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1. what is endometriosis?: condition resulting from the appearance of endometrial tissue outside of the ut
2. What is pcos?: A hormonal disorder causing enlarged ovaries with small cysts on the outer edges.
3. what is uterine fibroids?: noncancerous growths in the uterus that can develop during childbearing
years
4. what does the pineal gland regulate & what does it produce?: Regulates: circadian
rhythms (sleep/wake cycle)
Produces: melatonin
5. What does the pituitary gland regulate and what does it produce?: Regulates:
growth, bp, reabsorption of water by kidneys, temperature, pain relief, and some reproductive
Produces: Human growth hormone (HGC), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) , prolactin (PRL) , luteinizing hormone
(LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), oxytocin, antidiuretics hormone (ADH).
6. What does the hypothalamus regulate? what does it produce?: Regulates: pituitary
function and metabolic processes (body temp), hunger, thirst, circadian rhythms.
Produce: Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) , dopamine, growth- hormone- releasing hormone (GHRH), go-
nadotropin- releasing hormone (GnRH), oxytocin, vasopressin
7. What does the thyroid gland regulate & produce?: Regulate: energy use, protein synthesis
Produce: thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronines (T3), calcitonin
8. what does the parathyroid gland regulate & produce?: Regulate: calcium and phosphate
levels
Produce: parathyroid hormone (PTH), calcitonin
9. what does the adrenal gland regulate & produce?: Regulate: "fight or flight" response, salt
and blood volume
Produce: epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol, androgens
10. What does the pancreas regulate & produce?: Regulate: blood sugar levels and metabolism
Produce: insulin, glucagon, somatostatin
11. What does the testes regulate and produce?: Regulate: maturation of sex organs
Produce: androgens (testerone)
12. What does the ovaries regulate & produce?: Regulate: maturation of sex organs, secondary
sex characteristics, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation
Produce: progesterone, estrogen
13. What does the placenta regulate and produce?: Regulate: Gestation and childbirth
Produce: progesterone's, estrogen, human chronic gonadotropin, human placental lactogen
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14. What causes type 1 diabetes?: the body's T cells attack and destroy beta cells in the pancreas, which
are the source of insulin.
Chronic, little to no insulin production
15. Type 2 diabetes is? what causes it?: chronic, affects the way body processes sugar. usually due to
lifestyle & obesity.
16. Layers of skin?: epidermis, dermis, hypodermis
17. Roles of skin?: acts as a barrier, temperature controller and a semi-permeable membrane for the body.
protects from injury, protects against intrusion, helps prevent loss of water/nutrients
18. what does the eccrine glands do?: helps maintain homeostasis by stabilizing body temperature,
primary located in palms of hands & soles of feet
19. what do apocrine glands do & where are they located? why is it released?-
: located primarily in the armpit and groin, release an oily substance that contains pheromones. (fear, stress, anxiety,
pain)
20. what is carcinoma?: CANCER IN EPITHELIAL TISSUE OF SKIN
21. Kidney is the main organ of which system?: Urinary system
22. what do the kidneys do?: filter waster from the blood, maintain electrolyte balance, regulate blood
volume, pressure, and ph
23. what hormones does the kidney have and what do they do?: Renin: Regulates BP
Calcitriol: active form of vitamin D
24. kidney is divided into which two regions?: renal cortex: outermost
renal medulla: inner layer
25. what is a nephron?: functional unit of the kidney, a series of looping tubes that filter electrolytes, metabolic
waste, and other water-soluble molecules from blood
26. what is urea?: waste product (nitrogenous byproduct of protein catabolism)
27. what is uric acid?: waste product (a byproduct of nucleic acid metabolism)
28. what is urine made up of?: water, urea and other cellular wastes
29. UTI is?: infection of kidney, bladder, or urthera
30. what is a kidney stone?: crystals formed from urine made of calcium, phosphorus, uric acid, and protein
31. Biology is the study of?: life
32. Hierarchic organizational system for nomenclature?: Kingdom
Phylum
Class
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1. what is endometriosis?: condition resulting from the appearance of endometrial tissue outside of the ut
2. What is pcos?: A hormonal disorder causing enlarged ovaries with small cysts on the outer edges.
3. what is uterine fibroids?: noncancerous growths in the uterus that can develop during childbearing
years
4. what does the pineal gland regulate & what does it produce?: Regulates: circadian
rhythms (sleep/wake cycle)
Produces: melatonin
5. What does the pituitary gland regulate and what does it produce?: Regulates:
growth, bp, reabsorption of water by kidneys, temperature, pain relief, and some reproductive
Produces: Human growth hormone (HGC), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) , prolactin (PRL) , luteinizing hormone
(LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), oxytocin, antidiuretics hormone (ADH).
6. What does the hypothalamus regulate? what does it produce?: Regulates: pituitary
function and metabolic processes (body temp), hunger, thirst, circadian rhythms.
Produce: Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) , dopamine, growth- hormone- releasing hormone (GHRH), go-
nadotropin- releasing hormone (GnRH), oxytocin, vasopressin
7. What does the thyroid gland regulate & produce?: Regulate: energy use, protein synthesis
Produce: thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronines (T3), calcitonin
8. what does the parathyroid gland regulate & produce?: Regulate: calcium and phosphate
levels
Produce: parathyroid hormone (PTH), calcitonin
9. what does the adrenal gland regulate & produce?: Regulate: "fight or flight" response, salt
and blood volume
Produce: epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol, androgens
10. What does the pancreas regulate & produce?: Regulate: blood sugar levels and metabolism
Produce: insulin, glucagon, somatostatin
11. What does the testes regulate and produce?: Regulate: maturation of sex organs
Produce: androgens (testerone)
12. What does the ovaries regulate & produce?: Regulate: maturation of sex organs, secondary
sex characteristics, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation
Produce: progesterone, estrogen
13. What does the placenta regulate and produce?: Regulate: Gestation and childbirth
Produce: progesterone's, estrogen, human chronic gonadotropin, human placental lactogen
, TEAS EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_edkuc7
14. What causes type 1 diabetes?: the body's T cells attack and destroy beta cells in the pancreas, which
are the source of insulin.
Chronic, little to no insulin production
15. Type 2 diabetes is? what causes it?: chronic, affects the way body processes sugar. usually due to
lifestyle & obesity.
16. Layers of skin?: epidermis, dermis, hypodermis
17. Roles of skin?: acts as a barrier, temperature controller and a semi-permeable membrane for the body.
protects from injury, protects against intrusion, helps prevent loss of water/nutrients
18. what does the eccrine glands do?: helps maintain homeostasis by stabilizing body temperature,
primary located in palms of hands & soles of feet
19. what do apocrine glands do & where are they located? why is it released?-
: located primarily in the armpit and groin, release an oily substance that contains pheromones. (fear, stress, anxiety,
pain)
20. what is carcinoma?: CANCER IN EPITHELIAL TISSUE OF SKIN
21. Kidney is the main organ of which system?: Urinary system
22. what do the kidneys do?: filter waster from the blood, maintain electrolyte balance, regulate blood
volume, pressure, and ph
23. what hormones does the kidney have and what do they do?: Renin: Regulates BP
Calcitriol: active form of vitamin D
24. kidney is divided into which two regions?: renal cortex: outermost
renal medulla: inner layer
25. what is a nephron?: functional unit of the kidney, a series of looping tubes that filter electrolytes, metabolic
waste, and other water-soluble molecules from blood
26. what is urea?: waste product (nitrogenous byproduct of protein catabolism)
27. what is uric acid?: waste product (a byproduct of nucleic acid metabolism)
28. what is urine made up of?: water, urea and other cellular wastes
29. UTI is?: infection of kidney, bladder, or urthera
30. what is a kidney stone?: crystals formed from urine made of calcium, phosphorus, uric acid, and protein
31. Biology is the study of?: life
32. Hierarchic organizational system for nomenclature?: Kingdom
Phylum
Class
