalamus
Definition
Term: All senses except smell go here for processing.
Term
Olfactory tract/bulb
Definition
Term: Smell goes here for processing.
Term
Olfactory Lobe
Definition
Term: First cranial nerve.
Term
Optic Nerve
Definition
Term: Second cranial nerve.
Term
Optic Chiasma
Definition
Term: Point where optic nerves cross each other to make an X.
Term
Vagus Nerve
Definition
Term: Tenth cranial nerve.
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