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| The activity of the thirst center will be increased if |
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| Addison disease is a disorder of the |
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| The largest volume of water is excreted by the |
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| The term retroperitoneal means |
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| The outer portion of the kidney is called the |
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| Which of the following best represents the path of a blood cell as it passes through the kidney? |
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| glomerus, efferent arteriole, peritubular capillaries, renal vein |
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| Which of the following structures is found in the renal medulla? |
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| The part of the nephron that drains into the nephron loop is the |
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| proximal convoluted tubule |
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| The juxtaglomerular apparatus consists of cells in the |
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| distal convoluted tuble and efferent arteriole |
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| Substances are reabsorbed from the distal convoluted tubule into the |
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| Antidiuretic hormone increases |
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| water reabsorption in the collecting duct |
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| Micturition is an action of the |
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| Based on your knowledge of word parts, nephrectomy is most likely the removal of the |
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| Inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney results in |
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| The interstitial cells of the testis produce |
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| The ligaments holding the ovary in place include the |
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| The glans penis is formed by the |
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| The coiled tube on the testis that stores spermatozoa is the |
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| Name of a gland(s) that is found in women? |
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| greater vestibular glands |
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| The head of the spermatozoon contains large amounts of |
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| An acrosome would be found in a |
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| The uterine proliferative phase occurs during |
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| High levels of progesterone result in |
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| decreased levels of leutinizing hormone |
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| Increased activity of the interstitial cells results in |
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| decreased leutininzing hormone secretion |
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| Based on your knowledge of word parts, mastitis is |
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| inflammation of the breast |
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| the testies that remain in the abdomen |
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| The normal chromosome number of the zygote is |
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| The hormone produced by embryonic cells that maintains the corpus luteum is |
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| human chorionic gonadatropin HCG |
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| The umbilical cord contains |
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| two arteries and one vein |
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| An important factor in the initiation of labor is |
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| increase in maternal prostaglandins |
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| Labor can be artificially initiated by the administration of |
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| Labor has officially begun when |
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| regular uterine contractions begin |
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| Parturition is officially complete when |
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| Pregnancy hormones that prepare the breast for lactation include |
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| prolactin, progesterone, human chorionic mammosomatotopin |
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| Colostrum is secreted by the |
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| An example of a malignant tumor of placental tissue is |
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| The units of heredity are called |
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| only alters the female type in homogeneous individuals |
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| An individual that is heterozygous for a completely dominant trait |
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| will show the dominate phenotype |
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| An example of genotype is |
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| Eye color is determined by three pairs of genes. Its mode of inheritance is best described as |
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| The ability of a particular gene to determine phenotype can be altered by |
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| other genes, gender, and environmental factors |
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| What is true of multifactorial traits? |
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| they are determined by more than one gene pair |
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| A chemical that causes a chromosome to break is called a(n) |
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| Duchenne muscular dystrophy results from a defect in the dystrophin gene and is detectable at birth. This disorder is best described as |
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| congenital, hereditary, and genetic |
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