Practice Exam Matching

Question 1

A Butterfly shapes gland in your throat responsible for telling your cells how quickly ro burn sugar and make energy, as well as for regulating calcium ion concentration innthe blood stream

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Thyroid

Question 2

These glands sit on top of each kidney and secrète hormones that help the body deal with stress

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Adrenal

Question 3

Located in the bend of the duodenum, regulates blood and glucose level

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Pancreas

Question 4

A pea sized gland deep in the brain responsible for sleep patterns

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Pineal

Question 5

Regulates water rétention and blood pressure

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Antidiuretic hormone

Question 6

Stimualyes female ovulation and male secretion of testosterone; prepares uterus for implantation of fertilized egg

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Luteimizing hormone

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Stimulates protein synthesis

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Growth hormone

Question 8

Stimulates female egg maturation and male sperm prodction

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Follicle stimulating hormone

Question 9

Triggers secretion of thyroid hormkmes whixh affect growh, maturation, and metabolism

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Thyroid stimulating hormone

Question 10

Triggers contraction of the uterus during labor, stimulates milk letdown for breast feeding after childbirth

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Oxytocin

Question 11

Increases blood pressure, heart and metabolic rate, and blood sugar levels, dilates blood vessels, also released during exercise

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Epinephrine

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Lowers blood sugar levels, stimulates metabolism of glucose, protein, and fat. Increases storage of glycogen

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Insulin

Question 13

Promotes the growth and development of white blood cells, helping th3 body fight infection

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Thymosin

Question 14

Causes female sexual development and growth, maintains proper functioning of female reproductive system

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Estrogen

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Regulates calcium level in blood

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Parathyroid hormone

Question 16

Develops finger like projections that extend into the uterine wall, it helps maintain the Corpus lutem throughout the 1st trimester

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Chorionic villi

Question 17

Develops as an out pocketing of the embryos gut and eventually forms part of the umbilical cord which connects the embryo to the placenta

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Allantois

Question 18

Develops into a large cavity that fills with fluid, wrapping around and protecting the fetus

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Amnion

Question 19

Any insulating membrane of fatty cells along the axon with help to increase the speed of a nerve impulse

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Myelin sheath

Question 20

A group of small swellings at the end of the axon

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Axon terminals

Question 21

A gap between schwann cells along the axon of the nerve cell that may serve to increase the speed of an electrical impulse

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Node of ranvier

Question 22

Location of all metabolic activity of the nerve cell, contains a nuckues, many mitochondria, lysomes, endoplasmic reticulum and golgi bodies

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Cell body

Question 23

Branched extensions that carry electrical impuleses toward the cell body

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Dendrites

Question 24

This system is further categorized into two subsystems: the automatic and somatic nervous systems

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Peripheral nervous system

Question 25

Well protected by the skull, vertebrae and meninges

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Central nervous system

Question 26

The control center of the body, contains 90% of the bodys nerounss, consists of the brain and spinal cord

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Central nervous system

Question 27

Consists of all the nerves leading into and out of the brain and spinal cord, includes the reflex arc/responses

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Peripheral nervous systems

Question 28

Part of the cerebrum: possesses mainly sensory areas and is associated with perception and recognition of auditory, stimuli, memory and speech

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Temporal

Question 29

Found at the back of the skull, consists of pons and medulla oblongata, connects the brain to the spinal cord

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Brain stem

Question 30

Part of the cerebrum, posseses many motor areas, responsable for sending commande to skeletal muscles signaling appropriate responses to sensory stimuli, associated with emotions, creative thought, personality, reasoning, abstarct thinking, planning, problem solving, smell, parts of speech and movement

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Frontal lobe

Question 31

The Second largest region of the brain, associated with regulation and coordination of movement, posture and balance, coordinates and balances the actions of muscles

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Cerebellum

Question 32

Part of the cerebrum, prosseses mainly sensory areas and is associated with visual processing mainly

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Occipital

Question 33

Part of the cerebrum, possess mainly sensory areas, receiving and partially integrating signals from touch, pain, pressure and temperature receptors throughout the body, monitors visual functions, language, reading, internal stimuli, tactile sensation, taste and sensory comprehension, associated with recognition, orientation, perception of stimuli, overall comprehension and movement

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Parietal lobe