ANAT - 1500 TEST 3 (UNIT 12 SENSE ORGANS UNIT 13 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM UNIT 14 UNIT 15 UNIT 16) QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

ANAT - 1500 TEST 3 (UNIT 12 SENSE ORGANS UNIT 13
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM UNIT 14 UNIT 15 UNIT 16)
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

"Tastebuds" that contain clusters of chemoreceptors are found
within? Correct Answers PAPILLAE

2 Types of Blood Coagulation Correct Answers -Procoagulants
-Anticoagulants

4 basic taste sensations Correct Answers sweet, sour, bitter,
salty

4 factors determining blood pressure Correct Answers • Heart
action
• Blood volume
• Peripheral resistance
• Viscosity of the blood

5 major sensory receptors Correct Answers mechanoreceptors,
thermoreceptors, photoreceptors, chemoreceptors, nociceptors

Abducens Nerve (VI) Correct Answers abductions of the eye
(motor)

accommodation Correct Answers the process by which the eye's
lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina

adrenal cortex ("sugar - salt - sex") Correct Answers outer
section of each adrenal gland; secretes cortisol, aldosterone, and
sex hormones

,adrenal glands Correct Answers adrenal medulla and adrenal
cortex

adrenal medulla Correct Answers secretes epinephrine and
norepinephrine

After a smell triggers a olfactory receptor, the signal is passed
first to? Correct Answers OLFACTORY BULB

Agranulocytes Correct Answers o Cytoplasm lacks granules

Albumin Correct Answers o Largest % of the plasma proteins
o Smallest in terms of molecular size
o synthesized in the liver
o assists in maintaining osmotic pressure
-and therefore, blood pressure

All of the following are differences between the nervous system
and endocrine system: Correct Answers o DIFFUSES BLOOD
o TAKE LONGER TO ACT ON TISSUES IN THE BODY
o HAVE LONGER EFFECTS ON THE BODY

ANS Correct Answers -The brakes - accelerator
- Increases - decreased the heart rate

Anterior pituitary : Growth Hormone Correct Answers o
General metabolic hormone
o Directed at growth of skeletal muscles and long bones
o Important in determining body size
o Protein spearing anabolic hormone

,o Stimulates most target cells to grow in size and divide
o Causes the breakdown of fat for energy
o Spares glucose
o Assists in the maintenance of blood sugar

Anterior pituitary : Prolactin Correct Answers o Protein
hormone
o Targets breast tissue
o After childbirth stimulates milk production
o No known function in males

Anterior pituitary: LH = Luteinizing Hormone Correct Answers
o Triggers ovulation of an egg
o Causes the ruptured follicle to be converted to a corpus leteum
o This produces progesterone

Anterior pituitary: TSH = Thyroid-stimulating hormone (SH =
STIUMULATING ANOTHER GLAND) Correct Answers o
Regulates the endocrine activity of the adrenal cortex
o Promotes and maintains normal growth and development of
the cortex

Anterior pituitary:ACTH = Adrenocorticotropic hormone
Correct Answers o Regulates the endocrine activity of the
adrenal cortex
o Promotes and maintains normal growth and development of
the cortex

Anterior pituitary:FSH = Follicle stimulating hormone Correct
Answers o Stimulates
o Follicle development in the ovaries

, o After maturation produces estrogen and eggs ready for
ovulation
o Stimulates sperm development in the testes and maintains
spermatogenesis

Anucleate: Correct Answers No nucleus

Aorta Correct Answers The largest artery in the body; receives
blood from the left ventricle.

Apical Correct Answers • Located in the 5th intercoastal space,
midclavicular line (chest)
o Need stethoscope to hear pulse

Arteries Correct Answers -elastic
-able to expand
-carry blood away from the heart

atreioles Correct Answers small arteries

auditory tube (eustachian tube) Correct Answers Connects the
middle ear to the throat; helps maintain air pressure

Average blood pressure Correct Answers 120/80
(systolic/diastolic)

Baroreceptors Correct Answers detect changes in blood
pressure

Basophils Correct Answers o Contain histamine and heparin
o Released in the site of infection