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| What is the self/non-self complex, and how does it effect the action of helper T cells and T lymphocytes? |
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| Define the roles (neuron) cell body, dendrite, axon, synaptic terminal, myelin sheaths, Schwann cells, nodes of ravier |
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| At what points during the AP are Na+ and K+ ions going into and out of the cell? |
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| How do neurotransmitters transmit signals between axons? How are they released from a synaptic terminal, and how are they picked up by the receiving neuron? |
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| What are the "fight or flight" and "rest and digest" responses, and which are controlled by the sympathetic division versus the parasympathetic division? |
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| LOCATE and know basic functions of the parts of the brain: Medulla oblongata, cerebellum, thalamus, hypothalamus, cerebrum, corpus callosum |
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| what is the sequence of structures that light passes through before it hits the retina? |
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| how does the action of ciliary muscles and, ultimately, the shape of the lens, change whether we focus on near objects or far ones? |
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| what is the sequence of structures that sound waves pass through when transversing the ear? |
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| where are the hair cells and the organ of corti located? |
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| what qualities of sound waves determine its loudness and pitch? |
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| what is the olfactory bulb? |
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| what senses determine flavor? |
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| How do hormones function in the endocrine system? why are they effective at regulating so many whole body processes? in what organ system are the transmitted? |
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| what are neurosecretory cells? |
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| What are the 2 major classes of hormones? how does each of them trigger changes in target cells? |
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| What is the key difference in how the hypothalamus exerts control over the posterior versus the anterior pituitary gland? |
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| how is the TRH-TSH-Thyroxine hormone loop a good example of a negative feedback control loop? What is the end result of this hormone loop on body metabolism? |
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| How do the pancreas, liver, and the pancreatic hormones maintain glucose homeostasis? |
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| what disease occurs when homeostasis is disrupted by defective insulin producing cells? |
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| what are the respective functions of the adrenal cortex and the adrenal medulla? |
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| what are the major roles of the male and female sex hormones? |
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| how are organisms related to their parents (genetically) in sexual versus asexual reproduction? |
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| how is the production of sperm regulated hormonally? why is this an example of a negative feedback control mechanism? |
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| what are the main structures in the female reproductive tract? |
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| what is the order an egg cell would pass through from oogenesis to menstruation? |
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| what is the ovum, follicle, corpus luteum, endometruim? |
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| What 4 hormones are directly involved in regulation of the human female reproductive cycle? |
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| Which hormone exerts negative feedback on LH and FSH when at low levels and positive feedback @ high levels? |
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| Which hormones are produced by the anterior pituitary and which are produced by the corpus luteum? |
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| what events do ovulation and menstruation refer to? a surge in which hormones is responsible for ovulation? |
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