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WHAT ARE GENERAL SENSE ORGANS?
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1. OFTEN EXIST AS INDIVIDUAL CELLS OR RECEPTOR UNITS
2. WIDELY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE BODY. |
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WHAT ARE SPECIAL SENSE ORGANS?
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1. LARGE AND COMPLEX ORGANS
2. LOCALIZED GROUPING OF SPECIALIZED RECEPTORS |
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WHAT ARE THE GENERAL SENSES?
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1. PAIN
2. TOUCH 3. TEMPERATURE 4. PRESSURE 5. POSITION |
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AN ORGAN PRESENT ONLY DURING PREGNANCY THAT SECRETES HORMONES NEEDED FOR NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMBRYO?
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PLACENTA
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THE HORMONE FROM THE POSTERIOR PITUITARY THAT CAUSES UTERINE CONTRACTION?
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OXYTOCIN
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THE MAIN HORMONE OF THE ADRENAL MEDULLA THAT, AMONG OTHER ACTIONS, RAISES BLOOD PRESSURE AND INCREASES THE HEART RATE?
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EPINEPHRINE
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THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONE THAT STIMULATES THE ADRENAL CORTEX?
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ACTH
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A FEMALE SEX HORMONE THAT MOST NEARLY PARALLELS MALE TESTOSTERONE IN ITS ACTION?
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ESTROGEN
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THE HORMONE FROM THE ADRENAL CORTEX THAT REGULATES THE REABSORPTION OF SODIUM AND POTASSIUM IN THE KIDNEY TUBULES?
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ALDOSTERONE
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THE ORGAN THAT PRODUCES ERYTHROPOIETIN, A HORMONE THAT STIMULATES PRODUCTION OF RED BLOOD CELLS?
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KIDNEY
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A GONADOTROPIC HORMONE?
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LUTEINIZING HORMONE
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WHAT ARE THE LAYERS (TUNICS)(COATS) OF THE EYEBALL?
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1. SCLERA
2. CHOROID 3. RETINA |
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THE STRUCTURES THAT REFRACT LIGHT AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE EYE TO THE RETINA ARE:
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1. CORNEA
2. AQUEOUS HUMOR 3. LENS 4. VITREOUS HUMOR |
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AN ALTERNATE NAME FOR GROWTH HORMONE?
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SOMATOTROPIN
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THE HORMONE PRODUCED IN THE POSTERIOR LOBE OF THE PITUITARY THAT REGULATES WATER REABSORPTION OF THE KIDNEY?
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ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE
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DESCRIBE CONVERTING A STIMULUS INTO A SENSATION:
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1. ALL SENSE ORGANS HAVE COMMON FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
2. ALL ARE ABLE TO DETECT A PARTICULAR STIMULUS 3. A STIMULUS IS CONVERTED INTO A NERVE IMPULSE 4. A NERVE IMPULSE IS PERCEIVED AS A SENSATION IN THE CNS |
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THE LARGEST OF THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS?
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THYROID GLAND
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A SUBSTANCE PRODUCED BY AN ENDOCRINE GLAND?
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HORMONE
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THE ENDOCRINE GLAND COMPOSED OF A CORTEX AND MUDULLA, EACH WITH SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS?
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ADRENOL GLAND
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THE TINY GLANDS LOCATED BEHIND THE THYROID GLAND?
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PARATHYROIDS
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THE PART OF THE BRAIN THAT CONTROLS THE PITUITARY GLAND?
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HYPOTHALAMUS (A REGION OF THE DIENCEPHALON OF THE BRAIN)
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THE GROUPS OF HORMONE-SECRETING CELLS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PANCREAS?
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ISLETS
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THAT GLAND IN THE BRAIN THAT IS REGULATED BY LIGHT?
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PINEAL GLAND
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ANOTHER NAME FOR ADRENAL GLAND?
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SUPRRENAL GLAND
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THE SPECIFIC CELLS ON WHICH A HORMONE WORKS?
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TARGET TISSUE
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THE HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE THYROID GLAND THAT IS ACTIVE IN CALCIUM METABOLISM?
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CALCITONIN
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THE SELF REGULATING MECHANISM THAT CONTROLS HORMONE PRODUCTION?
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NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
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THE ENDOCRINE GLAND THAT IS DIVIDED INTO AN ANTERIOR AND A POSTERIOR LOBE?
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PITUITARY GLAND
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THE INNER PART OF THE ADRENAL GLAND?
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MEDULLA
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THE HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE PINEAL GLAND?
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MELATONIN
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THE HORMONE THAT IS THE MAIN REGULATOR OF HEAT AND ENERGY PRODUCTION IN THE BODY?
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THYROXINE
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A BUILDING BLOCK OF PROTEIN HORMONES?
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AMINO ACID
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A HORMONE THAT LOWERS THE LEVEL OF SUGAR IN THE BLOOD?
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INSULIN
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THE CHEMICAL ELEMENT THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THYROXINE?
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IODINE
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A SECRETION THAT RAISES THE LEVEL OF CALCIUM IN THE BLOOD?
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PARATHYROID HORMONE
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THE COMMON NAME FOR EPINEPHRINE?
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ADRENALINE
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A SECRETION FROM THE HYPOTHALAMUS THAT STIMULATES ACTIVITY OF THE ANTERIOR LOBE OF THE PITUITARY?
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RELEASING HORMONE
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THE CHEMICAL CATEGORY THAT INCLUDES THE SEX HORMONES AND THE HORMONES OF THE ADRENAL CORTEX?
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steroids
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A HORMONE RELEASED BY THE ADRENAL CORTEX DURING STRESSFUL SITUATIONS THAT ACTS TO REDUCE INFLAMMATION?
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CORTISOL
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THE HORMONE THAT AIDS IN MATURATION OF THE T CELLS NEEDED FOR IMMUNITY?
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THYMOSIN
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THE HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE PANCREATIC ISLETS THAT RAISES BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS?
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GLUCAGON
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THE PART OF THE PITUITARY GLAND CONNECTED TO THE HYPOTHALAMUS BY A PORTAL SYSTEM?
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ANTERIOR LOBE
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THE ELEMENT REGULATED BY HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROL, A HORMONE PRODUCED FROM VITAMIN D?
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CALCIUM
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WHAT ARE THE SPECIAL SENSES?
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1. VISION
2. HEARING 3. EQUILIBRIUM 4. TASTE 5. SMELL |
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*PITUITARY GLAND / ANTERIOR LOBE
FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH) HAS THIS FUNCTION FOR MALES? |
PRODUCES SPERM
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*PITUITARY GLAND/ ANTERIOR LOBE
FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH) HAS THIS FUNCTION IN FEMALES? |
STIMULATES OVARIAN FOLLICLES TO MATURE AND PRODUCE ESTROGEN
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*PITUITARY GLAND/ ANTERIOR LOBE
GROWTH HORMONE OR SOMATOTROPIN HAS WHAT FUNCTION? |
PROMOTES GROWTH OF ALL TISSUES
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*PITUITARY GLAND/ ANTERIOR LOBE
INTERSTITIAL CELL-STIMULATING HORMONE (ICSH) HAS WHAT FUNCTION? |
FOR MALES ONLY, TESTOSTERONE SECRETION
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*PITUITARY GLAND/ ANTERIOR LOBE
PROLACTIN HAS THIS FUNCTION? |
STIMULATES PRODUCTION OF MILK BY BREASTS
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*PITUITARY GLAND/ ANTERIOR LOBE
THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH) HAS THIS FUNCTION? |
STIMULATES THYROID GLAND TO GROW AND PRODUCE THYROID HORMONE
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*PITUITARY GLAND/ POSTERIOR LOBE
ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE (ADH) HAS THIS FUNCTION? |
PROMOTES WATER REABSORPTION FROM KIDNEYS TO THE BLOOD
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*PITUITARY GLAND/ POSTERIOR LOBE
OXYTOCIN HAS THIS FUNCTION? |
1. STIMULATES UTERINE CONTRACTIONS
2. STIMULATES RELEASE OF MILK FROM BREASTS |
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*PITUITARY GLAND/ANTERIOR LOBE
LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH) HAS THIS FUNCTION? |
OVULATION
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*SENSE ORGANS
PROTECTION OF THE EYEBALL |
1. CUSHION OF FAT THE EYE LIES ON
2. BODY ORBIT 3. EYELID & EYELASHES & THE BLINK REFLEX 4. TEARS (LACRIMAL GLANDS) 5. CONJUNCTIVA 6. SEBACEOUS GLANDS SECRETE OIL AND LUBRICATE |
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* PITUITARY GLAND / ANTERIOR LOBE
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH) HAS THIS FUNCTION? |
STIMULATES ADRENAL CORTEX TO SECRETE ITS HORMONES
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*THYROID GLAND/ NECK
THYROXINE (T4) & TRIIODOTHYRONINE (T3), WHAT IS THE FUNCTION? |
INCREASES PRODUCTION OF ENERGY
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WHAT ARE HORMONES?
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CHEMICAL MESSENGERS SECRETED BY ENDOCRINE GLANDS
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WHAT IS THE VESTIBULE?
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THE AREA BETWEEN THE SEMICIRCULAR CANALS AND THE COCHLEA
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WHAT ARE LACRIMAL GLANDS?
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ANOTHER NAME FOR TEAR GLANDS
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THESE ARE LOCATED ON TOP OF EACH KIDNEY?
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ADRENAL GLANDS
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DUE TO IT'S MANY HORMONES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON OTHER ENDOCRINE GLANDS, THE PITUITARY GLAND IS CALLED THIS?
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MASTER GLAND
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THIS IS THE CONNECTING PIECE BETWEEN THE 2 LOBES OF THE THYROID GLAND?
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ISTHMUS
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THE HEARING RECEPTORS ARE FOUND IN THIS PART OF THE INNER EAR
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COCHLEA
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THESE NERVES CARRY THE IMPULSES FOR HEARING AND BALANCE TO THE BRAIN
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ACOUSTIC NERVES
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THESE BONES VIBRATE TO CARRY SOUND FROM THE OUTER EAR TO THE INNER EAR?
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MALLEUS, INCUS AND STAPES
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THE MOVEMENT OF FLUID IN AND OUT OF THESE EXCITE RECEPTORS FOR BALANCE?
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SEMICIRCULAR CANALS
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THESE ARE FOUND IN THE VESTIBULE?
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CALCIUM STONES EMBEDDED IN A GELANTINOUS SUBSTANCE
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THIS LAYER OF THE EYEBALL PREVENTS LIGHT FROM SCATTERING (KEEPS THE LIGHT INSIDE THE EYEBALL)?
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CHOROID
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LOSS OF THIS FROM THE POSTERIOR CHAMBER WILL CHANGE THE SHAPE OF THE EYEBALL AND DISTORT VISTION?
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VITREOUS HUMOR
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WHAT IS THE REFRACTIVE STRUCTURE THAT CHANGES THE BEND OF LIGHT?
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LENS
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THE NERVE IMPULSES MADE BY THE RODS AND CONES ARE CARRIED BY THE BRAIN BY THIS NERVE
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OPTIC NERVES
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THIS STRUCTURE ALLOWS LIGHT INTO THE EYE
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CORNEA
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THE POINT OF SHARPEST VISION ON THE RETINA IS THIS?
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FOVEA CENTRALIS
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THE TYPE OF MUSCLE FIBERS THAT CONSTRICT THE PUPIL WHEN THEY CONTRACT?
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CIRCULAR
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THE "WHITE" IN THE EYES?
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SCLERA
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AQUEOUS HUMOR IS FOUND HERE?
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ANTERIOR CHAMBER
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THE PIGMENTED MUSCLE OF THE EYE
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IRIS
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THE PART OF THE EAR THAT IS EXTERNAL
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AURICLE OR PINNA
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THE UNIQUE STRUCTURE OF THE INNER EAR INCLUDES THESE 2 FLUIDS?
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PERILYMPH AND ENDOLYMPH
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WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE EAR?
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HEARING, BALANCE AND WEARING EARS
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IT CONNECTS THE THROAT TO THE MIDDLE EAR?
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EUSTACHIAN TUBE
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THESE KEEP THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL MOIST?
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CERUMINOUS GLANDS
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THE 3 WAYS ENDOCRINE GLANDS ARE STIMULATED TO RELEASE THEIR HORMONES?
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1, NERVE 2, IMPULSE BY A HORMONE, 3, BY A NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
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THIS MINOR ENDOCRINE GLAND IS IMPORTANT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM?
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THYMUS GLAND
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THIS IS FOUND IN THE DIP OF THE SPHENOID BONE?
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PITUITARY GLAND
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THIS MINERAL IS NEEDED TO PRODUCE THYROXINE?
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IODINE
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THESE MAKE THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENDOCRINE AND EXOCRINE GLANDS?
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DUCTS
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THE BREAKDOWN OF GLYCOGEN TO GLUCOSE?
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GLYCOGENOLYSIS
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THESE SUBSTANCES ARE IN A VARIETY OF TISSUES AND ACT LIKE HORMONES BUT DO THEIR FUNCTIONS LOCALLY?
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PROSTAGLANDINS
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THE INNER PART OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS?
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ADRENAL MEDULLA
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BETA AND ALPHA CELLS THAT PRODUCE HORMONES ARE FOUND HERE?
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PANCREAS
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OXYTOCIN IS SECRETED BY THIS GLAND?
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POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND
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THESE 2 HORMONES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THE BLOOD GLUCOSE BETWEEN 80-120 MG PER 100 ML OF BLOOD?
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GLUCOGON AND INSULIN
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THIS HORMONE INCREASES WATER REABSORPTION FROM THE KIDNEY TO THE BLOOD?
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ANTIDIURETIC HORMONES
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THIS GROUP OF HORMONES WORK WHEN THE BODY IS UNDER STRESS IN ORDER TO KEEP PLENTY OF SUGAR AVAILABLE FOR ENERGY?
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GLUCOCORTICOIDS
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THESE 2 HORMONES HAVE THE OPPOSITE EFFECT ON CALCIUM LEVELS IN THE BLOOD?
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CALCITONIN AND PARATHYROID HORMONES
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THE AREA BETWEEN THE SEMICIRCULAR CANALS AND THE COCHLEA?
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VESTIBULE
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CLASSIFICATION BY TYPE OF STIMULI REQUIRED TO ACTIVATE RECEPTORS,
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1. PHOTORECEPTORS-LIGHT
2. CHEMORECEPTORS-CHEMICALS 3. PAIN RECEPTORS-INJURY 4. THERMORECEPTORS-TEMPERATURE CHANGE 5. MECHANORECEPTORS-MOVEMENT OR DEFORMING OF CAPSULE. 6. PROPRIOCEPTORS-POSITION OF BODY PARTS OR CHANGES IN MUSCLE LENGTH OR TENSION. |