QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Hyperparathyroidism - ✔✔A condition in which one or more of the parathyroid
glands become overactive and secrete too much parathyroid hormone. Elevated levels
of calcium or phosphorus in the urine
✔✔The structural and functional units of the kidneys are called _____. - ✔✔Nephrons
✔✔The circuit from the left ventricle through the body tissues and back to the right
atrium is called _____. - ✔✔Systemic Circulation
✔✔A disease of the myocardium that results from deprivation of oxygen and inadequate
blood supply to the myocardium is called ____ - ✔✔Cardiomyopathy
✔✔Which phase of the uterine cycle uses progesterone to increase blood supply and
glands, to prepare the uterine wall for implantation? - ✔✔Secretory
✔✔Uterine Cycle Phases - ✔✔1. Menses (when unneeded uterine tissue sheds)
2. Proliferative (period of tissue regeneration)
3. Secretory (arteries and glands supplying the tissue regenerate)
✔✔Fertilization of the oocyte takes place in the _____. - ✔✔Uterine Tube
✔✔Which process describes oxygen and carbon dioxide transport to and from the lungs
and tissue cells of the body by way of the bloodstream? - ✔✔Respiratory Gas Transport
✔✔What is the role of the pleural membrane? - ✔✔To secrete a lubricating fluid which
will allow the lungs to glide freely against each other during ventilation
✔✔What is the correct order of the regions of the renal tubules that extend from the
glomerulus? - ✔✔Proximal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle, distal convoluted tubule
✔✔Which network of vessels collects fluid from surrounding tissues? - ✔✔lymphatic
capillaries
✔✔Which hormone(s) travel down to the ovaries and is/are involved in the activation
and regulation of the ovarian cycle? - ✔✔FSH and LH
✔✔Which term describes a matching pair of chromosomes that carry genes controlling
the same inherited characteristics - ✔✔Homologous