MUSCLES AND GLANDS

Question 1

The brain interprets them and the body reacts through the ____ and ____

Answer 1

Muscles
Glands

Question 2

These are muscles that can be moved at the person’s will

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Voluntary muscles

Question 3

Voluntary muscles sometimes calles

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Striped muscles

Question 4

They are attached to some bone muscles

Answer 4

Skeletal muscles

Question 5

These are muscles that cannot moved at will

Answer 5

Involuntary muscles

Question 6

Generally found in the internal organs of the body, that is why they are sometimes called

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Visceral muscles

Question 7

Visceral also known as

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Smooth muscles

Question 8

Muscles found in the heart

Answer 8

Cardiac mascles

Question 9

Cardiac muscles also called

Answer 9

Heart muscles

Question 10

4 characteristics of muscles

Answer 10

• contractility
• extensibility
• elasticity
• tonicity

Question 11

Is the ability of the muscles to be in the condition of healthy tension or partial contraction at rest

Answer 11

Tonicity

Question 12

Is the power of the muscles to go back to its original size and shape after contracting or stretching

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Elasticity

Question 13

Is the capacity of muscles to be stretched or made longer

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Extensibility

Question 14

Is the characteristics of muscles to change from a long narrow shape while at rest and a shorter and thicker form while in action

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Contractility

Question 15

Function of muscles

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• muscles give shape to the body
• muscles secure the internal organs of the body
• muscles are made for motion
• muscles are utilized for locomotion
• muscles are used to produced heat in the body
• muscles likewise aid the body in communicating

Question 16

Are special secreting organs which pour the secretion either directly into the blood streams or pass it through the ducts or canals

Answer 16

Glands

Question 17

Glands that have no canals

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Ductless gland or endocrine glands

Question 18

Glands which have canals

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Duct glands

Question 19

This system is composed of series of glands that produce chemical substance called hormones

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Endocrine system

Question 20

Are chemical messengers that bind to receptors in order to send their signals

Answer 20

Hormones

Question 21

The most influential gland

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Pituitary gland

Question 22

Located at the base of the throat

Answer 22

Thyroid gland

Question 23

It is a flat like butterfly gland that secretes two known hormones

Answer 23

Thyroxine
Idothyroxine

Question 24

Is a condition of stunted growth and mental retardation

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Cretinism

Question 25

Characterized by the low basal metabolism

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Myxedema

Question 26

Glands are found behind the thyroid gland

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Parathyroid glands

Question 27

Controls the balance of different minerals in the blood stream specially calcium

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Parathormone

Question 28

Stiffening of the hand and fingers, muscles cramps and irritability

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Tetany

Question 29

Glands that located in the top of each kidney

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Adrenal gland

Question 30

Adrenal gland is made up of 2 parts

Answer 30

• adrenal cortex • adrenal medulla

Question 31

It secretes cortin

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Adrenal cortex

Question 32

Secretes adrenaline hormones which give extra energy needed during emergency

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Adrenaline medulla

Question 33

An internal organ that secrets hormones called insulin and glucagon

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Pancreas

Question 34

Sex glands

Answer 34

Gonads

Question 35

Male gonad

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Testes

Question 36

Secrete hormone of testes

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Testosterone

Question 37

Female gonads

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Ovaries

Question 38

Ovaries secrete hormone called

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Estrogen and progesterone

Question 39

Responsible for secondary sex characteristic

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Estrogen

Question 40

Stimulates the thickening of the uterine lining

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Progesterone