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The concentration of electrolytes in body fluids is regulated by the actions of |
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The most important osmoreceptors are located in the |
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The activity of the thirst center will be increased if |
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blood osmolarity is increased |
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The most abundant anion in plasma membranes is |
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Blood calcium levels are increased by |
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A decrease in the rate and depth of breathing could theoretically alleviate |
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Symptoms of high plasma pH may include |
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Addison disease is a disorder of the |
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The largest volume of water is excreted by the |
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The term retroperitoneal means |
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The outer portion of the kidney is called the |
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Which of the following best represents the path of a blood cell as it passes through the kidney? |
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glomerus, efferent arteriole, peritubular capillaries, renal vein |
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Which of the following structures is found in the renal medulla? |
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The part of the nephron that drains into the nephron loop is the |
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proximal convoluted tubule |
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The juxtaglomerular apparatus consists of cells in the |
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distal convoluted tuble and efferent arteriole |
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An active process that moves substances from the blood into the nephron is |
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Substances are reabsorbed from the distal convoluted tubule into the |
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Antidiuretic hormone increases |
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water reabsorption in the collecting duct |
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Micturition is an action of the |
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Based on your knowledge of word parts, nephrectomy is most likely the removal of the |
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Inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney results in |
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The interstitial cells of the testis produce |
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The ligaments holding the ovary in place include the |
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The glans penis is formed by the |
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The coiled tube on the testis that stores spermatozoa is the |
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Name of a gland(s) that is found in women? |
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greater vestibular glands |
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The head of the spermatozoon contains large amounts of |
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An acrosome would be found in a |
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The uterine proliferative phase occurs during |
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High levels of progesterone result in |
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decreased levels of leutinizing hormone |
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Increased activity of the interstitial cells results in |
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decreased leutininzing hormone secretion |
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Based on your knowledge of word parts, mastitis is |
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inflammation of the breast |
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the testies that remain in the abdomen |
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The normal chromosome number of the zygote is |
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The hormone produced by embryonic cells that maintains the corpus luteum is |
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human chorionic gonadatropin HCG |
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The umbilical cord contains |
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two arteries and one vein |
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An important factor in the initiation of labor is |
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increase in maternal prostaglandins |
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Labor can be artificially initiated by the administration of |
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Labor has officially begun when |
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regular uterine contractions begin |
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Parturition is officially complete when |
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Pregnancy hormones that prepare the breast for lactation include |
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prolactin, progesterone, human chorionic mammosomatotopin |
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Colostrum is secreted by the |
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An example of a malignant tumor of placental tissue is |
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The units of heredity are called |
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only alters the female type in homogeneous individuals |
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An individual that is heterozygous for a completely dominant trait |
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will show the dominate phenotype |
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An example of genotype is |
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Eye color is determined by three pairs of genes. Its mode of inheritance is best described as |
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The ability of a particular gene to determine phenotype can be altered by |
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other genes, gender, and environmental factors |
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What is true of multifactorial traits? |
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they are determined by more than one gene pair |
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A chemical that causes a chromosome to break is called a(n) |
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy results from a defect in the dystrophin gene and is detectable at birth. This disorder is best described as |
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congenital, hereditary, and genetic |
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