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Crystel Ledesma
Physiology Week 7-13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The effect of sympathetic stimulation on the urinary bladder is | relaxation. |
| Both sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions are tonically active, which means they | continually conduct impulses to autonomic effectors. |
| “Fight or flight” physiological changes include all of the following EXCEPT | constriction of respiratory airways. |
| The _____ consists of several structures that lie beneath the thalamus and form the floor of the third ventricle and the lower part of its lateral walls. | hypothalamus |
| Parasympathetic stimulation has no effect on any of the following areas except: | sweat glands. |
| Which of the following statements is not true of the pineal gland? | Melatonin is stimulated by the presence of sunlight. |
| During pregnancy, what happens to the oxygenated blood returned from the placenta via the umbilical vein? | It flows into the inferior vena cava. |
| Blood viscosity stems mainly from the red blood cells but also partly from the _____ in blood. | protein molecules present |
| Which of the following is a powerful poison that acts directly on any cell and quickly kills it? | lymphotoxin |
| What is the function of the spleen? | tissue repair, hematopoiesis, red blood cell and platelet destruction, blood reservoir |
| Recognition of antigens by antibodies occurs when an | antigen’s epitopes fit into and bind to an antigen molecule’s antigen-binding site. |