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11, 12, 13, 14, & 16
1. Name the hormones secreted by nerve fibers from the posterior pituitary gland.
2. Name the thyroid hormones and what each does.
3. What are the many functions of the growth hormone?
4. Which hormones affect the reproductive organs?
5. What is the function of the parathyroid hormone?
6. What is the function of cortisol?
7. Name and describe the functions of the hormones from the pancreas.
8. What controls the secretion of hormones from the anterior pituitary gland
9. What are the symptoms of diabetes mellitus?
10. Name the granulocytes and the agranulocytes.
11. Which of the white cells are phagocytic?
12. Describe a platelet or thrombocyte.
13. Describe the composition of hemoglobin.
14. Which wbc’s are the most numerous, which the fewest in number?
15. What helps maintain blood osmotic pressure?
16. What is the cause of sickle-cell anemia? Why is it a serious disease?
17. What is the treatment for newborns with jaundice? Why do some have jaundice at
birth?
18. Name the sac that protects the heart- name the layers that make up the heart.
19. Know the correct sequence of chambers and valves that blood passes through in
the heart.
20. Know the electrical system of the heart-SA node AV node etc.
21. What are some of the characteristics and functions of veins?
22. Know where blood pressure is the highest and where it is the lowest and why.
23. What do the plasma proteins in the blood capillaries do?
24. Know some of the symptoms of a heart attack. What is angina?
25. Know the coronary, pulmonary and systemic circulatory systems. What is the
cause of a “coronary”?
26. Know what each of these mean: tachycardia, bradycardia, fibrillation, arrhythmia
27. Describe the spleen: location, composition & function.
28. Describe the structure and function of a lympthatic vessel.
29. Name the location of the collecting ducts that drain the lymphatic trunks.
30. How is lymph affected by increasing osmotic pressure in blood capillaries?
31. What is produced by cells in response to viruses?
32. What is the role of T-cells? B-cells?
33. Know the difference between active and passive immunity and natural and
artificially acquired immunity.
34. Microbes that enter from the air through the mouth will most likely be destroyed
by?
35. Describe the air sacs in the lungs.
36. Name an enzyme that causes carbon dioxide to react with water-why is that
important?
37. What is the result when the level of carbon dioxide is high in the blood?
38. What causes the exchange of gases in the alveoli?
39. Describe pneumothorax. When does this occur?
40. From what tissue do most cancers arise from? How do you direct look at the
trachea or bronchi?