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36 Cards in this Set
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Absorbtion of glucose, salt and water happen in______ |
Proximal Tubules |
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Where are the FSH receptors in the testes? |
Sertoli and Lidic cells |
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What does LH do in the testes? |
Produces testosterone |
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What does inhibin inhibit? |
FSH |
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Why can't thecal cells make estrogen? |
They do not have aromatase |
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What does the granulosa cell get from the thecal cell? |
Testosterone and androgens |
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When are plasma progesterone levels highest? |
After ovulation (luteal phase) |
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What do suddenly rising estrogen levels do at mid cycle? |
High levels of E, High levels of LH, ovulationW |
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Why do FSH and LH rise at menopause? |
They don't have the negative feedback of estrogen |
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What is the blood flow through circulation? |
Afferent- glomerulus- efferent- peritubular capillaries |
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Blood flow through nephron? |
Bowman's, proximal tubules, descending limb, ascending limb, distal tubule, collecting duct |
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Sound pathway? |
Tympanic membrane, malleus, incus, stapes, oval window |
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High osmolality and low blood volume release ___ |
ADH |
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Aldasterone affects _____ |
Potassium |
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Linear acceleration occurs in the |
Utricals and sacular |
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Functional unit of the kidney? |
Nephron |
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The bending of hair cells opens up ____ |
Mechanically gated potassium channels
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High sound frequency is detected where? |
The base |
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3 Functions of the kidney? |
Filtration, Secretion and reabsorbtion |
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What is clarence? |
Volume of a substrate cleared |
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What causes filtration rate to be constant for part of the time? |
Autoregulation |
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GFR changes if ____ |
Sympathetics change |
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The descending loop is soluble to _____, while the ascending loop is soluble to ______ |
Water, sodium |
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Renin is increased when? |
When there is low blood pressure
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If a substance is not secreted, filtered or reabsorbed, what is it? |
A red blood cell |
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Where is ANP released? |
The atrium of the heart |
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Where is Angiotensin 2 produced? |
The liver |
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Something that inhibits aldasterone or ACE would _____ blood pressure |
Decrease |
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High CO2 levels would make your urine _______ acidic |
more |
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What do diuretics do? |
Inhibit sodium reuptake |
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Vagus nerve stimulates |
histamine |
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Where is all absorbtion done |
Small intestine |
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The large intestine contains ______ |
Bacteria |
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Gastrin secretion is increased by _______ |
Amino acids and proteins |
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The stomach releases bolis into ____ for further reabsorbtion |
Chyme |
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What does each of the following do? 1. Sucrase 2. Lactase 3. Maltase |
1. Breaks down sucrose and glucose 2. Breaks down lactose and glucose 3. Breaks down glucose and glucose |
