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Physiology Weeks 7-13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blood vessels in both digestive organs and skeletal muscles are dilated by sympathetic stimulation. | False |
| All of the following are true statements except: | False |
| During pregnancy, what happens to the oxygenated blood returned from the placenta via the umbilical vein? | It flows into the inferior vena cava. |
| Which are the two baroreceptors that are located near the heart? | aortic baroreceptors and carotid baroreceptors |
| Chemotaxis is the process by which a cell navigates toward the source of the chemotactic factor by way of | detecting and then moving toward higher concentrations of the factor. |
| The ability of our immune system to attack abnormal or foreign cells but spare our own normal cells is called: | self-tolerance. |
| Which of the following is a powerful poison that acts directly on any cell and quickly kills it? | lymphotoxin |
| External respiration can be defined as: | A. the exchange of gases between the lung and the blood capillaries in the lung. B. pulmonary ventilation. |
| The hormone that inhibits gastric muscle, slowing passage of food into the duodenum, is called: | gastric inhibitory peptide. |
| Functional sterility results when the sperm count per milliliter falls below _____ million. | 10 |
| The male gland that secretes a fructose sugar used as an energy source for sperm is the: | seminal vesicle. |
| The cerebellum acts with the _____ to produce skilled movement. | cerebrum |