Definitions

Question 1

Receptor:

Answer 1

DETECTS STIMULI

Question 2

Half-life:

Answer 2

AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES FOR BLOOD CONCENTRATION OF A HORMONE TO BE REDUCED TO HALF OF THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT RELEASED

Question 3

EPO:

Answer 3

HORMONE (MADE MAINLY BY KIDNEYS); INCREASES RATE OF PRODUCTION OF ERYTHROCYTES

Question 4

Infundibulum:

Answer 4

PHYSICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN HYPOTHALAMUS & PITUITARY GLAND

Question 5

Isthmus:

Answer 5

CONNECTION BETWEEN THE RIGHT & LEFT LOBE OF THYROID

Question 6

Agglutination:

Answer 6

PROCESS OF CELLS CLUMPING DUE TO CROSS-LINKING BY ANTIBODIES

Question 7

Diapedesis:

Answer 7

PASSAGE OF LEUKOCYTES THRU BLOOD VESSEL WALLS

Question 8

Chemotaxis:

Answer 8

PROCESS THAT ATTRACTS LEUKOCYTES TO SPECIFIC AREAS

Question 9

Centrifuge (and understand what it does):

Answer 9

DEVICE THAT SEPARATES BLOOD COMPONENTS BY SPINNING (USED IN PHLEBOTOMY)

Question 10

Hemopoiesis:

Answer 10

MAKES NEW FORMED ELEMENTS

Question 11

Hemoglobin:

Answer 11

PROTEIN, ALLOWS OXYGEN TO BIND

Question 12

Erythrocyte:

Answer 12

RED BLOOD CELLS

Question 13

Leukocyte:

Answer 13

WHITE BLOOD CELLS

Question 14

Megakaryocytes:

Answer 14

PRODUCES PLATELETS

Question 15

Vasoconstriction & Vasodilation (and how do these contribute to temperature regulation?):

Answer 15

VASOCONSTRICTION: LESS HEAT LOSS. VASODILATION: MORE HEAT LOSS

Question 16

Platelets:

Answer 16

CREATES BLOOD CLOTS

Question 17

Thrombopoietin:

Answer 17

GROWTH FACTOR; INCREASES RATE OF PRODUCTION OF PLATELETS

Question 18

Autocrine stimulation:

Answer 18

LOCAL HORMONES THAT BIND TO THE SAME CELL THAT PRODUCED THEM

Question 19

Paracrine stimulation:

Answer 19

LOCAL HORMONES THAT BIND TO NEIGHBORING CELLS