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Question 1

Neurotransmitter receptors are located on

Answer 1

the postsynaptic membrane

Question 2

Acetylcholine influences the

Answer 2

autonomic targets

Question 3

Neurotransmitters affect postsynaptic cells by

Answer 3

altering their permeability, affecting the ion
channel proteins, causing molecular changes and initiating signal transduction pathways

Question 4

Androgens are

Answer 4

Testosterone

Question 5

Iodine is needed for the thyroid

Answer 5

To function properly

Question 6

Action potential moves more rapidly along

Answer 6

myelinated axons

Question 7

Hyperpolarization of the neuron occurs when there is an increase in the

Answer 7

movement of
potassium ions out of the neuron’s cytoplasm

Question 8

A simple nervous system has a flow that

Answer 8

moves both to and away from an integrating center

Question 9

Prolactin and oxytocin

Answer 9

stimulate and release breast milk

Question 10

Although oxytocin is related to the production of breast milk it is also responsible for

Answer 10

uterine
contractions

Question 11

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG)

Answer 11

maintains progesterone and estrogen through the
beginning stages of pregnancy

Question 12

The urethra carries

Answer 12

both semen and urine

Question 13

Corpus luteum are

Answer 13

follicular cells left behind in the ovary after the releases of the egg

Question 14

The cervix is the

Answer 14

junction between the upper vagina and the uterus

Question 15

The cloaca is a

Answer 15

common exit for the digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems in
nonmammalian vertebrates

Question 16

Iodine is needed for the

Answer 16

thyroid to function properly

Question 17

. Antidiarrhetic hormone (ADH)

Answer 17

targets cells in the kidneys

Question 18

The hypothalamus

Answer 18

releases hormones that control the anterior pituitary

Question 19

Fatty acids are the basic structure form which

Answer 19

prostaglandins are derived

Question 20

Hormones regulate

Answer 20

cellular functions and negative feedback regulates hormones

Question 21

Giantisim is associated with

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Pituitary

Question 22

Goiter and

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Thyroid

Question 23

Tetany and

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Parathyroid