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A&P 2: Endocrine system Endocrine System Overview - correct answer ~integration and coordination ~endocrine glands release hormones into the bloodstream ~hormones are characterized as chemical messengers Endocrine system Features - correct answer ~involves hormones ~hormones transported via blood ~information is transported slow ~effects may be short OR long lasting ~responses are always involuntary ~tend to affect more than one target organ Do endocrine glands have ducts? - correc...

A&P 2 Exam 1: Blood and Heart Erythropoietin stimulates red blood cell production in the - correct answer red bone marrow produced by kidney The first heart sound is caused by the closure of _____ valves and it occurs at the beginning of ______ - correct answer AV ; ventricular contraction Stem cell for all blood cells is the - correct answer hemocytoblast What are the 5 types of leukocytes ? - correct answer neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils What is the fu...

A&P 2 Exam 1What is the body's 2nd great controlling system? - correct answer The Endocrine System What 2 systems act to maintain homeostasis? - correct answer Nervous & Endocrine T/F Hormones wash over all cells but only affects target cells. - correct answer True When hormones are being classified chemically, there are two groups. What are they? - correct answer Amino Acid Based Hormones & Steroid Based Hormones What are the 6 major endocrine glands? - correct answer 1. Pineal gl...

A&P 2 Exam 2The pump of the cardiovascular system is known as the ________. - correct answer heart True or False: The average human heart weighs less than a pound. - correct answer True The heart sits _______ to the left. - correct answer 2/3 The ________ (the "sac") is a protective membrane that covers the heart. - correct answer pericardium The outer fibrous pericardium consists of what kind of cells? - correct answer dense irregular epithelial tissue What are the layers of t...

A&P 2 Exam#2What controls blood flow through Capillary Beds? - correct answer Precapillary sphincters regulate blood flow into true capillaries. Regulated by local chemical conditions and vasomotor nerves. These vessels make up the largest blood reservoir? - correct answer Veins and venules This vessel plays a key role in regulating blood flow into capillaries? - correct answer Arterioles Which artery wall is responsible for vasoconstriction - correct answer Tunica Media What causes ...

A&P 2: Female reproductive system purpose of female reproductive system Produces and delivers gametes Provides nutrition and safe harbor for fetal development Gives birth Nourishes infant structure of the ovary almond shaped nestled in ovarian fossa in the posterior pelvic wall tunica albuginea surrounds ovaries outer cortex of ovaries where germ cells develop immature eggs found here inner medulla occupied by major arteries and veins developed eggs reside her...

A&P 2: HormonesHuman Growth Hormone - correct answer (hGH located in anterior pituitary) Stimulates secretion of insulin like growth factors that promote growth, protein synthesis, and tissue repair. Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone - correct answer (TSH located in anterior pituitary) Stimulates synthesis and secretion of thyroid hormones by the thyroid. Prolactin - correct answer (PRL located in the anterior pituitary) Promotes milk production my mammary glands Adrenocorticotropic Hormone -...

A&P 2 Lab: Heart Outline Heart Terms - correct answer N/A Pulmonary Circuit - correct answer heart to lungs(deoxygenated blood), lungs to heart(oxygenated blood) Systemic Circuit - correct answer goes from your body Apex - correct answer . the inferior tip of the heart . the right side of the heart is deflected anteriorly, and the left side of the heart is deflected posteriorly Pericardium - correct answer . the membrane enclosing the heart, *consisting of an outer fibrous layer*...

A&P 2: LYMPHATIC SYSTEMimmune system - correct answer Complex collection of cells and organs that destroys and neutralizes pathogens that cause disease lymphatic system - correct answer System of vessels, cells, and organs that carry excess fluids to the bloodstream and filters pathogens from the blood (recycling system) Functions of the immune system - correct answer -provides defense against pathogens -formation of white blood cells Functions of the lymphatic system - correct answer ...

A&P 2: Quiz #5Blood normally flows from a capillary bed to... a metarteriole 3 multiple choice options Plasma solutes enter the tissue fluid most easily from... fenestrated capillaries 3 multiple choice options A person with a systolic blood pressure of 130 mm Hg and a diastolic pressure of 85 mm Hg would have a mean arterial pressure of about 100 mmHg 3 multiple choice options We have an expert-written solution to this problem! In some circulatory pathways, blood can get...