Answer Choices:
Promote calcium reabsorption by the kidneys
Stimulate osteoclast activity
Lower blood calcium
Promote calcitriol (vitamin D) synthesis
Inhibit osteoblast activity
Answer: Lower blood calcium
Question: Which of the following is a condition that results from hypersecretion of a hormone in childhood?
Answer: Gigantism
Question: Which one of the following is a tropic hormone?
Answer: C. ACTH
Question: Angiotensin II:
Answer: Is a potent vasoconstrictor
Question: Identify which of the following is not a function of epinephrine and norepinephrine. Select one: A. increased blood plasma levels B. increased heart rate C. preparing the body for fight or flight mode D. vasoconstriction of blood vessels in the viscera E. decreased blood glucose levels
Answer: E. decreased blood glucose levels
Question: Blood that runs into venous blood takes a left arrow to the ____.
Answer: Hepatocyte
Question: A hormone that is involved that regulates fluid retention and will impact bone density development.
Answer: Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
Question: Which condition is due to a buildup of bilirubin pigment in the skin?
Answer Choices:
hirsutism
pallor
jaundice
androgenic alopecia
erythema
Answer: jaundice
Question: Prevents backflow into the left ventricle.
Answer: Aortic valve
Question: The arteries that are also called distributing arteries are the _______.
Answer Choices:
A. Muscular arteries
B. Elastic arteries
C. Arterioles
D. Venules
Answer: A. Muscular arteries
Question: Which of the following is important in controlling sugar balance in the body?
Answer: Insulin
Question: The aortic semilunar valve:
Answer: Is at the end connecting the aorta with the left ventricle
Question: An increase in bone growth is promoted by which hormones?
Answer Choices:
parathyroid hormone
calcitonin
oxytocin
parathyroid hormone and insulin
insulin
Answer: calcitonin
Question: Which type of feeding is most productively Apt?
Answer: Increased Blood flow to some
Question: Blood that runs into venous blood takes a left arrow to the ____.
Answer: Hepatocyte
Question: When erythrocytes die and are phagocytized, bilirubin is produced. Bilirubin comes from the breakdown of:
Answer: The heme portion of hemoglobin
Question: Select the correctly matched pair. a) Enteroendocrine cells – produce mucus b) Chief cells – produce hormones c) Parietal cells – produce hydrochloric acid d) Neck cells – produce mucus e) Mucous cells – produce intrinsic factor
Answer: c) Parietal cells – produce hydrochloric acid
Question: A condition NOT regulated by a negative feedback nechanism would be:
Answer Choices:
heart rate
blood sugar
childbirth
body temperature
blood pressure
Answer: childbirth
Question: Permitting the exchange of nutrients and gases between the blood and tissue cells is the primary function of _______.
Answer Choices:
A. veins
B. arteries
C. capillaries
Answer: C. capillaries