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What hormone is responsible for uterine contractions in breast milk |
Oxytocin |
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What hormone is responsible for the kidneys retaining water |
Antidiuretic hormone ADH |
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What is another name for ADH |
Antidiuretic hormone |
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What hormone is responsible for a growing your tissues in your muscles and is the highest levels during sleep |
Growth hormone |
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What is another name for TSH |
Thyroid stimulating hormone |
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What is another name for ACTH |
Adrenocorticotropic hormone |
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What hormone acts in the ovaries and testes that is released from the anterior pituitary |
Follicle-stimulating hormone |
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What is another name for FSH |
Follicle-stimulating hormone |
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What is another name for LH |
Luteinizing hormone |
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What hormone is responsible for milk production that is released from the interior pituitary |
Prolactin |
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What is another name for a PRL |
Prolactin |
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Where is thyroxine T4 T3 made |
follicular cells |
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What percentage of thyroxine is secreted from the thyroid |
90% |
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What is another name for C cells |
Parafollicular cells |
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What is produced in the C cells |
Calcitonin |
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What is another name for CT |
Calcitonin |
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What part of the body does the aldosterone Target |
Kidneys |
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What does the cortisol Target |
All cells |
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What is another name for cortisol |
Glucocorticoids |
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What are the two types of islets cells located in the pancreas |
Alpha cells and beta cells |
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What do the alpha cells in the pancreas do |
Increase blood sugar by producing glucagon |
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The most powerful respiratory stimulus for breathing in a healthy person is |
Increase of carbon dioxide |
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What is the maneuver and which are procedure in which air in the lungs is used to expel a piece of food lodged in the trachea |
Heimlich maneuver |
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Internal respiration refers to |
A gas exchange between the body tissues and the blood |
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Is it true the average individual has 500 mL of tidal volume in their lungs |
True |
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The symptoms of hyperventilation may be averted by breathing into a paper bag because it |
Helps retain carbon dioxide in the blood |
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True or false increased temperature results in decreased O2 unloading from hemoglobin |
False |
