Question | Answer |
A cone shaped gland located in the brain; secretes melatonin; called the biological clock | Pineal gland |
THE HYPOTHALAMUS AND THIS GLAND ARE PARTS OF THE HYPOTHALAMIC-HYPOPHYSEAL PORTAL SYSTEM; ALSO CALLED THE ADENOHYPOPHYSIS | ANTERIOR PITUATARY GLAND |
THE HORMONE SECRETING CELLS OF THE PANCREAS | ISLETS OF LANGERHANS |
THE ONLY HORMONE THAT LOWERS BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS; RELEASED IN RESPONSE TO INCREASED BLOOD LEVELS OF GLUCOSE LEVELS, SUCH AS WHAT OCCURS AFTER A MEAL | INSULIN |
CHEMICAL MESSENGERS THAT INFLUENCE OR CONTROL ACTIVITIES OF OTHER TISSUES AND ORGANS | HORMONES |
TSH, STIMULATES THE THYROID GLAND | THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE |
ACTH | ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE |
(FSH) (LH) | GONADOTROPIC HORMONES |
GH | GROWTH HORMONE |
ADH | ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE |
PRL | PROLACTIN |
GENERALIZED WEAKNESS, MUSCLE ATROPHY, A BRONZING OF THE SKIN, HYPERKALEMIA, AND A SEVERE LOSS OF FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES | ADDISON'S DISEASE |
TRUNCAL OBESITY, MOON FACE, BUFFALO HUMP, VIRILIZATION, HIRSUTISM | CUSHING'S DISEASE |
A MELTDOWN OF THE FLESH AND LIMBS INTO THE URINE | DIABETIES MELLITUS |
LOCATED ACROSS THE ABDOMEN; SECRETES INSULIN AND GLOCOGON | PANCREAS |
THIS GLAND PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN IMMUNITY AND INVOLUTES, OR SHRINKS AFTER PUBERTY | THYMUS GLAND |
CONTROLS THE PITUITARY GLAND; CONNECTS TO THE ANTERIOR & POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND THROUGH CAPILLARIES AND NERVES | HYPOTHALAMUS |
HELPS REGULATE CALCUIM LEVELS IN THE BLOOD; STOPS CALCIUM PRODUCTION IN THE BLOOD | CALCITONIN |
SECRETES THE HORMONES THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH SUGAR, SALT & SEX | ADRENAL CORTEX |
SECRETIONS OF THIS GLAND CONTRIBUTE TO FIGHT OR FLIGHT | ADRENAL MEDULLA |
SECRETES ADH AND OXYTOCIN; ALSO CALLED NEUROHYPOPHYSIS | POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND |
SECRETES THE HORMONES; GH,TSH,PRL,ACTH,FSH AND LN | ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND |
RAPID METABOLISM OF FATTY ACIDS | KETOACIDOSIS |
SECRETES T3, T4 AND CALCITONIN | THYROID GLAND |
THIS GLAND RAISES CALCIUM LEVELS | PARATHYROID GLAND |
IODINE LEVELS STIMULATES ITS ACTIVITY | THYROID |
PARENT CELL OF ALL BLOOD CELLS | STEM CELL |
BONE MARROW DEPRESSION | MYELOSUPPRESSION |
MAJOR CAUSES OF MYELOSUPPRESSION | RADIATION, CYTOTOXIC CANCER DRUGS |
ERYTHROCYTES; TRANSPORTS OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE | RED BLOOD CELLS |
THE AMOUNT OF RBC'S AND PLASMA | HEMATOCRIT MEASURES |
MAIN FUNCTION OF RBC'S | TRANSPORT OF OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE |
THE LIFE CYCLE OF A RBC | 120 DAYS |
CAUSED BY THE ELEVATION OF BILIRUBIN IN THE BLOOD | JAUNDICE |
THE PROCESS OF DISTROYING DISEASE-PRODUCING MICROORGANISMS, REMOVING DEAD TISSUE AND OTHER CELLULAR DEBRIS; MAIN PURPOSE OF WBC | PHAGOCYTOSIS |
NEUTROPHILS, EOSINOPHILS, BASOPHILS | GRANULOCYTIC WBC'S |
LYMPHOCYTES AND MONOCYTES | AGRANULOCYTIC WBC'S |
RELEASES HEPARIN ALSO CALLED A MAST CELL | BASOPHILS |
SIDE EFFECT OF TAKING ANTICOAGULANTS SUCH AS HEPARIN AND COUMADIN | BLEEDING OUT |
HELPS WITH THE SYNTHESIS OF THROMBIN; PRODUCED IN THE LIVER | VITAMIN K |
BLOCKS THE UTILIZATION OF VITAMIN K IN THE HEPATIC SYNTHESIS OF PROTHROMBIN | COUMADIN |
UNIVERSAL BLOOD DONOR | TYPE O- |
UNIVERSAL BLOOD RECIEVER | TYPE AB+ |
BLOOD VESSEL SPASM, THE FORMATION OF A PLATELET PLUG, AND BLOOD CLOTTING | HEMOSTASIS |
A CLUMPING REACTION MUCH LIKE THE CURDLING SEEN WHEN MILK AND VINEGAR ARE MIXED TOGETHER | AGGLUTINATION |
DECREASE IN PLATELETS CAUSED BY MYELOSUPPRESSION | THROMBOCYTOPENIA |
ELIMINATED VIA THE LIVER AND EXCRETED BY BILE | BILIRUBIN |
AN ENHANCED RESPONSE FOR AN EVEN GREATER CHANGE IN THE SAME DIRECTION "GIVE ME MORE" | POSITIVE FEEDBACK |
AS BLOOD LEVELS OF CORTISOL INCREASE, THE CORTISOL IN THE BLOOD CHEMICALLY "TELLS" THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND TO SLOW FUTHER PRODUCTION OF ACTH | NEGATIVE FEEDBACK |
STEROIDS SECRETED BY THE ADRENAL CORTEX | GLUCOCORTICOIDS, MINERALCORTICOIDS, TESTOTERONE |
CATECHOLAMINES SECRETED BY THE ADRENAL MEDULLA | EPINERPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE |
THE HEAT PRODUCING EFFECT OF THE THYROID HORMONES | CALORIGENIC EFFECT |
GLUCOSE IN THE URINE | GLUCOSURIA OR GLYCOSURIA |
EXCESSIVE URINATION CAUSED BY GLUCOSURIA | POLYURIA |
EXCESSIVE THIRST CAUSED BY POLYURIA | POLYDIPSIA |
EXCESSIVE EATING | POLYPHAGIA |
PALE YELLOW FLUID COMPOSED MOSTLY OF WATER BUT ALSO CONTAINS IONS, PROTEINS, NUTRIENTS AND WASTE | PLASMA |
PLASMA MINUS THE CLOTTING PROTEINS | SERUM |
LEUKOCYTES; PROTECTS THE BODY FROM INFECTION | WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
THROMBOCYTES; HELP CONTROL BLOOD LOSS FROM INJURED BLOOD VESSELS | PLATELETS |
THE PROCESS OF BLOOD FORMATION | HEMOPOIESIS |
IMMATURE RBC; CAN DEVELOPE INTO MATURE RBCs WITHIN 48 HRS OF RELEASE INTO THE BLOOD | RETICULOCYTE |
LARGE PROTEIN MOLECULE THAT FILLS RBCs | HEMOGLOBIN |
IRON-CONTAINING SUBSTANCE; OXYGEN ATTACHES LOOSELY TO ITS IRON ATOM | HEME |
PROTEIN IN RBCs; HOLDS IRON ON ITS CHAINS | GLOBIN |
TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR (TPA) | CLOT BUSTER |
A BLOOD TEST THAT MEASURES THE TIME IT TAKES FOR A SAMPLE OF BLOOD TO CLOT | PROTHROMBINE TIME (PT) |