Bio 245

BIO 245 TEST 2 KLESATH STUDY GUIDE 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

After eating a meal, blood sugar levels Correct Answer: increases Insulin, released after a meal is eaten by a person who does not have diabetes, will cause blood sugar levels to Correct Answer: return to about normal In Type I diabetes, blood sugar levels remain high after a meal because Correct Answer: no insulin is released In Type II diabetes, blood sugar levels remain high after a meal because Correct Answer: muscle and liver cells do not receive a signal. The treatment for ...

Allele Correct Answer: An alternative form of a gene. Anaphase Correct Answer: 3rd stage of Mitosis where the spindle fibers move towards opposite poles. Annealing Correct Answer: the process in which two complementary segments of DNA bind to each other. Antiparallel Correct Answer: The opposite arrangement of the sugar-phosphate backbones in a DNA double helix. Autosome Correct Answer: Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome Backbone Correct Answer: the portion of a DNA...

A rapid, sharp increase in this hormone stimulates ovulation in females. Correct Answer: LH This hormone increases the metabolic rate and protein synthesis in its target cells. Correct Answer: T3/T4 This hormone helps maintain normal blood glucose levels by increasing the breakdown of glycogen and fat. Correct Answer: glucagon This hormone impacts essentially all cells in the body, but has a particularly strong effect on the skeletal and muscular systems by causing elongation of long...

If the patient is showing symptoms of hyperthyroidism and has a goiter, which of the following hormone panels could be consistent with this? Correct Answer: low TRH, low TSH, high TH; low TRH, high TSH, high TH When baroreceptors in the carotid and aortic bodies register increased blood pressure, this triggers Correct Answer: decreased secretion of aldosterone PCO2 through tricuspid Correct Answer: 45-46mmHg Hormones of the hypothalamus Correct Answer: GnRh, GHRH, SS, TRH, DA, CRH ...

3 reflex mechanisms that stimulate hormone secretion Correct Answer: 1.Hormonal Stimulation: stimulus for release of hormones by the binding of another hormone (eg the TSH from anterior pituitary binds to thyroid gland to release TH) 2.Humoral Stimulation: release of hormone in response to change of blood nutrient levels (eg blood glucose levels rise so insulin is released from pancreas, or fall and glucagon is released) 3.Neural Stimulation: direct stimulation from nervous system to endocrin...