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Growth Hormone (GH) CORRECT ANSWER bones and muscles
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) CORRECT ANSWER testes
Prolactin (PRL) CORRECT ANSWER mammary glands
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) CORRECT ANSWER stimulates the adrenal cortex
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) CORRECT ANSWER stimulates thyroid gland
Gluconeogenesis is due to CORRECT ANSWER
cortisol causing increase in blood levels of glucose, fatty and amino acids
Loss of fibrinogen within the plasma would most likely cause which of the following? -
CORRECT ANSWER -loss of ability to clot
left ventricle has thicker muscle due to CORRECT ANSWER pump with higher pressure and
resistance
leukemia is disease in WBC CORRECT ANSWER true- cancerous condition involving
overproduction
LH is also referred to as a gonadotropin CORRECT ANSWER true
Oxytocin and ADH are produced in the posterior pituitary CORRECT ANSWER true
iodine is essential for thyroxine CORRECT ANSWER true
, All amino acid based hormones are lipid soluble and can cross the plasma membrane
CORRECT ANSWER false- they're water soluble and cant enter cell
The immediate response to blood vessel injury is clotting CORRECT ANSWER false
Hemorrhagic anemias result from blood loss CORRECT ANSWER true
Hemoglobin is made up of the protein heme and the red pigment globin CORRECT ANSWER
false- globin is protein and heme is pigment
Diapedesis is the process by which red blood cells move into tissue spaces from the interior of blood ca
pillaries CORRECT ANSWER false- WBC go through diapedesis
leukopenia is abnormally low number of leukocytes CORRECT ANSWER true
a person with type B blood could receive B or O blood CORRECT ANSWER true
blood in pulmonary veins returns to CORRECT ANSWER left atrium
The source of blood carried to capillaries in the myocardium would be the CORRECT
ANSWER coronary arteries
what does not influence heart rate CORRECT ANSWER skin color
Which vessel(s) of the heart receive(s) blood from the right ventricle? CORRECT
ANSWER pulmonary valve, artery, into left atrium/ ventricle
When viewing a dissected heart, it is easy to visually discern the right and left ventricles by -
CORRECT ANSWER -left ventricle is thicker than right ventricle