A&P II Lecture Test 1 Review PDF

A&P II Lecture Test 1 Review 1) Know any differences in duration of action between a hormone signal and a nerve impulse. 2) Know any differences in ways a steroid hormone and a non-steroid hormone works (i.e., do both hormones enter the cell to effect the target cell?). 3) Know what molecules can...

A&P II Lecture Test 1 Review 1) Know any differences in duration of action between a hormone signal and a nerve impulse. 2) Know any differences in ways a steroid hormone and a non-steroid hormone works (i.e., do both hormones enter the cell to effect the target cell?). 3) Know what molecules can be classified as a non-steroid hormone. 4) What are anabolic steroids? 5) Know why the hypothalamus is considered the master gland. 6) Know which hormones are produced by the posterior pituitary gland. 7) Know what Grave’s disease, Addison’s disease, Gigantism, and Cretinism are. 8) What is the function of calcitonin? What is the function of parathyroid hormone? 9) Why are minercorticoids and glugocorticoids released by the adrenal gland? 10) Which pancreatic hormone is secreted by alpha cells? Beta cells? 11) Know which hormones are secreted by the adrenal cortex and the adrenal medulla and which type of stress (i.e., short or long term) they try to deal with. 12) Know the ways the endocrine system can change over time. 13) Know what PTSD is. 14) Know what endocrine glands produce sex hormones. 15) Why is the thymus gland important? The pineal gland? 16) Know how prostaglandins can help with hormone signaling. 17) Know what negative feedback is. 18) How does vitamin D activated by the liver help with regulating calcium blood levels? 19) Know the average adult blood sample % of plasma and % of blood from formed elements. 20) Know where blood originates. 21) Know which WBCs are classified as a granulocyte and an agranulocyte. 22) Know what a low WBC count may indicate. 23) Know what the primary function of platelets is. 24) Know the different blood types and which is considered the universal donor and the universal receiver. 25) Why can the Rh factor be a cause for concern for pregnant women? 26) Know the anticoagulant drugs mentioned in the lecture. 27) Know the definitions of thrombus and embolus. How are they different from a normal blood clot? 28) Know the three ways the body can stop bleeding and prevent blood loss (i.e., one is a blood vessel spasm). 29) Which gases can be found carried in the blood? 30) What is the function of blood plasma? 31) What is leukemia? 32) What diapedesis? 33) Where are old red blood cells taken to be destroyed or recycled? 34) Why are vitamin B12, folic acid, and iron necessary for RBC production? 35) When blood is centrifuged down which layer is considered the lightest? The heaviest?