Chapter 7 - 11

Question 1

functions of the skin

Answer 1

physical boundary, elimination, temperature regulation

Question 2

Substances created in the liver and excreted from the kidneys

Answer 2

urea, creatinine, uric acid

Question 3

kidney filtration organs

Answer 3

nephrons

Question 4

2 gametes of human reproduction

Answer 4

sperm and oocyte, each with 23 single chromosomes

Question 5

where does conception take place?

Answer 5

fallopian tube

Question 6

where do sperm mature?

Answer 6

epidydimus

Question 7

when do estrogen and progesterone dominate?

Answer 7

during the follicular phase and the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle respectivley

Question 8

where is the prostate gland located?

Answer 8

just below the bladder

Question 9

what is the endocrine system?

Answer 9

a system of glands and hormones that regulate many different body cycles

Question 10

What are the main endocrine glands?

Answer 10

Adrenal, gonads, pineal, pituitary, thyroid, thymus, pancreas

Question 11

Link between the nervous system and the endocrine system.

Answer 11

Hypothalamus, which controls the pituitary gland, which affects other endocrine glands