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The percentage of RBC's in a blood sample is called the:

Hematocrit

Neutral pH:

7.0

What cytokine released by macrophages acts on the hypothalamus to raise the body temperature during fever:

Interleukin-1

The most abundant product of the reactions of the Krebs cycle is:

Reduced coenzymes

Which is the normal pH range of urine in humans:

4.6 - 8.0

What blood vessel is used to distribute oxygenated blood to the myocardium:

Coronary artery

What opposes the action of thromboxane A2 by inhibiting platelet adhesion and release:

Prostacyclin

Is a prostaglandin member of the family of lipid molecules known as eicosanoids. It inhibits platelet activation and is also an effective vasodilator:

Prostacyclin

What is the dominant method of carbon dioxide transport:

Dissolved in plasma as bicarbonate ions

A zygote is:

A diploid fertilized ovum

A fat-soluble vitamin:

Vitamin E

This reaction oxidizes acetyl CoA to produce carbon dioxide, ATP, NADH+H+ and FADH2:

Krebs cycle

This is used to reduce friction between the layers of membranes surrounding the heart:

Pericardial fluid

This pouch-like structure increases the total filling capacity of the atrium:

Auricle

This digestive aid, produced by the stomach, begins digestion by denaturing proteins:

Hydrochloric acid

What T cell toxin fragments DNA:

Lymphotoxin

Leptin is a hormone produced by the:

Adipose tissue

The higher the relative humidity:

The lower the rate of evaporation

The most dramatic metabolic change that occurs with fasting is:

Increase in lipolysis

During swallowing, which structure rises:

Pharynx

During fetal development these cells give rise to primary oocytes:

Oogonia

Male reproductive system arises from:

Wolffian ducts

This hormone inhibits the release of FSH from the pituitary gland:

Inhibin

Female reproductive system arises from:

Mullerian ducts

Skene's glands secrete:

Mucus

The major hormone secreted from granulosa cells is:

Estrogen

This is a permanent change in an allele:

Mutation

CVS is taking cells from where:

Chorion

Chromosome #15 is considered:

An autosome

This develops from the epiblast and carries a protective fluid:

Amnion

Each somite may differentiate into a:

Dermatome

Inactivated X chromosome:

Barr body

Involution is when:

The uterus decreases in size

Influx of Na+ causes _____________ of the membrane, which is the first phase of the action potential.

depolarization

Sympathetic stimulation of the iris causes:

pupillary dilation

"Night blindness" is an early sign of:

vitamin A deficiency