ANA 109 Exam 5 uky Questions With Correct Answers

ANA 109 Exam 5 uky Questions With
Correct Answers

What 2 systems function together to regulate body activities? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-endocrine & nervous
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What does the endocrine system release to control body activities &
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maintain homeostasis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-hormones
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What does the nervous system release to control body activities &
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maintain homeostasis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-neurotransmitters
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How does communication/control differ between the nervous system
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and the endocrine system? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-nervous system-
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rapid and controlled
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endocrine system- slow and more sustained; signals adapt over a longer
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time frame
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pineal gland - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-secretes melatonin
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hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-controls pituitary gland
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,pituitary gland - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-master gland/regulator of the
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entire body |




growth disorders stem from this
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All of the major hormones are produced/regulated by the __________
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and the ____________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-hypothalamus,
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pituitary gland |




thyroid gland (picture) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-butterfly-shaped organ
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on front of trachea, on back of the thyroid gland is the parathyroid gland
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thymus (picture) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-shrinks as we get older,
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critical for pediatric development
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main source for white blood cells (helps us program immune cells to
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fight infection)
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adrenal gland (picture) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-aka "suprarenal
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glands", sits on top of kidney | | | | |




produce adrenaline- fight or flight response
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, pancreas (picture) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-has 2 functions: endocrine
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& exocrine
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critical for glucose homeostasis (eating food)
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parathyroid glands (picture) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-on back of the
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thyroid gland |




ovary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-female gonad
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testis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-male gonad
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neurotransmitter - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a chemical (protein) | | | | |




EX: Acetylcholine- comes from the end of a neuron into a synapse &
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then bind to a muscle or neuron
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hormones - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-chemical messengers that are
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transported throughout the entire body in the blood
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differences between the nervous and endocrine system - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-nervous- releases elecrical impulses & neurotramsmitters | | | | | |



synapses at specific target cells, relatively local/special effects, reacts
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